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Porsche's Macan EV will fully replace its combustion engine counterpart in just a 'couple of years.'

A solar powered road has been spotted in China, there is hopes that the road will power electric cars in the future.

Tesla plans to finish the factory around 2020, and when they do, the Gigafactory 1 should be the largest building on earth by footprint.

They previously had issues finding enough funding to build a new factory that would allow them to start to deliver vehicles.

Thanks to Planet's constellation of satellites, we can now see how the Gigafactory grew over the last year.

The company had originally planned a 3 million square foot facility that was this year reduced to 650,000 square feet and now ultimately to zero.

Musk posted two photos of the electric car, and it looks stunning.

Volvo is focused on reducing the carbon emissions of both its products as well as its operations.

Musk stated that Tesla Motors will deliver the first thirty Model 3's on July 28th.

Unfortunately, if you don't own a Tesla, this Chatbot is pretty useless.

Musk has also revealed that the day-1 reservation holders will get 'something cool, ' but he didn't specify what he has in mind.

Mercedes is expected to be the first with wireless charging this year with Qualcomm Halo as the enabling technology.

Audi has set a goal to achieve one-third of its sales through electric vehicles by 2025.

The 51-second video shows the Tesla Model 3 replica in six custom-created environments.

Tesla started this year with over 5,000 Superchargers globally, and by the end of this year, they will double that number to total more than 10,000.

Musk has asked his 8.56 million Twitter followers to help him come up with a name for their first tunneling machine.

The factories won't only produce battery cells and battery packs; they would combine both the production of batteries and complete cars.

A potential manufacturing issue with the electric parking brakes installed on certain vehicles could prevent the parking brake from releasing.

Tesla will adjust the prices of their higher-end 100D and P100D models next week when their prices will slightly increase.

The company plans to start the Model 3 production the same months as the unveil of the final version.

Musk also revealed that the company will unveil a pickup truck within 18 to 24 months.

The company is off to a great start this year.

April 16th will be the last day that the customers will be able to place their order for the Model S 60 and 60D.

Tesla clearly wants to expand their Supercharger network, and they already started the expansion in January.

The company has announced now that they are on schedule and they are entering 'phase 2 of stage 1' on their project.

Sources close to the company revealed that only 60 people actually paid the $5,000 deposit for their reservation.

Acciona's car wasn't so successful in the first two attempts when it failed to finish the race, but the third time proved to be the charm.

It remains to be seen if LeEco or Faraday Future will ever be able to ship a car or end up taking the entire LeEco empire with them.

If you zoom in the photo, you will even see NASA's Curiosity rover on the surface.

According to the footage, Faraday Future's first production vehicle is faster than Tesla's Model S P100D.

Tesla will charge $0.40 cents per every additional minute that a car stays parked at the Supercharger after the car has been fully charged.

Although the Autopilot on this Tesla Model X wasn't activated, the system is always on for safety even when not active.

The car can also transform into an office, says the company.

The company is doing a good job at creating the hype. Hopefully, they will not disappoint us.

The two images of the yet-to-be-named electric car also show that Faraday Future is going for an unconventional design.

Faraday Future have shown a teaser for their CES event, stating that they will unveil their first production vehicle.

Netherlands is in a good position since Tesla Motors has already chosen Amsterdam for their European headquarters.

By the end of 2020, they want to ensure that drivers have thousands of charging points across Europe.

Kim spent three and a half years at Microsoft and will now join Tesla Motors to take up the role of Lead Designer.

The most impressive info about the car is that it can go from 0-100 km/h in 4 seconds.

This development should also boost the numbers of production capacity.

Any customer who buys a Tesla car after January 1st, 2017 will have to pay a small fee when filling up at a Supercharger station.

It looks like Tesla is busy finishing what is going to be world's largest building by physical area once done.

Fisker Inc. is supposed to show their EMotion to the public sometime next year, hopefully with more information, including the price.

Elon Musk revealed that there will be a Tesla Motors event on October 17th where they will unveil a product 'unexpected by most'

Tesla's new electric SUV will protect up to seven adults from a biological apocalypse.

Richard Branson's Virgin empire already is working on electric engines, and could one day try to compete with Tesla.

Going from strength to strength, the electric car maker Tesla Motors is now California's biggest auto employer.

Tesla changes two Model S battery packs in less time than it takes to fill up a tank of gas.

US scientists working on a way to use plastic bags to create batteries.