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Volvo EX90 and Polestar 3 delayed by software issues

2024 Polestar 3Initial U.S. deliveries of the Polestar 3 and Volvo EX90 are likely to be delayed by months due to a software-related issue spanning these models’ shared platform, the two Swedish EV makers confirmed Thursday. The impact may be most significant for Polestar, as U.S. deliveries of the Polestar 3 electric SUV won’t start later this year…

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Review: 2024 Volvo XC40 Recharge, C40 Recharge show less can be more

2024 Volvo C40 RechargeIt’s easy to miss the most important thing about the refreshed 2024 XC40 Recharge and C40 Recharge. These models, which I drove last week near Volvo’s Gothenburg headquarters, make the rear wheels the primary drive wheels for the first time in a Volvo in decades. Yet they don’t look much different than their 2023 equivalents…

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Toyota teases future EV, plans three-row electric SUV by 2026

Toyota EV concept for 2026Toyota made a number of announcements that suggest it might be stepping up its electric vehicle strategy versus what has been previously announced. In an annual roundup of the company’s financial results presented on Wednesday, president and CEO Koji Sato stated that it plans to launch ten models ranging from luxury vehicles to compact cars…

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EV adoption bottleneck, Volvo EX30 tease, Fisker Ocean Force E, Pear delay: Today’s Car News

GM EV LiveFisker 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…

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Report: Few dealerships have EVs available, and it’s a problem

car dealershipUnless 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…

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Fisker Ocean off-roader bows as 2023 target lowered, Pear delayed

Fisker Ocean Force EFisker 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…

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Volvo plans small EX30 electric SUV for US, reveal June 7

Teaser for Volvo EX30 debuting on June 7, 2023Volvo 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…

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Fisker Ocean deliveries start in Europe—six months into production

Fisker OceanFisker 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…

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Aftermarket tire and repair shops could gain in EV shift

Tesla Model 3 with prototype Goodyear airless tiresSo 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…

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Rimac taps its electric supercar smarts for energy storage tech

Rimac EnergySupercar 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…