Earlier this month,California’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) accused Tesla of making “untrue or misleading claims”about its vehicles’ self-driving capabilities. The DMV alleges that the names Autopilot and FSD, as well as the language Tesla uses to describe them, co...
Below, we’ve created a table comparing two gold-standards of their respective markets: the Tesla Model S and the Cowboy e-bike. Tesla Model SCOWBOY e-bike Battery Capacity 100 KwH 0.36 kwH Cost of full charge in UK (2023 – based on 52p per kwh) £52 £0.21 Cost of full ...
Tesla’s are some of the most popular cars, but they also have some of the biggest and most advanced batteries, in order to achieve a long range and support fast charging speeds. Still, the price can vary depending on the model you get. For example,Tesla Model 3 ownerscan expect to pa...
However, the good news is that data is in favor of Tesla’s batteries holding up extremely well over time. Plus, at this time, most Teslas are still within the terms of their battery warranty. (A quick shout out to our friends at Gruber Motor Company! If you haven’t heard, they’r...
In-wheel motors, motor cores, permanent magnets, EPB gear units, etc. 2024/07/10 Battery Technologies: Battery life extension, safety components, etc. From coverage of the JSAE 2024 in Yokohama exhibition View all reports relating to Lightweighting/Cost Reduction ...
I come to this post without a reasonable understanding of the technology but learned a great deal over the weekend after posting about compatibility of SunPower with Powerwall. I am communicating with a Tesla approved installer with solid Google reviews who just quoted $46k for 3 Powerwalls (Te...
Similarly, BMW offers the X3 xDrive30e PHEV to Canadian buyers, but as noted at the onset of this article, the more advanced iX3 EV won’t testing the resolve of Tesla’s Model Y in Canada, at least not yet. This said, BMW follows up its compact X3 hybrid with a plug-in hybrid ...
Positioned as its first true trail bike, the Zero XE is the larger and more powerful of the two X-Line motorcycles. Powered by a 4.3kWh battery, the XE’s electric motor produces 21 horsepower and 468 pound-feet of torque. Zero claims the top speed will be 53 mph and rates the r...
Despite this, there have been some cases of electric cars catching fire, but very few of these incidents have been caused by battery failures. More typically they've resulted from accidents or incidents that might have caused any vehicle to catch fire - such as the 2013 case of a Tesla Mod...
setup that combines the front motor and the rear motor, which enables the vehicle to drive as fast as 265km/h. Moreover, it has a zero to 100km/h acceleration time of just 2.78 seconds, beating the Porsche Tycan Turbo, and officially join the “2 seconds Supercar Club” with a ...