General Motors said it has sold out the first year’s worth of its hulking GMC Hummer EV electric pickup truck after a splashy video reveal on Tuesday. Reuters reports: The GMC website showed a “reservations full” banner over the Hummer EV “Edition 1,” due to start production in the fall of 2021. The next version of the truck, the $99,995 Hummer…
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GMC Hummer EV vs. Tesla Cybertruck, Bollinger and Rivian
Last night, GMC unveiled the Hummer EV, the company’s first electric pickup with a 350-mile range, 1,000 HP and up to 11,500 pound-feet of torque. Although there’s still plenty more questions than answers, CNET has compared what we know about the Hummer EV against the Tesla Cybertruck, as well as trucks from startups like Bollinger and Rivian. And just for fun,…
Tesla’s New Terafactory Is Coming To Austin, Texas
paulbsch shares a report from Electrek: A source familiar with the matter told Electrek that Tesla has chosen Austin, Texas for its next factory and it’s going to happen quickly. According to a reliable source familiar with the matter, Tesla CEO Elon Musk is set on bringing the next Tesla Gigafactory, or now Terafactory, to Austin, Texas, or at least close…
Love It or Hate It, Tesla Cybertruck Is Revolutionary
The so-called Cybertruck is an angular, stainless steel, all-electric pickup truck that quickly became polarizing. Here’s why it’s revolutionary. Source: https://www.livescience.com/why-tesla-cybertruck-is-revolutionary.html
Ford Says It Has Nothing To Prove To Tesla In F-150 Vs Cybertruck Tow Battle
Sadly, it’s looking like the Ford F-150 versus Tesla Cybertruck tow battle probably won’t happen. TechCrunch reports: Tesla CEO Elon Musk poked the figurative Dearborn, Michigan bear in the middle of the company’s Cybertruck unveiling when he played a video of the futuristic electric truck pulling an F-150 in what was pitched as a head-to-head contest. Many were quick to question…
Analysts, Gamers, and Blade Runner’s Artistic Director React To The Look of Tesla’s Cybertruck
Syd Mead, the artistic director on Blade Runner says Tesla’s new Cybertruck “has completely changed the vocabulary of the personal truck market design.” Or, for another perspective, “Tesla’s Cybertruck looks weird… like, really weird,” wrote Toni Sacconaghi, a senior equity research analyst at the global asset management firm AllianceBernstein. “Add a little bit of dirt, and you could even say it…
Tesla’s Cybertruck Will Have Solar Charging Options
An anonymous reader quotes CNET’s Roadshow: The Tesla Cybertruck will have a solar charging option that can extend its driving range 15 miles a day, Chief Executive Elon Musk said Friday. On top of that, “fold-out solar wings” could increase that extra range to 30 to 40 miles per day, he said. “Would love this to be self-powered,” Musk tweeted of…