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2023 Kia EV6 GT Pros And Cons: Supercar In SUV Clothing
The 576-horsepower Kia EV6 GT combines supercar levels of speed with the usability and utility of a traditional crossover.
EV adoption bottleneck, Volvo EX30 tease, Fisker Ocean Force E, Pear delay: Today’s Car News
Fisker shows an off-road Ocean and resets some timelines. Volvo teases a smaller electric SUV. EV tires should be a business opportunity. And dealerships are no longer choking EV adoption. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Have friends, family, or you tried to find an EV in stock to drive and buy? A nationwide study of the electric vehicle…
Report: Few dealerships have EVs available, and it’s a problem
Unless you know exactly what you want and are willing to put money down and wait, it’s hard to find an electric vehicle in dealer stock to test-drive and buy. While anyone who’s shopped for a new EV in recent months knows that, the latest nationwide study of the electric vehicle shopping experience from the Sierra Club, out Monday…
Fisker Ocean off-roader bows as 2023 target lowered, Pear delayed
Fisker on Tuesday revealed a new “hard core” off-road package for the Ocean electric SUV—the same day the company also revealed some realities that included lower anticipated production numbers of the Ocean this year, as well as a delay of its Pear EV. The off-road version, called Force E and available starting in the fourth…
Volvo plans small EX30 electric SUV for US, reveal June 7
Volvo has teased the design of a new smaller electric SUV that it confirmed on Tuesday will be U.S.-bound. The compact model, to be called EX30, will be revealed on June 7 and will be available that same day for U.S. reservations, Volvo said. The EX30 badge, which was previously confirmed as on the way, follows Volvo’s new naming structure…
Fisker Denies Ocean EV’s Debut Is Delayed By Software Issues
Bloomberg reports that Fisker’s first customer vehicle was already sent back to the factory and some cars can only drive at low speeds.
Fisker Ocean deliveries start in Europe—six months into production
Fisker Inc. last week revealed that it had delivered its first Ocean electric SUV to a customer—nearly six months after contract manufacturer Magna started production of the model in Austria. The first delivery, of an Ocean One launch edition, was attended personally by chairman and CEO Henrik Fisker, to a customer in Denmark, Fisker said…
Aftermarket tire and repair shops could gain in EV shift
So far, few if any widespread automotive service retailers have tried to woo the business of electric vehicle owners. But recent survey results suggest that some of them might do better by focusing on EV-specific needs soon. The results come from survey giant J.D. Power, via its U.S. Aftermarket Service Index Study, out last week. It found that…
Rimac taps its electric supercar smarts for energy storage tech
Supercar builder Rimac is launching a battery energy-storage business. The new business unit, called Rimac Energy, will leverage the company’s EV expertise for stationary energy-storage systems, starting with pilots with select customers, according to a company press release. It’s a new avenue for Rimac, which previously launched the Concept_One…
“Plug and play” kit for classic Mini electric starts under $20,000
The UK firm Electrogenic is launching an EV conversion kit for the classic Mini that the company claims will bolt directly in. Due to go on sale this fall, the kit will retail for 15,000 pounds—equivalent to about $19,000 at current exchange rates—before the cost of a donor car. Keeping in mind that $30,000 is generally considered a…