One electric SUV is slapping up to $22,250 cash on the hood from multiple offers this month to help move the metal.
Slate Auto, the EV startup backed by Jeff Bezos, raised $650 million to fund its effort to build an affordable electric pickup truck expected to start in the mid-$20,000s. The company plans on delivering its first EV later this year. The Series C round was led by TWG Global, headed by Guggenheim Partners founder and […]
Slate Auto’s latest funding round was led by existing investor TWG Global, a firm run by LA Dodgers owner Mark Walter.
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Dutch regulators, the RDW, announced that after over a year and a half of testing, it has officially approved Tesla’s Full-Self Driving (FSD) Supervised. This makes the Netherlands the first European country to authorize the use of FSD on its roads. This could open the door to wider adoption throughout the EU. Tesla’s European headquarters […]
Stellantis’s Chinese electrified vehicle -making affiliate Leapmotor’s sales in Europe might be a double-edged sword, but analysts expect overall it will be a benefit.
Earlier this year, a relatively unknown startup from Finland made a startling announcement: It had finally solved solid-state batteries. Not only that, but Donut Lab, a spinoff of Verge Motorcycles, said that its solid-state battery – long considered the “Holy Grail of batteries” for their high-density, durable, fast-charging abilities – would go into production later […]
Changan’s second midsize electric SUV to go on sale in the UK, the Deepal S05, offers a good level of technology and quality for the money. Can it compete?
Ascend Elements said that it will be filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the wake of a canceled government grant and a challenging market for lithium-ion batteries.