At the start of the year, Tesla’s Supercharger team was tasked with the impossible. “We were on an exponential path,” a former team member told TechCrunch, adding that […]
Elon Musk guts Tesla’s charging team after winning over major automakers
Tesla has gutted its charging team in a new round of layoffs, despite recently winning over major automakers like Ford and General Motors and making its connector the […]
Rivian starts offering adapters to access Tesla’s Supercharger network
Rivian customers can now request an adapter to tap into Tesla’s vast North American network of Superchargers, making it the second automaker to do so behind Ford. The […]
Rivian reveals the R2 electric SUV alongside smaller R3 and R3X
Rivian’s launched three new EVs: The $45,000 R2 mid-size SUV, as well as the smaller R3 and R3X.
Ford’s adventure with Tesla superchargers officially begins
Owners of Ford EVs now have access to more than 15,000 Tesla superchargers across the U.S. and Canada, nine months after the two automakers struck a deal that […]
Ford preps for its next big fight, Waymo recalls its self-driving car software and layoffs come for another AV startup
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Volkswagen, Porsche, Audi to adopt Tesla’s charging standard
The Volkswagen Group is the latest automaker to announce it will adopt Tesla’s so-called North American Charging Standard (NACS), marking one of the last major automakers to embrace […]
Lucid adopts Tesla’s charging standard
Lucid has reached an agreement that will give owners of its luxury EVs access to Tesla’s network of superchargers — following the path of Ford, GM and the […]
Subaru follows Toyota in adopting Tesla’s charging standard
Subaru wants in on Tesla’s Superchargers. On Wednesday, the Japanese automaker said its future electric vehicles will adopt Tesla’s charging port starting in 2025. The move ensures Subaru’s […]
Toyota hops on Tesla’s EV charging standard, leaving Stellantis and VW as holdouts
Another day, another convert: Toyota and Lexus electric vehicles will adopt Tesla’s chargers starting in 2025, Toyota said this week. The top automaker by global sales, Toyota is […]