Because the electric motor offers maximum torque from standstill, the Tesla only needs one gear to achieve lots of acceleration and ample top speed. The electric motor these days is a pretty neat ...
Musk’s ties to President-elect Donald J. Trump. By Jack Ewing Tesla’s sales of electric cars have stalled. But Wall Street doesn’t seem to be worried. Investors have taken an optimistic view ...
Like its rival Tesla, BYD, which was founded in 1995 as a battery manufacturer, makes and sells a variety of products alongside its car business, from solar panels to buses. The EV giant's ...
Tesla launched the low-volume Roadster at the worst possible moment when the 2008 financial crisis raged across the world. Nobody had money or the appetite to invest in moonshot startups like Tesla.
Tesla sells both the 3 and the Y with Performance trims, which each benefit from a healthy dose of horsepower, and all-wheel drive. As with most electric cars, acceleration in both of these hot ...
One year after the start of deliveries, Tesla is already having a hard time finding buyers for the Cybertruck. The million-strong backlog it bragged about appears to have dried out, and people are ...
The Independent's Electric Vehicles Channel is sponsored by E.ON Next. A truly small and affordable Tesla – cheaper even than the best-selling Model 3 – has been the automotive industry’s ...
At some point, raw acceleration gets old ... This rat rod look is perfect for the kind of hacked-up roadster that a Tesla-powered Cobra necessarily is. Those drivetrain components don’t fit ...