In Case You Missed It: Toyota Dropped a GR Prius

Credit to Author: Jo Borrás| Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 18:00:31 +0000

Toyota redesigned the Prius for the 2023 model year, delivering a sportier, sharper looking hybrid than any of the previous four generations.The latest Toyota Prius was a massive leap over the previous generation — in terms of style and performance, if not efficiency — but there’s always room for more, and more is exactly what this Gazoo Racing-developed GR Prius brought to France this past weekend. Toyota rolled out its Prius 24h Le Mans Centennial GR […]

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Volvo EX30 Introduction — By The Numbers

Credit to Author: Maarten Vinkhuyzen| Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 16:39:44 +0000

Thor's Hammer Headlights on the Volvo EX30.This introduction of the Volvo EX30, by the numbers, tries to add some perspective to this new model — showing what this new model is and what it is not. When presented to the world, it was described in superlatives and adjectives. In the presentation, there were few concrete facts. To get a clearer idea […]

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Toyota Shareholder Revolt

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 15:05:53 +0000

When all you have to show for an electric offering is a toy car, then it is no wonder you have a shareholder revolt. Despite consistently producing and selling 8 million cars a year for the past 20 years, Toyota’s future doesn’t look as rosy as it used to, and shareholders are worried that they […]

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Tesla Full Self Driving (FSD) Beta V11.4.2 — Is Tesla Making Progress?

Credit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2023 20:57:07 +0000

V11.4.2 is the second version of FSD Beta after the supposedly revolutionary improvements going from V10 to V11. There have been intense discussions on the web lately about huge advances in artificial intelligence (AI). Apparently, programs like ChatGPT have reached a stage where they can answer conversational questions and write essays and poems, make medical […]

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Tesla Has Won The Race To The Top — The Journey Was Long

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2023 14:51:34 +0000

Tesla has dominated among what became a formidable field of competition to lead the next generation of automobiles. The road to get there, however, was rocky at times, but the all-electric company endured.

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Spain & Donald Trump: Cleantech Leader & Laggard Of The Week

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2023 14:36:21 +0000

It’s an unusual edition of “Cleantech Leader & Laggard Of The Week” this week. We’ve got a country to highlight, not exactly for breaking news but rather for long-term improvement that has made itself more evident this past week. And then we’ve got a rather famous (or infamous) person. Let’s start with the bad news […]

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Used Electric Car Prices Dropping

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2023 17:43:31 +0000

Economies around the world have been bonkers the past several years, since COVID hit. That has been more evident in the auto industry more than most others, probably because cars are such expensive products and get so much attention. One thing we saw as inflation started increasing was record high car prices, and that included […]

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