Tesla About To Become Your Dog’s Best Friend

There’s little that’s more fun for your dog than hitting the road with you and Tesla is about to address one of the biggest worries for dog owners when their pooch is along for the ride. Although Tesla introduced “Cabin Overheat Protection” in 2016 specifically to protect children and pets, it did not include an extension designed to alert passers-by…

BYD Expanding EV Taxi Fleet

Pending final regulator approval, Montreal taxi fleet Taxelco is about to add 60 BYD e6 cabs as it transitions to fully electric operations. Already the owner of the largest private supercharger station in Canada, the company sees BYD’s 5 door MPV with a 300 Km range as the key step in reaching its goal of putting 350 fully electric taxis…

EVs Account For 15% Of BC New Car Sales

Clean-tech information group Fleetcarma has released a report indicating that 8.3 percent of new vehicles sold in Canada were fully electric. Numbers from January to the end of September 2018 reveal that 34,357 EVs were sold nationwide. The bulk of these went to buyers in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia, where the latter province’s EV figures amounted to 15% of…

GM To Announce Massive Increase in EV Manufacturing

According to multiple sources, General Motors is anticipated to make a major announcement next Wednesday (November 7th) concerning electric vehicles, mobility, and its technology business to coincide with its third-quarter financial report. This aligns with a series of manufacturing and development changes already in motion at the auto manufacturer to execute the sweeping “20 new EVs by 2023” plan announced…

Tesla Remote Control In Time For Christmas

Last night, while the kids were out Trick & Treating, Elon Musk announced that Tesla’s long awaited Smart Summon, now called ‘Advanced Summon’, will be ready in the next 6 weeks. With Smart Summon, a Tesla vehicle will navigate complex environments and parking spaces, maneuvering around all objects as necessary to come and find you. Via his Twitter feed, Musk…

The Auto Industry Moves To China

Two-thirds of the world’s manufacturing capacity for lithium-ion batteries is based in China, and that is driving car manufacturers around the world to move their plants to that country. US industry leader Tesla is already building a plant in Shanghai expected to produce 500,000 electric cars a year. Meanwhile, Volkswagen has announced it will invest $12 billion in its electric…