Electric Mobility

car&bike Team

Feb 27, 2022, 12:08 AM

Odd Steering Wheel And Controls Trip Up Tesla, Rivals

Tesla Inc's new "yoke" steering wheel installed in Model S sedans and Model X sport utility vehicles is so difficult to use that it dropped the most valuable automaker's position in the Consumer Reports.

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  car&bike Team | Feb 26, 2022

  Nissan Plans EVs For Mississippi, Scouts For A U.S. Battery Plant

  Nissan said it plans to assemble electric vehicles for its Nissan and Infiniti brands in Mississippi starting in 2025.

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  car&bike Team | Feb 26, 2022

  Analysis-Tesla Software Updates Allow Quick Fixes - And Taking Risks

  Investors have awarded Tesla's leadership on in-car software with a market value of $905 billion that dwarfs traditional carmakers, many of which are now scrambling to roll out their own ability to offer over-the-air software updates.

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  car&bike Team | Feb 26, 2022

  Back In The Black, Renault Looks To Tap Into Electric Boom

  The French automaker announced its "strategic studies" on Friday as it reported an annual profit for the first time in three years and said its turnaround plan was ahead of schedule.

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  car&bike Team | Feb 26, 2022

  Volta Trucks Raises $260 Million To Fund Electric Vehicle Launch

  Protoypes of the Volta Zero, a 16-tonne fully-electric truck, will be delivered to customers in mid-2022, with series production due to start in late 2022.

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  car&bike Team | Feb 26, 2022

  E-Bike Startup Zoomo Raises Extra $20 Million For European Expansion

  Zoomo is also expanding its software and hardware teams to develop new software for customers and work on new bike forms and accessories to carry more weight.

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  car&bike Team | Feb 26, 2022

  Lucid Group To Recall Over 200 Cars Due To Possible Safety Issue

  Lucid is not aware of any instances of the part failing in its vehicles, but it expects about 1% of the 203 potentially affected cars may have the incorrectly installed part.

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  car&bike Team | Feb 26, 2022

  Polestar Partners With Suppliers To Develop Climate-Neutral Car

  The auto industry is under pressure to go electric in Europe and China, while wrestling with the problem that it takes more carbon emissions to produce an EV than a fossil-fuel car, notably because of the large batteries.

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  car&bike Team | Feb 26, 2022

  Tesla To Expand Parts Production In Shanghai To Meet Export Demand

  Tesla's Shanghai factory currently has the capacity to produce a combined 450,000 Model 3 and Model Y vehicles a year.

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