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Tesla has reportedly decided not to give stock-based compensation to employees as part of their annual performance review. CEO Elon Musk has often claimed that Tesla has the best employee compensation in the auto industry and that’s because of its stock options. Just last month, Musk told a crowd at a New York Times conference:

A solar electric truck climbed the world’s highest volcano using solar power alone – and set a new world record for altitude for an EV. A Swiss team called Peak Evolution, which is sponsored by Austrian transport and logistics company Gebrüder Weiss, successfully climbed the western edge of Ojos del Salado, 6,500 meters above sea level

In a strange reversal of plan, it looks like Volkswagen is revising its interior design. After a slew of complaints about its touchscreen-heavy interiors, the German brand is bringing back more good, old-fashioned physical buttons, according to Autocar. Autocar spotted the concept for the upcoming compact ID.2all – the brand’s latest and smallest EV offering

2024 Hyundai Kona EV (Source: Hyundai) Hyundai’s all-electric Kona is getting a high-performance upgrade. The Hyundai Kona Electric was spotted wearing the famed Hyundai N Line badge with a new sporty look. The new 2024 Hyundai Kona is bigger, bolder, and better in every way compared to the previous model. You can see the upgrades

A campaigner has asked the BBC to defend what he called an “elitist” format of University Challenge in a public debate. Frank Coffield, an emeritus professor of education, has campaigned for fairer entry rules that would see Oxford and Cambridge confined to one team – in line with all other universities. He has alleged the

Tesla has unveiled a 3D reconstruction park assist system that serves as the long-awaited bird-eye view. Bird’s eye view, a vision monitoring system that renders a view of a vehicle from the top to help park and navigate tight spaces, has become a popular feature in premium vehicles and it has even moved down market

Porsche is retiring its best-selling SUV in Europe earlier than expected. The gas-powered Porsche Macan will sail off into the sunset in the EU next spring. Porsche is set to launch the all-electric Macan next year as it shifts its lineup. The Macan is Porsche’s best-selling SUV globally, with over 68,300 units sold through Sept,

Tesla has started to push the software update that includes the “fix” of the NHTSA Autopilot recall and it includes the release notes detailing the new Autopilot nag. Earlier this week, Tesla and NHTSA announced a new “safety recall” of all Tesla vehicles equipped with Autopilot in North America. The recall is to conclude the

Is Ford adding Google Maps EV route planning? CEO Jim Farley hinted at the idea this week as owners requested the feature. In today’s age, staying connected is everything. Especially while driving. Although most new cars come loaded with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, some automakers are doing away with it. Rival GM announced it

Kia is returning to the world’s biggest tech event next month. The automaker will unveil its new purpose-built EVs and vision for the future at CES, starting Jan 9. After taking five years off, Kia is returning to the event with big plans. The company will present its upcoming PBV lineup and business strategy. Kia

Photo: Uber Freight/Greenlane Uber Freight and Greenlane are joining forces to smartly deploy heavy-duty charging stations to power America’s growing electric truck fleet. The two companies are aiming to lift a barrier to the adoption of heavy-duty EVs: the lack of a robust, public electric charging network. The partnership will tap into Uber Freight’s logistics

Today, France has revealed its list of electric vehicles now eligible for federal tax incentives of up to €7,000. As expected, EVs made in China – including Tesla’s Model 3 and the Dacia Spring, the cheapest EV on the market – didn’t make the cut. French president Emmanuel Macron already unveiled new incentives to sway buyers

The final episodes of Netflix spectacle The Crown were released this morning – with more bizarre moments than ever. After six seasons chronicling the life and times of the Royal Family, the final instalment spans the period from the late 90s to 2005 – covering the deaths of the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret, Charles

Tesla is partnering with Uber to offer its electric cars directly to drivers with discounts up to $3,000. Uber has been increasingly investing in electrifying the vehicles that its drivers use. In 2020, Hertz announced an important effort to electrify its fleet of rental cars, led by a massive purchase of 100,000 Tesla Model 3 vehicles to

Tesla has agreed to add more alerts to its Autopilot system to prevent driver misuse as part of a NHTSA “safety recall” of 2 million vehicles that concludes its Autopilot investigation. For two years now, NHTSA has been investigating the safety of Tesla’s Autopilot features, especially as it relates to accidents involving “stationary first-responder vehicles”

Tesla has announced that it is expanding its electric vehicle business to Qatar with the launch of its online configurator in the country. Since launching the Model 3 and Model Y, Tesla has expanded to the most important auto markets all around the world, but there are still a few countries where the automaker still

The widow of a police officer who was killed in the line of duty has been made an MBE, after campaigning for tougher laws in his memory. Lissie Harper’s husband, Andrew Harper, a Thames Valley Police officer, died after getting caught in a strap attached to the back of a car and being dragged down

Tesla Cybertruck has something called “Wade Mode” that the automaker claims “pressurizes the battery pack” to “drive through water”. it looks like Tesla is actually delivering, at least to some degree, on its promise that the pickup truck will drive through water. Elon Musk has made claims before about how Tesla vehicles could float and

Porsche invited us out to Leipzig Germany all the way back in October to show off the Panamera Plug-in Hybrid and the new PPE-based Macan EV. We were kept on an incredibly short leash but learned a lot about the upcoming SUV, and paradoxically we were left with almost as many questions as answers… Macan

Tesla has re-added a clause to its Cybertruck purchase contract, threatening to sue owners who try to flip their Cybertrucks within the first year of ownership. But its also being unclear about its threat, because the language doesn’t seem to exist in Tesla’s pre-order documents. Back in November, before the initial Cybertruck delivery event, Tesla