A 0.004% chance of failure is almost negligible; unless you are one of the unlucky two in 50,000, then it is impossible to ignore.
Two Tesla owners reported faulty front seat belts, and now the NHTSA is investigating 50K 2022-2023 Model X EVs. The agency has not issued a recall, but if more faults are found, Tesla may have another big "service opportunity" on its hands.
That won't do resell value any favors. Due to price cuts across the brand, second-hand Tesla prices are suffering. One forecast suggests a new Model 3 bought in January 2023 will lose 54% of its value by January 2024. The price cuts have had a positive effect across markets, with Chinese buyers almost abandoning other brands.
Nissan revealed a concept for an electric version of their iconic sports car, the Nissan Skyline GT-R. One engineer with a passion for the legendary Skyline sports car asked the age-old question, "What if I put a battery in it?" and ta-da, the concept was born.
The announcement follows the Japanese automaker's attempts to revitalize their EV production with the introduction of 19 new models by 2030.
From the reasonable Leaf to the audacious Skyline, the company is making good on its electrified catch-up plans. These plans include deals with Nikola and Kenworth to provide electric delivery trucks. So eventually the most environmentally impactful part of your EV will be the strip mine and factory every single piece of it came from.
Hyundai/Kia has an idea for anybody missing the days of full service fill up stations or those who are simply not interested in learning how to operate EV chargers (like, seriously, we spent all this time learning how long to leave our card in the pump and you want to change it on us?!).
The South Korean automakers are experimenting with a "human-free" charging solution. The Automatic Charging Robot uses built in lasers, cameras, and AI to handle charging at the push of a button on the driver's key FOB.
In addition to showing off new charging tech, the company has committed to pumping up production of its Ioniq 5s and Ioniq 6 EVs. They have sold about 1000 Ioniq 5s to date, but plan to increase that number to 3K in 2023 and 6K in 2024. It seems "make more to sell more" is the name of the game, which isn't as snappy as "Uno," but we understand.