Tesla to earn billions from charging partnerships with Ford, others

Tesla to earn billions from charging partnerships with Ford, others

A Tesla electric car is plugged into a recharging terminal at a Healthy Living Market store in South Burlington, Vermont, June 18, 2023. Robert Nickelsberg | Getty Images As of Thursday, owners of Ford electric vehicles — the Mustang Mach-E and F-150 Lightning — in North America finally have the ability to power up using … Read more

Layoffs 2024: EV Startup Fisker To Lay Off 15% of Its Workforce Amid Cash Crunch

Layoffs 2024: EV Startup Fisker To Lay Off 15% of Its Workforce Amid Cash Crunch

San Francisco, March 1: Electric vehicle (EV) startup Fisker is laying off at least 15 per cent of its workforce, as its current resources are “insufficient to satisfy its requirements over the next 12 months”. Announcing its quarterly results, Fisker said it is also in negotiations with a large automaker for a potential transaction which … Read more

Kia Seltos & Carens Lead the Pack With Lowest Maintenance Costs, Reveals Frost & Sullivan

Kia Seltos & Carens Lead the Pack With Lowest Maintenance Costs, Reveals Frost & Sullivan

Last Updated: March 01, 2024, 12:00 IST Kia Seltos & Carens Lead the Pack With Lowest Maintenance Costs, Reveals Frost & Sullivan. (Photo: Kia) In December 2023, Frost & Sullivan acknowledged the Sonet for its outstanding maintenance costs in the Compact SUV segment. In a recent study by Frost & Sullivan, India’s premier Growth Advisory … Read more

Quick Charge Podcast: February 29, 2024

Quick Charge Podcast: February 29, 2024

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee … Read more

AI face-checking app to size up depression

AI face-checking app to size up depression

When someone is suffering from major depression, objectively self-gauging the severity of their condition can be challenging. Well, within just a few years, an artificially intelligent face-analyzing smartphone app may tell such folks how they’re holding up. Currently being developed by a team of scientists at New Hampshire’s Dartmouth College, the prototype application is known … Read more

Tesla NACS adapter for Ford EVs now available to order

Tesla NACS adapter for Ford EVs now available to order

Ford Ford announced last year that it would adopt the Tesla North American Charging Standard (NACS) for EV fast charging, granting Ford drivers access to the Tesla Supercharger network. Now, the automaker is providing a little more detail on exactly how that will work. In the original May 2023 announcement, Ford said owners of existing … Read more

Hyundai CRETA N Line Bookings Officially Open; 1st Photos OUT Ahead Of Launch On March 11

Hyundai CRETA N Line Bookings Officially Open; 1st Photos OUT Ahead Of Launch On March 11

Home Car And Bike Hyundai CRETA N Line Bookings Officially Open; 1st Photos OUT Ahead Of Launch On March 11 The upcoming Hyundai Creta N Line will be available in two variants – N8 and N10, offering a range of features to cater to diverse preferences. Hyundai CRETA N Line Bookings Officially Open; 1st Photos … Read more

If You Have A Car Payment, ‘You Will Be Broke Your Whole Life’

If You Have A Car Payment, ‘You Will Be Broke Your Whole Life’

Dave Ramsey may be an expert at running a toxic company where employees aren’t even treated with basic respect, but when it comes to giving financial advice, he has a questionable background at best. Earlier this month, he gave some truly dumb advice to a woman whose husband got taken advantage of by a Kia … Read more

China Plus One: Auto industry to invest $7 bn in 5 years to deepen parts localisation

China Plus One: Auto industry to invest  bn in 5 years to deepen parts localisation

Indian auto industry is set to invest up to $7 billion, or about Rs 58,000 crore, by FY28 to deepen localisation of advanced components from electric motors to automatic transmissions to reduce imports and capitalise on multinationals’ ‘China Plus One’ sourcing strategy. Automakers and their suppliers are likely to make this investment between FY24 and … Read more