Assembly workers at Tesla’s Austin factory were reportedly told to stay home or clean the factory floors for a week. Production of the Model Y crossover and Cybertruck pickup will be affected by this move. Tesla’s demand issues seem to have taken a turn for the worse, with its most successful product being the latest […]
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Best for: Desirability This biggest Land Rover Defender ought to have been a candidate for the top of this chart, because while it’s expensive, its cleverly configurable interior presents the option of as many as eight seats. Buy a long-wheelbase, five-door Defender 110 and JLR will offer you a choice of five, six or seven passenger seats, while the elongated
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Eyebrows were raised when an Aston Martin engineer, speaking at the Austrian launch of the new Roadster, suggested the spring and damper rates had been carried over wholesale from the coupé unaltered. For something without a proper carbonfibre tub, this would be irregular. When you lop the top off a coupé, the body often then
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Tesla’s insurance arm is taking a beating by paying out more than it earns from premiums, according to data from S&P Global. This is significantly higher than the national average loss ratios calculated for other insurance companies. It could mean that not even Tesla can repair its own cars affordably after an accident. In 2019,
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Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Remember last week when Aurora met a major milestone — just squeaking by under its own deadline — and launched a driverless self-driving truck service? Welp, this
This is not your father’s Audi. You won’t find a four-ring badge on the grille. There’s barely a grille at all, just thin LED lighting and a familiar name with an unfamiliar logo. It’s long, sleek and purple. It’s a wagon, but one with a silhouette unlike almost any Audi that’s come before it. Inside,
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Lucid is offering over $20,000 in discounts this month for certain Air EVs. The offers are valid if a new car is picked up from a Lucid store this month. Lucid Motors is ramping up its efforts to sell as many Air sedans as possible this month. By stacking several offers together, the California company
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Georgia is dotted with dozens of clean energy projects, often located in far-flung rural areas. Combined, they’re worth $28 billion, promising 42,000 well-paying manufacturing jobs. They are scattered across solar, hydrogen and grid transmission projects, but electric vehicles are at the center of it all, designed to provide greater independence from China’s supply chains. Under
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The cabin update marks major change. Were it not for the cliff-face geometry of the wide, wood-effect (or, in higher trims, metal-effect) dashboard and the expanse between the front seats (nicely sculpted and with useful armrests), you could almost be forgiven for thinking you had climbed aboard one of Mercedes’ saloons. Gone are dramatically hooded instrument
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After landing on the scene a few years back with a pair of high-end models and a commercial van, Rivian is looking to join the big leagues with its next act: the R2 crossover. This is Rivian’s answer to the extremely popular Tesla Model Y and, if all goes well, its ticket to long-term viability.
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