It’s Day Three is Elon Musk’s securities fraud trial, and an expert witness for the plaintiffs had to explain to the jury — in very expert-y terms — why the proposal to take Tesla private “at $420 a share” likely was not serious.
Automotive News, which saw a prototype at the automaker’s design studio, describes it as “futuristic and sporty,” as well as smaller than a Ford Maverick or Hyundai Santa Cruz. Given that every electric truck on or coming to the market today is huge and priced north of $70,000, an affordable two-door electric pickup sounds like it would be a welcome addition. Now who can I talk to about resurrecting the Isuzu Faster as an EV?
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The company is working with automakers to design its own custom-built electric vehicles for ridehailing and delivery, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told The Wall Street Journal. That means lower top speeds and bench seats for passengers to face each other for ridehailing, and smaller footprint two- and three-wheelers with cargo space for delivery. Which automakers though? Khosrowshahi wouldn’t say.
It shouldn’t have come as a shock that the new Corvette E-Ray would be quick. But I still made a very cringey “woo” face when experiencing it first hand. Am I little embarrassed? Sure. Will it probably happen again? Most definitely.
It only took 70 years for the Corvette to find a little space for an electric motor. The new E-Ray is the first hybrid version of the eighth-generation sports car and the first to feature all-wheel drive.
