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Lordstown trouble, e-Corner demonstration, EV rejectors growing: Today’s Car News

2023 Lordstown EnduranceLordstown Motors could be in financial trouble. Hyundai’s supplier shows off its e-Corner EV tech with a crab walk and pivot turn. And is a growing group of U.S. shoppers rejecting EVs? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. In its latest survey data, J.D. Power saw a higher portion of shoppers indicating they were “very…

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Hyundai Ioniq 5 goes sideways with e-Corner tech, in-wheel motors

Hyundai Mobis e-CornerHyundai’s affiliate technology supplier, Hyundai Mobis, has shown its e-Corner modular steering and propulsion system for EVs in real-world testing, and it’s just released a bit more about what the system will allow dynamically. Put simply, it could dramatically change the maneuverability of electrified urban vehicles, driven or not…

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Survey: Growing portion of US shoppers are rejecting EVs

2023 Ford F-150 LightningDespite strong EV sales growth, the ratio of U.S. car shoppers uninterested in buying an EV is increasing, according to a new J.D. Power survey. “Top-line metrics on overall EV market share, availability and affordability have been on a long-term upward trend,” J.D. Power said in a statement, “but beneath those headline numbers we are starting to…

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Lordstown indicates Foxconn may be backing out of deal

Lordstown EnduranceLordstown Motors on Monday warned that Taiwan’s Foxconn may be looking to back out of a crucial funding deal that would keep the electric truck maker running—and that it might go bankrupt if the issue isn’t resolved. In a regulatory filing first reported by CNBC, Lordstown said it received a letter from Foxconn on April 21 alleging that the…

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2023 Prius review, Accord Hybrid safety, Daimler charging network: Today’s Car News

2023 Toyota PriusThe Honda Accord makes the top tier for safety. Daimler is re-upping its aim to establish a charging and hydrogen network for big trucks. Saab’s engineering braintrust continued to concoct new vehicles in an era of EVs. And we followed up with the latest Prius hybrid and found a lot to love as well as some gripes. This and more, here at…

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Daimler plans $650M US charging and hydrogen network for big rigs

Rendering of proposed Daimler Trucks Greenlane charging and hydrogen fueling site.Daimler Truck North America announced a $650 million joint venture to develop charging and hydrogen-fueling infrastructure for medium-duty and heavy-duty commercial trucks. Called Greenlane, the joint venture was started in 2022 by Daimler, utility NextEra Energy Resources, and investment firm BlackRock Alternatives. It plans to add charging…

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Saab braintrust created Emily GT electric car, now mothballed

NEVS Emily GT prototype - Photo credit: Plint/ProteanAn electric sedan prototype developed by failed Saab savior NEVS, showcasing in-wheel motors, has surfaced in the wake of the company’s shutdown. NEVS bought the remains of Saab after the Swedish automaker went bankrupt in 2011. It once planned to launch a series of four electric vehicles for China, all built on the Phoenix platform that was going…

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Chevy Bolt EV axed, Tesla range degradation, Honda EV timeline, airless tires: The Week In Reverse

2022 Chevrolet Bolt EUVWhich state has used a tax on public EV charging to help cut the tax on gasoline? Which electric automaker got a $2.5 billion lifeline this week? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending April 28, 2023. General Motors confirmed that it will discontinue the Chevy Bolt EV and EUV…

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Volvo EX90 electric SUV already sold out for its first year

2024 Volvo EX90The 2024 Volvo EX90 is still a few months away from the start of deliveries, but the electric SUV is already sold out for its first year of production. Volvo confirmed this in a press release detailing its first-quarter 2023 financial results, although it didn’t disclose how many vehicles would be built in the first-year production run, only…

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High EV insurance cost, Vinfast funding boost, airless tires: Today’s Car News

GM, Michelin Uptis airless tire prototypeAirless tires could be a step closer. Vinfast gets a funding boost. And EVs still cost a whole lot extra in some cases to insure. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. A $2.5 billion boost for Vietnam’s Vinfast may help keep the company moving even if its IPO gets delayed—allowing the company to keep pushing along with its vision…