Sony will reportedly make millions of extra PS5s to meet COVID-19 demand

Posted on 15/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Sony will build twice as many PlayStation 5s in 2020 as it had originally planned, according to reports from Bloomberg and Nikkei. Rather than producing five or six million consoles, the company aims to manufacture up to nine or 10 million, depending...

Audi says its Q4 Sportback e-tron concept has a ‘sexy back’

Posted on 07/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Audi wants to give prospective buyers of its electric Q4 SUVs plenty of options, so it has just unveiled the Q4 Sportback E-Tron concept — a “sexy back” coupé version of the Q4 E-Tron SUV it unveiled last year. The two vehicles will share Audi’s modu...

Nissan looks set to debut its Ariya EV in July

Posted on 25/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

There’s been speculation about the arrival of Nissan’s Ariya EV for a while now — back in October the company hinted that it could go into production “soon.” Now, thanks to a very quiet teaser release, it looks like it’ll start rolling out of factori...

Lucid Motors will finally reveal its luxury electric sedan in September

Posted on 17/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Once again, Lucid Motors is ready to unveil a production version of its electric sedan, the Lucid Air. The company originally planned to debut the luxury EV in April at the New York Auto Show, but due to the pandemic, those plans were put on hold. No...

Tesla is ready to mass-produce the Semi, Elon Musk says

Posted on 10/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

For years, Elon Musk has been touting the Tesla Semi, an electric big-rig meant for hauling cargo. Now, in an email to staff, Musk said it’s time to prepare the Tesla Semi for “volume production.”“It’s time to go all out and bring the Tesla Semi to v...

Cyberattack forces Honda to suspend global production for a day

Posted on 09/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Honda was forced to suspend global production for a day due to a cyberattack that infiltrated the company's internal servers in Tokyo, Financial Times reports. Honda detected the virus on Monday and was forced to send some employees home for the day...

Rivian won’t start delivering its EV pickups until 2021

Posted on 09/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Rivian’s electric pickups are some of the most hotly anticipated EVs in the US, but potential buyers will have to wait to get their hands on one. After shutting down its plant last month due to the coronavirus crisis, the startup has announced that p...

Polestar 2 EV production starts in China despite COVID-19

Posted on 24/03/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

While factories in Europe and the US grind to a halt due to COVID-19, Polestar has started production of its Polestar 2 in Luqiao, China. The Volvo brand's first EV is being built on the same production line as the Volvo XC40, as both companies are o...

Tesla reportedly orders factory workers to show up despite shelter orders

Posted on 18/03/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Earlier today, it looked like Tesla would have to pause production at its factory in Fremont. Now, TechCrunch reports, the company says employees in essential roles -- including production, service, deliveries, testing and supporting groups -- should...

Tesla must pause production at its Fremont factory to shelter in place