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GM follows Ford in adopting Tesla’s EV charging standard

Umar ShakirJun 8, 2023

Richard LawlerJun 8, 2023

Elon Musk and GM CEO Mary Barra are about to chat live, and I can guess what they’re going to say.

Just days after Ford cut a deal for access to Tesla’s Supercharger network while agreeing to adopt its NACS standard for a charging plug, GM’s CEO is also going on a Twitter Space with Elon Musk. We’ll find out exactly what the deal is in just a few minutes.

Update 4:45PM ET — And now it’s confirmed, GM and Tesla have a deal to work together on charging too.

Umar ShakirJun 7, 2023

Volvo’s gone cluster-less.

Remember the jeers Tesla got for having no instrument cluster or HUD in the Model 3? Now Volvo’s getting in on a similar design with the new EX30.

People worried about Model 3’s spartan design, revealed in 2016. And when it was finalized, people complained to CEO Elon Musk. He tweeted “you won’t care.” Now he’s got a world’s best selling car to prove his point.