Toyota Battery Manufacturing North Carolina (TBMNC), Toyota’s first in-house battery manufacturing plant outside Japan, will start shipping batteries for North American EVs in April. The nearly $14-billion battery facility, Toyota’s 11th manufacturing plant in the US, will produce batteries for hybrid vehicles and EVs. The new plant is part of the company’s strategy to invest … Continue reading “Toyota starts battery production at new North Carolina automotive battery plant”
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Tesla has started hiring staff in India, in another deja vu moment. After several false starts in the market, is it finally time for Tesla to launch in India? Tesla has been trying to get into the Indian automotive market for years, but it wasn’t able to find a way around the country’s protectionist effort, … Continue reading “Tesla starts hiring in India in a big deja vu moment”
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Source: Tesla Over ten months after deliveries started, Tesla is now taking configurations for the non-Foundation series Cybertruck. The first Cybertruck deliveries occurred on November 30th last year, so we’re just over ten months past that date. As it often does, Tesla started fulfilling deliveries from the top down – it shipped higher-optioned, limited-edition models first, … Continue reading “Tesla starts taking configurations of $79k non-Foundation Cybertrucks”
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The 2025 BMW i5, the all-electric version of the 5-Series midsize luxury sedan, returns essentially unchanged for its second model year. The entry point to the i5 lineup is the single-motor rear-wheel drive i5 eDrive40, which costs $68,275 with the mandatory $1,175 destination charge. It’s still rated at 335 hp and 295 lb-ft of torque, … Continue reading “2025 BMW i5 starts at $68,275”
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BMW’s i4 electric car gets new lighting treatments Range is up on the single-motor model, but down on the dual-motor model Prices have, naturally, increased—but in the hundreds of dollars, not thousands The 2025 BMW i4 is on sale now with mildly updated exterior styling and interior trim, and an apparent range boost for … Continue reading “2025 BMW i4 starts at $58,475, some models get range boost”
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Tesla has started offering an “energy boost” software unlock to recent buyers of the Model Y RWD, allowing them to unlock more battery capacity – for a price. The Model Y RWD has been through lots of changes recently. Not only has its price varied quite a bit, but Tesla has introduced and then axed … Continue reading “Tesla starts selling 30-50 miles of extra range if you have a recent Model Y RWD”
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Tesla has started to finally push a new Supervised Full Self-Driving (FSD) software update after a few months of delays. Elon Musk has bet Tesla’s house on self-driving and now the company needs to deliver more than ever. We were particularly impressed with Tesla’s FSD v12 update. It was by far the biggest improvement in … Continue reading “Tesla starts pushing new Supervised Full Self-Driving update”