Carmakers are turning to airplane-quality glue for seams and thinner steel to trim weight, while looking ahead to using magnesium and coasting to save fuel.
Carmakers are turning to airplane-quality glue for seams and thinner steel to trim weight, while looking ahead to using magnesium and coasting to save fuel.
In California, state subsidies for hydrogen filling stations are encouraging clean-energy advocates to try fuel-cell vehicles.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration also warned Tesla Motors to refrain from encouraging Model S drivers not to report safety concerns.
Tesla aims to make 500,000 of its lower-priced and much-sought Model 3 electric car by 2018. Raising money will help.
Tesla aims to make 500,000 of its lower-priced and much-sought Model 3 electric car by 2018. Raising money will help.
While preparing to export the Model X to Europe, the automaker found the weight of a belted passenger thrown forward in a frontal crash could cause the recliner to break loose.
Tesla said that it was recalling the sport utility vehicles after testing revealed that the backs of the third-row seats could give way in a crash.