2021 Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo due for US deliveries this summer

2021 Porsche Taycan Cross TurismoPorsche Taycans weren’t born to be garage queens. Although they can definitely do track time and a pulse-quickening weekend drive, they can handle all the daily driving in between. Add the Cross Turismo—that’s the Taycan wagon, as some will see it, although the idea even predates the Taycan name—and the realm of possibility...

Flywheel tech helps ease grid demands of EV fast-charging

Chakratec flywheel-based Kinetic Energy Storage systems for EV charging, grid-balancingAlthough true flywheel-based kinetic energy recovery systems (KERS) never quite caught on in racing or in production hybrids, a company in Israel has been working on putting the technology to use where it could make a big difference: EV fast-charging stations. The flywheels Chakratec uses for charging stations weigh about 330 pounds each and...

Tesla existed before Elon Musk: Founders on how they pitched the idea

2011 Tesla Roadster Sport. Photo by Joe Nuxoll.While he's the face of the electric-car maker today, Elon Musk did not start Tesla. Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning were co-founders of Tesla, aiming to produce what became the Tesla Roadster. They attracted investment from Musk, who was granted a chairman of the board position with his investment in 2004, during Tesla's first funding round...

Audi and Norway unleash Game of Thrones star on GM, Will Ferrell

Audi ad  -  Kristoffer Hivju asserting Norway's EV supremacyAudi is Norway’s best-selling electric vehicle brand. GM doesn’t sell vehicles in Norway. You didn’t think Audi—and especially its Norwegian operation—would sit idly by as GM and Will Ferrell challenged it in EVs, would you? For that, Audi turned to “proud Norwegian,” and “Viking among Vikings”...