The Bearded EV Guy
The Bearded EV Guy
Jason Harper
2021-10-30 | EV News | Chevy resumes Bolt production, Tesla recall, Hyundai moves forward with solid state batteries, and more...
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Now, onto the headlines:  

New study shows electric cars cost 31% less to service over the first three years than gas cars.

(https://www.businessinsider.com/electric-car-cost-less-service-maintenance-than-gas-cars-study-2021-10)  

Audi is increasing the range of their older e-tron SUVs with a software update.

(https://electrek.co/2021/10/28/audi-increases-range-older-e-tron-electric-suvs-software-update/)  

Lucid is delivering its first Dream Edition Airs this weekend.

(https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/lucid-air-customers-dream-edition-ev-deliveries/)  

Hertz os planning on supplying 50,000 Teslas to Uber Drivers.

(https://www.barrons.com/articles/tesla-hertz-uber-electric-vehicles-51635332630)  

GM resumes Chevy Bolt manufacturing on November 1st.

(https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/26/22746583/gm-bolt-ev-restart-battery-production-recall-fires)  

Hyundai Mobis, Hyundai's parts and service arm, released a unique prototype vehicle that can swivel each wheel 90 degrees.

(https://electrek.co/2021/10/26/hyundai-mobis-unveils-successful-e-corner-wheel-module-with-crab-driving-and-0o-turns/)
(https://youtu.be/EmWLcQLMyKg)  

GM is working with dealers on plan to install 40,000 E V charging stations across North America.  

(https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/26/gm-will-work-with-dealers-to-install-40000-ev-charging-stations-across-north-america/)  

The first batch of BMW i4' s is sold out.

(https://www.carsdirect.com/automotive-news/green-technology/first-bmw-i4-deliveries-sold-out)  

Musk's net worth is now larger than Exxon's market cap.

(https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-tsla-elon-musk-beats-oil-giant-exxon/)  

GM is moving to a almost wireless battery management system for their new E V's.

(https://www.carandbike.com/news/gms-new-evs-will-use-a-cloud-based-battery-management-system-2589877)  

Tesla is recalling nearly 2800 Model 3's and Y's over suspension concerns.

(https://www.engadget.com/tesla-recall-suspension-model-y-3-191031712.html)  

Hyundai joins forces with Factorial, a solid-state battery firm, hoping to be the first to bring solid state battery tech to the electric car market.

(https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/hyundai-solid-state-battery-breakthrough-tech/)  

EV cannonball record just broken by a rented Tesla Model S.

(https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a38095522/ev-cannonball-record-tesla-model-s/) (https://youtu.be/Q1X2fEjFQxQ)