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The auto giant’s North American EV plan faced another setback this week.

Tesla closed out its Semi event in Nevada on Thursday night with a nod to its own history, dropping a short Roadster teaser that suggests the production car will look noticeably different from the prototype first shown in 2017. “We can’t have a Semi event without the Roadster,” Tesla engineering Read more

MP Materials’ rare earth magnet factory is on the cusp of making history. Will it be enough?

Tesla Full Self-Driving’s release in Europe is set to be delayed by at least a few months. The European Union will not vote on Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) on October 6. The draft agenda for the 119th meeting of the Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles lists only a 25-minute “continuation Read more

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Volume production of the Tesla Semi has started a decade after it was revealed. And yet, the timing feels ripe.

In the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss the Tesla Semi launch, Geely’s battery healing fast-charging, Rivian R3, and more. more…

The EU won’t vote on Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving (Supervised)” on October 6. The draft agenda for the Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles (TCMV) meeting lists only a 25-minute “continuation of discussions” on the Dutch request to extend its FSD approval EU-wide. The committee doesn’t meet again until December, so that’s Read more

After 271 million driverless miles, Waymo says its cars were involved in 82% fewer injury-causing crashes than humans.

As befits the capital of Cool Britannia, London has become a showplace for transport electrification. Electric buses, delivery vans and passenger cars ply the streets, and seemingly every little lane sports unobtrusive curbside EV chargers. London’s iconic black cabs started plugging in in 2018. Since then, the London Electric Vehicle Read more