Longtime Volvo fans already know that the Polestar brand once served as the AMG to Volvo’s Mercedes, offering high-performance parts and engine upgrades to make the Swedish turbo-bricks go as fast as possible. Now they’re turning that tuning heritage towards the long-range, dual-motor Polestar 2 in North America, with an … [continued]
Sibros CEO and co-founder Hemant Sikaria recently took the time to chat with me about what inspired him to start his company and solve a critical problem for a wide variety of industries. This problem, he told me, had already been solved at Tesla. Sikaria spent five years with Tesla … [continued]
Volkswagen is now implementing one of the Tesla features — if we want to call it that — that owners have long loved and deemed a top priority in any future car: over-the-air software updates that can routinely improve your car. Even understanding the benefit and seeing some of the … [continued]
The Tesla Model S came to market nearly a decade ago, in mid 2012. The vehicle was a shock to the system in a number of ways. As people said back then and still do today, it was sort of like a big computer on wheels. Part of that was … [continued]
There are many things about Tesla ownership that are different from conventional car ownership, and even different from ownership of other electric cars. However, I think one is both particularly special and also hard to convey effectively to non-owners.
Reports in the German press say Volkswagen is having “massive difficulties” with the software used in its ID.3 electric cars. And the electric minibus will be called the ID.7 and arrive in 2022.
When asked for the top reasons the EV drivers got their cars, we got similar responses as in previous years. The largest portion of buyers in every group referenced the environmental benefits. As before, Tesla buyers in the various markets were more likely to select “fun & convenience” and “I love new tech” than other EV drivers.
For years, we have asked respondents what vehicle body type they prefer for an EV. The answers may surprise you. Despite the crossover and SUV craze, our respondents in North America indicated they prefer a sedan or hatchback.
Tesla’s Vehicles Self-Diagnose Then Self-Medicate When Faults Are Detected
Tesla pushed out a new software update for its vehicles tonight that adds two active safety features that work whether or not Autopilot is activated, or even installed on the car. The free update pushes two new Active Safety features to all vehicles built since October 2016 and make the vehicles even safer by working to keep them in their lanes.
