Hydrogen supply pinch affects San Francisco fuel-cell drivers

2018 Toyota MiraiHydrogen fuel-cell drivers in California’s San Francisco Bay Area may soon have to find a backup plan—like a gasoline or electric vehicle. As of Wednesday night, 9 out of the 11 passenger-vehicle hydrogen stations in the Bay Area were down due to a hydrogen shortage—a status that remained the same going back to Monday. An...

Report: Mercedes-Benz EQE shapes up as Tesla Model S rival for 2022

2020 Mercedes-Benz EQC Edition 1886Mercedes-Benz has begun producing the first of its EQ line of electric cars in Europe with the EQC 400 SUV. The company has announced that it plans to build 10 new EQ electric cars by 2022, and other parts of that lineup are beginning to take shape; and officials stated very early on in the EQ project that it planned various versions that would...

Tesla gets (more) real with online pricing, downplays gas-price game

2019 Tesla Model 3 PerformanceIt came as something of a breakthrough on Monday when Tesla updated its website to, nearly, put cash prices for its cars up front in its Design Studio—where potential buyers go to configure the cars they want to buy. Until now, shoppers had to complete building their cars online to see the final price. Up to that point, Tesla only showed an...

No puncture, no pressure: GM could offer airless Michelin tire in 2024 EV

Michelin Uptis prototype tire, on Chevrolet Bolt EVMichelin yesterday revealed a comprehensive look at what some cars could be rolling on in just five years: the company’s first airless passenger-vehicle tire. The Uptis Prototype (Unique Puncture-proof Tire System) is a wheel/tire combination made primarily of rubber, aluminum, and a new resin-embedded fiberglass-reinforced material...