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The pre-order for the all-new Series S electric scooter began with a reservation price of Rs 500. With the innovation in technology, Ola also decided to change the delivery system from the traditional in-store purchase to direct payment and delivery service. This mechanism will provide Ola with much more efficiency, savings from logistical methods of showrooms and sales networks.

Musk insists that the yoke steering wheel is worth it for offering better visibility of the instrument cluster and its driving visualisations. When Tesla unveiled the new Model S with the "yoke" butterfly steering wheel, it was controversial. Some were worried about the actual shape of the wheel being problematic and others about the lack of drive stalk to choose the drive mode, Electrek reported.

Besides, from 2025 onwards, all newly launched vehicle architectures will be electric-only and customers will be able to choose an all-electric alternative for every model the company makes.According to Mercedes-Benz, it intends to manage this accelerated transformation while sticking to its profitability targets.

"With the three offerings, we have a proposition for every type of EV customer in the small but growing luxury SUV space. To ease the transition to electric mobility - we are offering several benefits and packages including after-sales, charging and ownership," Audi India head Balbir Singh Dhillon said.

According to Musk, Tesla has created its own connector, as there was no standard back then and Tesla was the only maker of long-range electric cars. "It's one fairly slim connector for both low and high power charging," Musk wrote on Twitter. "That said, we're making our Supercharger network open to other EVs later this year," he added. As of May, Tesla's Supercharger network has reached a total of 25,000 chargers.

The vehicle was launched less than a month ago. "So far we have already sold over 5,600 units of Hyundai ALCAZAR in the market and with the addition of this 6 & 7 Seater SUV to our line up," said Tarun Garg, Director (Sales, Marketing & Service), Hyundai Motor India."We are now offering our valued Indian customers a stellar range of multiple SUVs which will help us to further fortify our SUV leadership in India."

Ola Electric opened the reservation for its electric scooter on the evening of July 15. It can be reserved for Rs 499 via its official website -- olaelectric.com. "I am thrilled by the tremendous response from customers across India for our first electric vehicle. The unprecedented demand is a clear indicator of shifting consumer preferences to EVs," Bhavish Aggarwal, Chairman and Group CEO, Ola, said in a statement.

According to the company, the Mercedes - 'AMG E 53 4MATIC+' is priced at Rs 1.02 crore, while 'AMG E 63 S 4MATIC+' is priced at Rs 1.70 crore. Luxury automobile manufacturer Mercedes-Benz has strengthened its performance based - AMG - portfolio in India by launching 'AMG E 53 4MATIC+' and 'AMG E 63 S 4MATIC+'.

The updated UI will have something that the CEO referred to as the "mind of car" view. The EV maker has been expected to release a broader user interface update in its vehicles for a while now, Electek reported. It has often been referred to as its v11 software update and it is expected to use some of the new designs seen in the new UI in the updated Model, the report said.

In an earnings call in January, Musk had told investors that he was "highly confident the car will be able to drive itself with reliability in excess of human this year". In the latest tweet, Musk said: "Generalized self-driving is a hard problem, as it requires solving a large part of real-world AI. Didn't expect it to be so hard, but the difficulty is obvious in retrospect."