The Tesla Supercharging network has officially reached another milestone – 45,000 individual connectors (stalls) installed globally as of April 9, 2023. Tesla announced it without providing the number of stations, but thanks to our tracker, we know that the average is just over 9 stalls per station, so there must be close to 4,950 stations […]

Edward Brown III, a former banking executive who spent the last decade of his career leading Hendrick Automotive Group as CEO, died April 3 at age 74. Brown had non-Hodgkin lymphoma, according to an obituary published by the Charlotte Observer. Brown joined Hendrick Automotive, one of the country’s largest dealership groups, in 2010 as its

Capital One has decided to terminate its auto dealer services business offering floorplan lending. “We will be winding down that work this year,” a Capital One spokesperson told Automotive News in a written statement. “This has no impact on the CapitalOne Auto Finance business. Our auto business remains well-positioned to support our dealer partners and

WASHINGTON – A major transport union on Tuesday opposed a request filed by Alphabet’s self-driving unit Waymo and autonomous driving technology company Aurora for an exemption from rules on warning devices for large semi-trucks, citing safety issues. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) said last month it received a joint application from Waymo and

When it comes to for-fun electric dirt bikes, few players have been able to hold a candle to the Sur-Ron X. Sure, Cake with its Kalk electric dirt bike is far superior in terms of tech and performance, but it’s also nearly three times the price at upwards of $13,000 USD. That being said, the

Tesla and CEO Elon Musk have officially published the company’s highly anticipated Master Plan Part 3, and it’s ridiculously optimistic as are nearly all of Musk’s plans. According to a preliminary analysis by Benchmark, Tesla and Musk may have fallen short when estimating the true scale of the plan’s investment. Benchmark’s chief executive Simon Moores

DETROIT — Three top North American purchasing executives and two top supplier CEOs are scheduled to speak during a June 12 roundtable discussion as part of a longtime charity golf outing in suburban Detroit. The Executive Supply Chain Roundtable is set to begin at 9 a.m. at Indianwood Golf & Country Club in Orion Township,

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Energy Department is proposing an update to a decades-old calculation that determines the petroleum-equivalent fuel economy of electric vehicles for NHTSA’s fuel economy standards. The proposed rule-making is in response to a 2021 petition submitted by two environmental groups, the Natural Resources Defense Council and Sierra Club, which argued the calculation