Ex-BMW Designer Quits Faraday Future And Folks Just Aren’t Coming To Work Anymore: Report

Things are going from bad to worse for electric car startup Faraday Future. One of the company’s founding executives, former BMW designer Richard Kim, has resigned, . His final day is Friday, according to the news outlet. Citing two unnamed people with direct knowledge of the situation, The Verge reports...

Sep 11, 2025

Major Electric Vehicle Tax Credit Remains In Limbo After Tax Overhaul Passes In Senate

A which helps boost sales of EVs in the United States remains in limbo after the Senate their version of the overhaul in the early hours of Saturday morning. The Senate’s plan left that tax credit alone, as notes, but still has to be reconciled with the version passed by...

Sep 11, 2025

VW Unveils Another Electric Minibus For New Uber-Like Service

OK, so it’s , but here’s another sign that Volkwsagen’s moving swiftly to electrify its fleet in the coming years. On Monday, the automaker said it’s rolling out a new all-electric minibus for a ride-hailing service set to debut late next year. VW’s mobility division, called Moia, unveiled the six-seater,...

Sep 11, 2025

The Human Rights Issues That Could Taint Electric Cars

With most automakers in the industry prepping an onslaught of electric vehicles in the coming years, there’s increasing attention being paid to where they’ll obtain necessary minerals for production. Last week, a group of 10 automakers took a step forward in the right direction, by saying they would “identify and...

Sep 11, 2025

Faraday Future Dismissed Multiple Reports Of Sexual Harassment By Employee: Lawsuit

A former security guard at Faraday Future’s headquarters is alleging the start-up of dismissing multiple reports of sexual harassment she filed against one of the company’s IT administrators and even accused her of “inviting the harassment.” The allegation stems from a lawsuit filed this summer and . (The news outlet...

Sep 11, 2025

UAW Says Tesla Interrogated And Intimidated Gigafactory Employees Over Union Activities

As workers in California seek to unionize, the United Auto Workers has accused the company of interrogating employees at its massive Gigafactory battery plant over union activities and subjecting them to “heightened supervisory scrutiny.” The case represents the first record of alleged labor violations at Tesla’s battery factory in Nevada...

Sep 11, 2025

Rinspeed's New Self-Driving, Uh, Concept 'Car' Is Cool

Swiss car designer Rinspeed has a penchant for designing over-the-top concepts, and this new car(?) it plans to show off at this year’s CES is exceptionally extravagant. Called the Snap, it’s less of a car than it is a comfortable self-driving pod that’s snapped onto a skateboard of sorts. ,...

Sep 11, 2025

Every Company That Has Pre-Ordered A Tesla Semi To Date (UPDATED)

Ever since Tesla publicly revealed last month, major companies have been lining up to place a pre-order, ahead of the projected 2019 production date. On Thursday, beer maker Anheuser-Busch joined the growing list. We will be adding to this list as more orders come in. Anheuser-Busch said it reserved 40...

Sep 11, 2025

Uber And Lyft To Reimburse Riders Who Were Hit With Surge Pricing In NYC Following Bombing

Following near the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan, New York City’s subway system backed up with congestion just as the morning commute got underway. Prices on Uber and Lyft rides also skyrocketed, and both companies have now said they will offer refunds to some passengers in the wake of...

Sep 11, 2025

Faraday Future Boss Accused Of Making $75 Million Trust Fund For His Kids With Company Money

Electric car startup Faraday Future is closing out 2017 in a very precarious position, something captures in a spellbinding story today on the company’s financial state. One of the new bits uncovered by the outletis that Faraday’s main financier, Jia Yueting, is for his kids with Faraday’s money. The situation...

Sep 11, 2025

Barely Any Public Buses Are Electric Because No City Wants To Use Them First

A couple months back, a group of mayors from across the world made a splash by pledging to . But a story this week from Reuters points out how far the U.S. in particular has to go to electrify public buses: only 300 out of more than 65,000 public buses...

Sep 11, 2025

Republican Tax Bill Compromise Keeps Electric Vehicle Tax Credit: Report

Republican leaders in the U.S. House and Senate have come to a compromise on legislation that primarily aims to cut taxes for corporations and the wealthy. As part of that effort, the federal tax credit for electric cars was in limbo, but if an unnamed source who , the credit...

Sep 11, 2025

Buy The Naturally Aspirated Performance Cars

At this time of year you may find yourself hunting for some new or gently used car deals. And if you are reading this website, you more than likely would prefer your car to be fun. Here is a tip: buy a performance car with a naturally aspirated engine. Back...

Sep 11, 2025

China Shames Faraday Future Boss By Placing Him On 'Debt Blacklist'

While he’s struggling to keep electric car startup Faraday Future afloat, Chinese tech entrepreneur Jia Yueting is dealing with a new blemish: the Chinese government has placed him on an “official online blacklist of credit defaulters,” , meaning he could be blocked from flights or making big purchases. Electric car...

Sep 11, 2025

In Insane Move, Renault Buys Stake In Media Company To Entertain Self-Driving Car Passengers

As part of an ambitious plan to deploy fully-autonomous cars within the next five years, French automaker Renault on Wednesday that it purchased a 40 percent stake in a media company to entertain passengers in driverless vehicles. The deal calls for Renault to buy the stake in Challenges Group, a...

Sep 11, 2025