Author: Michael Khan

Pride Group Enterprises, a North American logistics operator, has placed an order for 250 heavy-duty electric trucks of the Freightliner Daimler Truck brand. These vehicles will later join the company’s fleet in 2023 and be the next step to complete electrification, which is targeted at the latest by 2024. The Freightliner order includes 200 eCascadia trucks and 50 eM2 trucks, with deliveries starting mid-2023. Pride Group has plans to fully expand its delivery fleet in the next year or two. Last year, Pride Group also ordered 6,320 e-delivery vehicles from Workhorse. The order must be fulfilled by 2026. “We are…

Tired of struggling to negotiate a better chip supply deal, Cruise, the autonomous driving unit of General Motors has developed its own chip for its upcoming self-driving vehicle. Cruise’s Head of Hardware Carl Jenkins told Reuters recently that Cruise is currently using its chips from Nvidia but the upcoming Robotaxi Origin will use a self-developed chip. “Two years ago, we paid a lot of money for a GPU from a well-known vendor,” Jenkins said. “There are no negotiations because our volume is small. We can’t negotiate at all. That’s why I said, okay, then we have to control our own…

Jeep introduced their first EV line up, namely, the Recon, Wagoneer S, and Avenger. The trio of SUV-style EVs will debut together in 2024. Jeep revealed, each EV will have a different identity and characteristics according to the market and functionality. For the Recon, Jeep made it with a Wrangler-like approach, which was oriented off-road. This EV was built in the same design studio as the Wrangler and is similar in size and proportions. Jeep tells us that the Recon will be a “true Jeep” with impressive off-road capabilities. However, the automaker has remained tight-lipped about most of the other…

As the electric vehicle market grows across the country, Honda Motor Co. plans to build a lithium-ion battery factory in the United States. This Japanese car manufacturer will cooperate with LG Energy Solution Ltd, a battery supplier based in South Korea. This was explained in the company’s official statement, quoted by Reuters (30/8). The battery factory is estimated to spend a budget of 4.4 billion US dollars. This factory was built to increase production in the United States, because in this country the use of electric vehicles is increasing. This is because the local government previously issued strict regulations regarding…

Yamaha has an electric motor that looks very similar to the Fino scooter, namely the e-Vino. An electric motor that has been marketed in Japan. Reporting from Young Machine (08/24/2022), Yamaha announced that it will increase the battery capacity of the E-Vino electric scooter and will provide two new color options. The electric scooter, which will reportedly be released on September 30, reportedly gets a battery capacity of 1.2 times larger than the previous model. With a larger battery, the mileage becomes longer, from 29 km to 32 km. Then there are two new color combinations of white-black and white-blue…

Bentley launched the Bentley Mulliner Batur, which was inspired by the beauty of Lake Batur covering an area of ​​16 km2 in Kintamani, Bali. The Bentley Batur is a sleek hard top coupe with a new and minimalistic design language that will define Bentley’s style in future electric cars. The production of the latest Bentley Mulliner Batur car is limited to 18 units, each unit will be designed by the owner so that it can determine the color and finish of almost every Batur surface. On the exterior there is a traditional Mulliner color palette as well as fully bespoke…

Saudi Arabia can be said to be one of the most dominant countries for world oil production. This term has long been pinned in Saudi Arabia to other Arab countries. Although Saudi Arabia’s global energy dominance has long been a drag, at least we can always hope it will end one day. When oil is no longer as attractive as it used to be, this is especially so because many countries are vying to reduce their use of fossil energy in order to save the earth. The embedding of Saudi Arabia as an oil nation could end if you look…

At the Monterey Car Week event in the United States, Lucid displayed his newest electric car, the Lucid Air Sapphire (19/8). The Lucid Air Sapphire is featured as a candidate for Lucid’s first electric car to sport the Sapphire ultra high performance branding. This means that the Lucid Air Sapphire is a candidate for Lucid’s fastest electric car that will face the Tesla Model S Plaid head-on. “The Lucid Air Sapphire, as the first Lucid product to carry the Sapphire name, builds on our technical excellence to take high-performance electric cars to the next level,” said Peter Rawlinson, Lucid’s Chief…

YouTube has removed a video of a Tesla driver testing the car’s features to see if it works by trying to hit a real child. Video titled ‘Does Tesla Full-Self Driving Beta really run over kids?’ uploaded to the Whole Mars channel. This content involves Tesla owner and investor Tad Park. Quoted from The Verge, Sunday (21/8/2022), in the video, Park tested the Full-Self Driving (FSD) feature on his own child. Park drove a Tesla Model 3 towards one of his children who was standing on the side of the road and the other as they crossed the road. And,…

Rivian has had a year of ups and downs in the electric vehicle business. After the IPO late last year, the company faced production cuts, supply chain problems and staff cuts. Now to increase its production, the company is removing the option for the Explorer package of electric vehicles they offer. The removal of the Explorer package comes to streamline its business model after laying off six percent of its workforce earlier this year. Downsizing is done so that more deliveries can be made immediately. The uninstallation of the Explorer package applies to both R1T and R1S according to the…

Of course, not many are familiar with this electric vehicle brand. British electric motorcycle maker, Maeving, has a product with a unique appearance. The design is like a vintage ‘boardtracker’ motorcycle. This electric motor is named the Maeving RM1. This product was introduced to the market at the end of 2021. This electric motorcycle was designed in the ‘boardtracker’ style that was widely circulated in the 1920s. This product from England has specifications that are quite capable. Reported by motorcyclenews.com, this electric motorcycle is equipped with a hub-drive type drive, or a driver located on the drum part. With the…

Acura made a surprise at the Monterey Car Week event by stating that they would present their first electric car in 2024. Acura also revealed their electric car concept using the ZDX name. In the concept video shown, you can see the shape of the car body, which is named the Acura Precision EV Concept. The car is clad in a metallic blue color and the body design, according to Acura, resembles a speedboat that splits sea water. A video rendering of the cabin is also shown and shows the unique shape of the steering wheel shaped like a bow…