If you have trouble reading this message, view it in a browser. This week Ford begins testing the E-Transit in real business fleets, Waymo brings I-Pace robotaxis to San Francisco, and Opel shows off its version of the Ami. But first: We've now known for a few weeks that an electric muscle car from Dodge is on the way, but it was only a couple of days ago that Dodge clarified its plans for an electric future, or what it calls eMuscle. Automotive News reported this week that a concept car was on the way in 2022, one that will preview a 2024 production version. Dodge brings back the Fratzog logo, but does this teaser preview a large coupe or a sedan? Or perhaps it could be a sedan and coupe duo, now that EV platforms are easy to adapt for different body styles. After all, it would be risky for Dodge to stake so many sales and development dollars on a single body style. The Lucid Air is promised before the end of the year, but will Lucid ever be able to catch up to Tesla? Speaking of aspiring Tesla competitors, just about a decade after its debut the Tesla Model S is expected to see a worthy challenger or four later this year. There are several electric luxury sedans on the way, but only one of them has been seemingly on the verge of a market debut for years. Ford has kicked off real-world testing of the upcoming E-Transit lineup of electric vans and trucks, with the first examples being distributed to fleets this week. The automaker is putting 10 prototypes in the hands of several major utility, postal, and municipal fleet operators in the UK, Germany and Norway, with prototypes joining the vehicles used by the city of Cologne, AWB waste disposal, DHL Express and other businesses. Here's what these vans promise. Autonomous tech developer Waymo has started offering San Francisco residents rides in autonomous Jaguar I-Pace electric SUVs, with a safety driver behind the wheel. Dubbed the Waymo One Trusted Tester program, those who have the Waymo One app will be able to hail an autonomous I-Pace featuring the fifth-generation Waymo Driver system, which is considered to be SAE Level 4 and that will take them anywhere in what the company calls its "initial service area," which signals a limited, geofenced area for now. But it's definitely a step toward robotaxis.
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Friday, August 27, 2021
Lucid Air is finally on the way to challenge the Model S
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