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Chevy Bolt EV price cut, wireless charging demand, E15 and gas prices: Today’s Car News

2022 Chevrolet Bolt EVThe Bolt EV gets a price drop. The Biden administration may be letting more ethanol out to fuel pumps. Volvo EV interfaces will get snappier. And the company most invested in wireless charging claims that customers want it as an option. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Chevrolet has announced a big price drop for the 2023 Chevy Bolt EV…

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Survey finds EV shoppers want wireless charging as an option

Tesla Model 3 equipped with WiTricity wireless charging systemWireless charging firm WiTricity claims most EV shoppers want wireless charging as an option, and it has survey data to prove it. The company on Thursday released results of a company-commissioned survey of 1,053 Americans, nearly half of which already own an EV, and the others intending to purchase an EV within the next two years. Of those…

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Fortnite creator bringing sharper interfaces to upcoming Volvo EVs, starting with flagship model

Volvo and Epic Games partnership.The next generation of Volvo electric cars will get sharper infotainment interfaces from an unorthodox source. Volvo announced Wednesday that it will partner with Epic Games—the studio behind “Fortnite”—to use Epic’s Unreal Engine in upcoming cars. This will enable “unparalleled high-quality graphics,” Volvo promised in a press…

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2023 Chevy Bolt EV: $6,000 price drop for lineup as GM aims to prioritize affordability

2023 Chevrolet Bolt EUV Redline EditionChevrolet has announced that its 2023 Bolt EV and EUV cost less than equivalent 2022 Bolt EV and EUV models. The 2023 Chevy Bolt EV starts at $26,595, including destination charges, while the Bolt EUV starts at $28,195. That’s a price drop of $5,900 for the Bolt EV and a drop of $6,300 for the Bolt EUV—reductions that hold for both the…

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Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid, Lexus RX plug-in, Buick Wildcat EV concept: Today’s Car News

Buick Wildcat EV conceptBuick shows an electric Wildcat. Lexus is offering three hybrid flavors of a redesigned RX crossover, including PHEV and performance hybrid versions. And one of the few remaining Toyota models not yet offered in a hybrid version gets one. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Toyota announced a hybrid version of its Corolla Cross, which…

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Buick Wildcat concept shows design direction for Electra EV series arriving in 2024

Buick Wildcat EV conceptBuick on Wednesday revealed a concept that it says previews “an expressive vision of the brand’s new design direction” as it transitions to fully electric by the end of the decade. And it also confirmed that upcoming Buick EVs—including the first one to arrive in North America in 2024—will carry the Electra name, as…

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DeLorean Alpha5 EV takes the gullwing sports car to the Future

DeLorean Alpha5The rebooted DeLorean Motor Company has revealed its new electric sports car, the Alpha5. And while it carries on the name and gullwing layout of the original DMC-12 that took Marty McFly Back to the Future, it travels to a different era entirely. The Alpha5 will accelerate to 155 mph, according to the company, and it will sprint to 60 mph in 3.0…

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Report: BMW likely planning a shift to cylindrical battery cells in next-generation EVs

Car with AA cylindrical batteries - SNL parody, 4/2016BMW will reportedly be switching to cylindrical cells for its next-generation EV platform due around 2025. The news accompanies recent confirmations of an agreement for a potentially large-scale supply agreement signed between the Chinese battery giant CATL and BMW. According to Reuters sources, the shift to cylindrical cells, rather than the…

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Star Wars and electric vanlife converge in ID.Buzz show cars

Volkswagen Volkswagen has rolled out two ID.Buzz electric vans steeped in Star Wars—and part of a collaboration with Lucasfilm and the recent debut of the “Obi-Wan Kenobi” series on Disney+. Like the series, the ID.Buzz is arriving later than originally anticipated. Production versions of the VW electric van won’t come to the U.S…

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Lake Michigan EV touring route takes form with open Rivian Waypoints chargers

Rivian Waypoints chargers at Holland State Park, MI - Photo by Diane Dawson Wilks, c/o Michigan DNRDo the electric vehicles or the chargers come first? While on the West Coast the chicken-or-the-egg dilemma was on the side of the chargers—with projects like the West Coast Electric Highway that warmed the public up to the idea more than a decade ago—the Great Lake State and traditional heart of the auto industry has waited until the…