Honda and QuantumScape (QS) team up to make solid-state batteries
Honda and QuantumScape (QS) announced a new partnership to commercialize solid-state batteries for EVs and more.
Sweden tells EU to reject Tesla ‘FSD’ unless speeding is removed
Sweden’s transport authority has told the European Union it should vote against approving Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving (Supervised)” across the bloc unless the system’s ability to exceed posted speed limits is removed.
The recommendation, in a previously unreported April 30 letter to the EU’s Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles (TCMV), lands just before the committee is due to take up the matter on June 30, ahead of an eventual vote on a bloc-wide rollout.
Tesla teases new FSD features — but it’s still not the self-driving promised
Elon Musk says Tesla’s Full Self-Driving will soon remember your parking preferences and let you talk to it through Grok, like giving directions to an Uber driver.
The features sound useful, and they reflect how genuinely impressive FSD has become — but they also underscore that it remains a supervised driver-assist system, not the unsupervised self-driving Tesla has sold to owners for years.
The Ford Mustang Mach-e is on borrowed time as more affordable EVs roll in
After discontinuing the all-electric F-150 Lightning, it looks like the Mustang Mach-E is also running out of time. Ford is preparing to launch a new generation of EVs that are more affordable, more efficient, and more profitable, starting with the $30,000 pickup in 2027.
Volkswagen’s new EV hot hatch captured for the first time, but it’s not the ID. Polo GTI
The ID. Polo GTI will go on sale this fall as Volkswagen’s first electric GTI, but another EV hot hatch was just caught testing, and we expect to see it in full by the end of the year.
We toured the Aptera factory to see if the solar EV company is gonna make it
Alongside finally getting a chance to drive the Aptera 3-wheeled solar EV, we got a short tour around the company’s facility. It was illuminating – showing off the progress Aptera has made and the challenges still to come for the company.
Tesla loses its head of quality to Stellantis
Tesla’s head of quality, Kahiree Gans, is leaving the automaker to return to Stellantis — the same company Tesla poached him from less than three years ago.
Gans has updated his LinkedIn profile to list his new role as “Vice President, Global SQD” at Stellantis, while describing himself as “Ex-Tesla Head of Quality.”
E-bike motor king Bosch launches its first hub motor for electric bicycles
Bosch has just launched its first-ever hub motor for urban e-bikes, bringing Smart System tech to a new market segment.
Here’s how AAA is now getting into e-bikes
AAA may be best known for roadside assistance and travel services, but the organization is now taking a much closer interest in electric bicycles and electric scooters as their popularity continues to surge across the US.
California VPP is rolling out a $6,000 rebate for new home batteries
Ava Community Energy’s SmartHome Battery program is offering income-qualified North California residents up to $6,000 in up front incentive cash to install a FranklinWH smart battery and connect it to the utility’s virtual power plant (VPP).