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As hybrids grow in popularity, Nissan does not want to be left behind. More Hybrids, and even EREV models are coming. Source link

Tesla’s planned solar factory in Texas has landed in the middle of a US patent lawsuit between two Chinese solar equipment makers, both chasing the ingot-growing furnaces Tesla needs to hit its 100 GW goal. Linton Crystal Technologies, a Rochester, New York company wholly owned by China’s Dalian Linton, sued Zhejiang Jingsheng in a Texas federal court last week. Chinese industry reports say Jingsheng won a roughly 3 billion yuan (about $420 million) Tesla order for crystal pullers earlier this year. Two patents on how you lift a silicon seed The complaint was filed on September 22 in the US…

Ahead of its highly anticipated unveiling, Tesla’s upcoming Roadster received a new patent that aims to keep it grounded while enabling white-knuckle speeds. The patent, which was granted on September 29, is titled “Electric Car Fan,” bluntly stating its design but not its purpose, which is further detailed in the text of the application. Interestingly, it comes two weeks before the Roadster event, which was delayed due to unfavorable weather on Thursday, which could cause issues, as Tesla revealed the event must be held outdoors. 🚨 The design uses electrically driven ducted fans, typically shown as a row of four…

It now has over 180 charging sites in the U.S. More are coming online every week. Source link

Tesla (TSLA) got the SEC’s blessing today to let retail shareholders sign up for a standing instruction that automatically votes their shares the way Tesla’s board recommends, at every meeting, until they cancel it. The timing is hard to ignore. Tesla still hasn’t scheduled its 2026 annual meeting, and Elon Musk keeps teasing a SpaceX merger that could hand him a big chunk of his $1 trillion pay package without hitting a single operational goal. What the SEC approved Tesla’s general counsel Brandon Ehrhart and Sullivan & Cromwell sent the SEC’s Office of Mergers and Acquisitions a no-action request dated…

Photo: IONNA Rapidly expanding DC fast charging company IONNA now has more than 180 sites open across the US, and EV drivers of four of its founding automakers’ brands can now get discounts when they plug in. The automaker-backed network, which uses Alpitronic hardware and in-house-developed software, says it has more than doubled its footprint since the start of 2026 and is now the largest 400 kW charging network in the US. IONNA’s eight founding automakers are BMW, GM, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis, and Toyota. They’re building a charging network open to all EV drivers with sites it calls…

The new BMW i3 40 xDrive still comes with dual-motor all-wheel drive, but its battery has been downsized. Source link

An 11-year-old boy in Florida has found himself with a traffic citation, a towed electric motorcycle, and a court date after police caught him riding a high-powered electric dirt bike in lieu of an electric bicycle on public roads. It’s a rare example of an alternative to the growing push for stricter e-bike laws nationwide: actually enforcing the perfectly good laws we already have. And while there’s certainly room to debate whether fingerprinting an 11-year-old and sending him to court is the best way to handle the situation, the underlying enforcement may be exactly what we need more of. The…

The feature uses a hidden camera in the rearview mirror to stream a live feed directly to the owner’s smartphone. Source link

Having introduced the all-electric i3 earlier this year, BMW has now revealed the ICE versions of the next-generation 3 Series. It will be available with 4- and 6-cylinder engines and features the brand’s latest Neue Klasse design. The exterior design of the new 3 Series is similar to the BMW i3. It has the same twin kidney design in the front with integrated LED headlights and new claw-like DRLs. In the rear, you get slim LED taillights and a sculpted two-tone bumper. The M350 variant gets quad exhausts and sportier wheels. The interior design is also based on the Neue…