Electric Cars

Apple with an aim to boost its electric autonomous vehicle program, tech giant Apple has onboarded a veteran Luigi Taraborrelli of car maker Lamborghini, media reports say. According to Taraborrelli’s LinkedIn profile, the executive appears to have left Lamborghini in May, TechCrunch reported citing Bloomberg. Taraborrelli has worked at Lamborghini for nearly 21 years, most recently leading the development of chassis and vehicle dynamics. During his tenure at the company, Taraborrelli worked on Lamborghini’s Urus SUV,…

Jaguar Land Rover expects 60 percent of its brand Land Rover’s sales across the globe to come from pure-electric trims by 2030. The Tata Motors-owned luxury carmaker plans to add at least six pure-electric variants to be part of the Land Rover portfolio starting in 2024. The British automaker has already confirmed a pure-electric new Range Rover to join the product range in 2024. “Over the next four years, Land Rover will welcome six all-electric variants across two architectures our flexible Modular Longitudinal…

In the last two years, the electric vehicle (EV) industry has seen tremendous surge in employment and an average growth in employee numbers of 108%, according to CIEL’s EV sector report. The report also highlighted the fact that the central government’s initiatives for the faster adoption of EVs around the country have been the biggest growth driver. “India is on a path to becoming a hub for the production of EVs, in the process of boosting employment generation,” noted the report. CIEL conducted the study ‘Latest…

Elon Musk’s company is facing at least 10 lawsuits alleging discrimination at the workplace. Photo: Susan Walsh (AP)A group of Black Tesla employees have filed suit against the company, claiming that they were subjected to racial discrimination at its factories in California. Tesla is facing at least 10 suits alleging sexual or racial harassment, including one recently filed by a Tesla shareholder accusing the company of harboring a toxic work environment as well as one by a civil rights agency. According to the lawsuit…

Photo: Spencer Platt (Getty Images)Tesla’s Autopilot driver assistance technology may have just hit a major speed bump.This week, the company laid off 200 hourly employees working on its Autopilot advanced driver assistance feature, shutting its entire San Mateo, California office in the process. News of the firings, first reported by Bloomberg Tuesday and confirmed by TechCrunch, comes amid a deeper belt-tightening at Tesla and during a period of increased scrutiny of Autopilot by regulators and lawmakers.Tesla fired 200…

Elon Musk’s Tesla may lose its position as the world’s number one battery electric vehicle (BEV) sales to German giant Volkswagen by 2024, according to a study by Bloomberg Intelligence, entitled ‘Battery Electric Vehicles Report – Automakers Race to the Top’. According to the analysis, most competitors, including Ford and General Motors, lacked the incentive to catch up as rapidly as Volkswagen due to rising battery costs and restricted production capacity. As a result, Tesla is likely to be the largest EV vendor in the…

Whether or not Tesla brings its electric car to India, Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari believes that Indian carmakers can develop better electric four-wheelers. His declaration follows Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s statement last month when he posted on Twitter that “Tesla will not put a manufacturing plant in any location where we are not allowed first to sell & service cars,” as a response to queries to Tesla’s plans for India. Tesla requested tax reductions for importing electric cars, but the centre has…

Image Source : FREEPIK Sony and Honda collaborate for new EV company  Sony, the tech giant and Honda, the automaker company have collaborated to establish a new company. The new company will engage in the sale of high-value-added electric vehicles (EVs) and provide services for mobility. The new joint venture will be named Sony Honda Mobility and it aims to bring together the expertise of Honda and Sony. Kenichiro Yoshida, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Chairman, President and CEO, Sony Group…

Photo: Spencer Platt (Getty Images)Tesla’s cars are notoriously hackable, and a new video demonstrates a way an adept cybercriminal could hope inside your car’s system and take it for a ride if they’re nearby.First reported by Ars Technica, the exploit involves manipulation of a relatively new feature that Tesla added last August. The feature allows drivers to turn on their vehicles merely by opening the car’s door with a near-field communication (NFC)key card. Those cards come with all Tesla Model 3 vehicles and use…

Rescue workers proceed with caution around the spot where a Tesla slammed into a tree in Baarn, on September 7, 2016. Photo: Robin Vaan Lonkhuijsen (Getty Images)Though it seems clear Tesla CEO Elon Musk would rather spend most of his days attempting to weasel his way out of a disastrous Twitter deal, renewed threats of an Autopilot recall from federal regulators may force the billionaire to re-focus on his day job.This week, the National Highway Safety Administration ( A.K.A Musk’s sworn enemy) announced it’s…