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First Tesla Cybertruck Rolls Out Of Production Line At Texas, Inspires New Hand Sign
It’ been a long time since we first saw it, but the electric pickup has finally made it to production Tesla has finally produced the first example of the Cybertruck, celebrating it with a group photo at the Texas Gigafactory. The start of production comes more than three years after the prototype’s debut in November […]
How The Self-Driving Car Dream Became An Absolute Nightmare
It can be tough to keep up on the myriad of messed-up decisions and scandals in just the automotive industry alone, but a story from the New Republic manages to connect everything together and boy, is it a tough look at our collective predicament. Tesla Investor Day 2023 Was Pretty Great if You Ignored Elon […]
2023 U.S. Sales At Halftime: GM Winning At Toyota’s Expense
GM tops Toyota for second year running, Tesla decimates the EV competition and compact crossovers are the largest segment https://www.carscoops.com/author/chris-chilton-cc/ by Chris Chilton July 15, 2023 at 16:49 The global car industry has been wrestling with a mixture of COVID-related shutdowns and parts shortages over the past few years, meaning that sales figures haven’t been […]
When Heritage Becomes A Headache
Not that long ago, the idea of a Lotus SUV, let alone an electric one, felt like the punchline to a bad joke. After all, the very nature of SUVs and EVs fly in the face of company founder Colin Chapman’s famous ethos of “Simplify, then add lightness.” Lotus’ Eletre has, for all intents and […]
Truck Makers Agree To End Gas-Powered Sales In CA By 2036
Daimler Freightliner eCascadia all-electric semitrucks charge at a Meijer distribution center in Lansing, Michigan, US, on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. The Grand Rapids, Michigan-based retailer is the first nationwide to track the performance of the Freightliner eCascadia semitrucks in a cold weather environment as part of a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. Photo: […]
20 Years Later, What’s Your Opinion On Tesla?
It’s been just over 20 years since the founding of Tesla on July 1, 2003. In that time, the automaker has revolutionized the automotive industry in ways that not even its most bullish supporters would have imagined. With that in mind, how do you feel about one of the most polarizing car companies on the […]
This Is What It’s Like Hitting 200 MPH In The Tesla Model S Plaid
The Tesla Model S Plaid needs just a touch over 16 seconds to sprint from a standstill to 300 km/h https://www.carscoops.com/author/bradcarscoops-com/ by Brad Anderson 8 hours ago The Tesla Model S Plaid is one of the most impressive performance cars currently on the market and after the carmaker’s recent decision to finally unlock its long-touted […]
U.S. Regulators Probing Autopilot Demand Updated Responses Soon From Tesla
The NHTSA is turning up the heat on Tesla in an effort to get a deeper understanding of the automaker’s internal knowledge of Autopilot The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has intensified its investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot system. It is now demanding updated responses and additional information from the automaker no later than July […]
VW’s Electrify America Joins Industry, Adopts Tesla’s Charger
Ford, General Motors, Rivian, Volvo, Polestar and likely Stellantis and Hyundai are set to support Tesla’s charging plug, also known as the North American Charging Standard, in the coming years. Public charging station operators have responded in kind, as everyone from ChargePoint to EVgo to Blink and now, today, Volkswagen’s Electrify America have all signed […]