The U.S. Department of Justice may be investigating Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk for criminal wrongdoing related to a series of tweets its founder sent this year, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. A spokeswoman for the Justice Department declined to comment on the report. At issue are a series of tweets in August in which Musk said that the automaker had…
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Audi e-tron, Lucid investment, and electric-car sharing programs: Today's Car News
The Audi e-tron makes its formal debut as the brand’s first mass-market electric car. Lucid Motors secures funding to build a factory for its car. Electric-car car-sharing programs are poised to expand in the U.S. And we ask if readers would sign up for VW’s electric-car subscription plan in a new Twitter poll. All of this and more on Green Car…
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Would you buy into a Volkswagen electric-car subscription plan? Take our Twitter poll
Volkswagen announced in July that it will launch an all-electric car sharing plan in the U.S. in 2020. Called “WE,” the program is likely to serve as a marketing program for the company’s new line of electric cars, the hatchback ID, and the ID Crozz crossover SUV. The ID is slated to go into production at the end of 2019, followed by the ID Crozz…
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Electric car-sharing programs expanding in U.S.
Electric cars and car sharing go naturally together. Both aim to clean up the environment by reducing gasoline consumption. With lower maintenance, electric cars are also easier to maintain for fleets than gas cars. Combined with gas cars, car-sharing fleets can also provide a backup for electric-car owners who want occasional access to a larger…
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Saudi investment fund takes $1 billion stake in Lucid Motors
Lucid Motors announced yesterday that it will receive a $1 billion investment from the Saudi Arabian public investment fund. Lucid is a Silicon Valley-based electric car builder working on a direct competitor to the Tesla Model S. In August, Tesla chief executive Elon Musk suggested that he had held talks with the same Saudi investment fund about…
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Audi e-tron electric crossover debuts to battle Tesla
And finally, there is Audi. Late Monday night, the German luxury maker debuted took to the stage in San Francisco with its long-awaited, first volume battery-electric vehicle, a five-seat midsize crossover utility to be known simply as e-tron. It also opened reservations and will allow customers to configure the car, requiring a refundable $1,000…
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2019 Nissan Leaf pricing, BMW iNext, Tesla body shops, and lightweight production: Today's Car News
The BMW Vision iNext previews a future self-driving luxury electric crossover SUV. Tesla opens its first in-house body shops. A British engineering firm wants to bring lightweight racing platform methods to production cars. And Nissan reveals pricing for the 2019 Leaf. All of this and more on Green Car Reports. The BMW Vision iNext made its global…
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British engineering firm brings lightweight race car design to production cars
British race car design company Gordon Murray Design showed off its new lightweight race car body last week at the Low Carbon Vehicle Show in England. The company calls its body-in-white—an industry term for a car body with no components attached—iStream, and it says it’s the result of a new process it patented to make lightweight…
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Tesla opens its first in-house body shops to reduce repair times
Facing reports of long wait times at Tesla-authorized collision repair centers, Tesla is bringing collision repairs in-house. The company has been opening in-house body shops at a Tesla service centers in the past month, and Tesla chief executive Elon Musk tweeted on Sunday that the company plans to bring “most collision repairs” in-house, because…
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2019 Nissan Leaf to cost $30,885, long-range battery still to come
The 2019 Nissan Leaf doesn’t cost any more than it did last year, but it also won’t deliver any additional electric range—yet. The Leaf S, Leaf SV, and Leaf SL will cost $30,885, $33,385, and $37,095 including an $895 destination charge. That’s before any government tax credits or rebates. The Leaf is eligible for a full $7,500 federal tax…
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