Report: GM pulls the plug on Ultium name
General Motors will drop the Ultium name from the modular EV batteries and related components used in all of the automaker’s current and planned U.S.-market electric vehicles, CNBC reported on...
GM reportedly ditching Ultium EV branding on batteries and tech
General Motors is preparing to pull the plug on the Ultium branding for its EV batteries and related components, reports CNBC. The components themselves will remain the same, but the Ultium name...
Porsche recalls over 27,000 Taycans because of battery fire risk
Porsche has issued a recall of its Taycan electric sedan because of a risk of the electric car’s high-voltage battery experiencing a short circuit, something that could lead to a fire. The...
Honda wonders if you’d like gas-engine sounds inside your EV
Honda might add the sounds of vintage performance models to future EVs The sounds might be offered for download for a small cost Honda’s next-gen user interface could enable in-vehicle...
2025 Chevrolet Silverado EV ups range to 492 miles, costs $57,095
Chevrolet expanded the Silverado EV lineup for 2025 The 2025 Silverado EV can be had with up to 492 miles of range on the WT Max Range pack The 2025 Chevrolet Silverado EV costs $57,095 The 2025...
Prototype test drive: Honda 0 Series recalibrates path to EV innovation
Honda aims for aero-savvy EV shapes—and SUVs—with upcoming Series 0 platform 0 Series boasts an air suspension and 3D gyro tech from robots Radiant heat and a heat pump will help maintain range edge...
First Shift: Stellantis sues UAW to block strike
• Stellantis sues UAW to block strike • Nissan joins ChargeScape • Helene’s effects on dealer insurance • SEC opens investigation into...
Guest commentary: For safe jobs, EV battery workers need a union contract
The UAW is aware of the grave dangers of an ill-equipped and unrepresented workforce.
Toyota debating when to end pure gas-car sales in US
Toyota knows the end is coming for pure gas-powered cars Electrified models, mostly hybrids, accounted for 48% of Toyota’s U.S. sales in September Toyota has a three-row electric SUV on the...
Toyota and Subaru reportedly developing another electric SUV together
Toyota and Subaru will launch a second jointly-developed electric SUV in 2026, reports Nikkei. A follow-up to the Subaru Solterra and Toyota bZ4X twins, this second model will be sold in the U.S.,...
Jeep expands 4xe plug-in hybrid recall for battery fires
Jeep has recalled 154,032 plug-in hybrid SUVs in the U.S. for battery fires that prompted Jeep to warn owners to park outside away from other structures, the NHTSA disclosed last week. The recall...
Rivian’s Georgia plant to build EVs in 2027
Rivian applied for a federal loan to help build a factory in Georgia The loan application indicates the production facility would begin operations in late 2027 The smaller Rivian R2 and R3 SUVs are...
Fisker bankruptcy being investigated by SEC
U.S. electric vehicle startup Fisker filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with a court in Delaware in June, or just a year after the start of deliveries of its debut model, the Ocean compact...
Rivian aims to start EV production in Georgia in 2027
Rivian applied for a federal loan to build its Georgia plant The loan application states Rivian will begin partial operations in Georgia in 2027 Rivian intends to build the R2 and R3 electric SUVs...
First Shift: Port workers, operators reach deal to end strike
• Port workers, operators reach deal • Lackluster Q3 vehicle sales • Hyundai, Waymo ink deal for Ioniq 5 robotaxis • Tesla plans four new batteries • Stellantis, Renault CEOs dismiss merger...
McLaren W1 revealed as 1,258-hp P1 successor
McLaren W1 hypercar is successor to P1 “W” in the name signfies McLaren’s World Championship mindset Plug-in hybrid powertrain features flat-plane crank V-8 and 1,258 hp total...
Rolls-Royce Spectre Lunaflair features color-shifting paint
Rolls-Royce is busy making personalized examples of its debut electric car, the 2024 Spectre coupe. After debuting one such vehicle, the Spectre Semaphore, during 2024 Monterey Car Week, the...
2025 Lexus LC
What kind of vehicle is the 2025 Lexus LC? What does it compare to? The 2025 Lexus LC is the automaker’s sports car flagship, a style-forward, surprisingly fun-to-drive lineup of high-end...
Study: EV drivers more likely to be at fault in crashes
A study found EV drivers cause more accidents than those of gas and diesel cars EVs cost more to insure and repair than gas and diesel vehicles Data shows EVs are still driven less on average than...
Here’s how a leading utility company has prepared for the EV transition (Episode 271)
Kristy Fleischmann Groncki and Stephanie Leach, both of the clean energy solutions team at Baltimore Gas and Electric, detail first-of-their-kind initiatives which allow EV owners and utilities to...