Ah, the Chevy Bolt. What a fun-loving automotive that the world has admittedly missed because it was scrapped in 2023. Just lately, we scrolled previous a Reddit thread that includes a screenshot of a promotional electronic mail from Chevrolet teasing the all-new Bolt EV, and the replies that adopted will shock you. As an alternative … Read more
You know the way the automobile insurance coverage enterprise ought to be the dullest matter on the earth—however is not? The truth is, between Liberty Mutual’s Emu, Geico’s Geko, and each Flo and Dr. Rick at Progressive, it is oddly probably the most artistic nook of tv and internet marketing. Clearly, Slate Auto, the upstart … Read more
A number of weeks again, throughout Canada’s F1 Grand Prix weekend, I used to be invited to a non-public occasion in Montreal by the UK authorities. It was an occasion centered round reinforcing financial ties between Canada and the UK. Known as a networking mixer, this VIP cocktail targeted on uniting professionals from each nations … Read more
Through the launch occasion of the 2026 Lucid Gravity, the Lucid personnel had been explaining to me that the explanation their vehicles nonetheless aren’t geared up with Android Auto principally has to do with Google’s notoriously lengthy and vigorous certification course of. Google additionally has a fame for requesting lots of knowledge from automakers to … Read more
I used to be having a dialog with Yuri Tereshyn, from The Straight Pipes YouTube channel, about projection-based infotainment methods versus native interfaces. He argued that Apple CarPlay is what splits the distinction between a great person expertise and an terrible one, whereas I used to be attempting to clarify to him why, within the … Read more
Slate Auto, a brand new EV startup backed by Jeff Bezos, emerged from the shadows a few weeks in the past. A Reddit consumer noticed its stripped-down, $25,000 electrical truck a couple of days later. Slate then teased two new physique model variants. And now, we have had the total reveal of the truck, which … Read more
EVs, like gasoline automobiles, have an issue. They are not nice for the planet (with regards to lithium mining), arduous to get, and costly. When you purchase an electrical automobile that runs on a lithium-ion battery, a few third of what you are buying is the battery. Then there are different points, like vary, and … Read more
Jeff Bezos is backing an American EV startup, Slate Auto. The brand new firm reportedly needs to ship one thing Tesla hasn’t but, an reasonably priced $25,000 EV. The model has been experiencing a whirlwind rollout. Slate Auto’s existence was reported lower than two weeks in the past. However we have already seen not less … Read more
The Subaru Solterra is a succesful car, however has someway remained within the shadow of the Toyota bZ4X. Whereas it’s a mechanical twin of the Toyota EV, it comes with a variety of differentiating components – commonplace AWD, higher suite of ordinary security tech, rugged exterior styling, and so forth. Though it did obtain a … Read more
Jeff Bezos is backing a new EV startup referred to as Slate Auto. The model has launched virtually no data thus far, with a barebones web site and a trademark submitting for “We Construct It. You Make It.” Nonetheless, reviews recommend that Slate Auto is engaged on a fundamental, two-seater electrical pickup that might be … Read more