Hyundai undercuts Tesla with Ioniq 5, Ioniq 6 lease prices
With new lease rates in place ahead of Memorial Day, it’s currently cheaper to lease a Hyundai Ioniq 5 or Ioniq 6 than a Tesla Model 3, reports CarsDirect. According to a Hyundai national...
Ford adopts Tesla charge port for future EVs, Supercharger access soon
Ford CEO Jim Farley and Tesla CEO Elon Musk together on Thursday announced that Ford is planning to shift to Tesla’s charging interface—and the superior fast-charging experience of Tesla...
See Aspark Owl EV Set Two New Speed Records At Almost 200 MPH
You may have heard of the Aspark Owl before. It’s a fully electric hypercar produced in Japan, and it just set two EV speed records this week, with top speeds just shy of 200 MPH. Aspark says...
2024 BMW i5 details, Volvo EX30 CO2, Stellantis and lithium-sulfur batteries: Today’s Car News
Volvo’s upcoming EX30 is going for the brand’s smallest-ever carbon footprint. Stellantis sees lithium-sulfur battery tech in its future. And the BMW i5 looks much like a gasoline 5-Series. Is that...
2024 BMW i5: Electric 5-Series starts at $67,795 and 295 miles
BMW on Wednesday unveiled the i5, the first-ever all-electric version of the automaker’s 5-Series luxury sedan, which is scheduled to reach dealerships later this year as a 2024 model. The...
Volvo EX30 claims lowest-ever carbon footprint for brand
Volvo says its upcoming EX30 electric SUV will have the lowest carbon footprint of any of its production models to date. Scheduled to debut June 7, with orders and pre-orders in some markets on the...
Future Stellantis EVs: Better range vs. weight with lithium-sulfur cell tech?
Ask futurists which materials have the potential to make our lives better in all sorts of ways, and odds are the resulting shortlist will include graphene. Graphene has become a bit of a...
No Ford 600-mile EVs, MCS vs. hydrogen, AM radio in EVs: Today’s Car News
Ford says enough is enough with the range race and stands behind efficiency and viability. AM radio in EVs appears to be safe for now. And is megawatt charging a threat to hydrogen fuel-cell tech?...
What is all the fuss over AM radio in EVs?
Ford CEO Jim Farley confirmed via Twitter on Tuesday that the automaker would include AM radio on all 2024 models, reversing a policy Ford previously indicated was a byproduct of EVs. Ford removed...
Will megawatt charging nix hydrogen fuel cell tech in semis?
The Megawatt Charging Standard (MCS) formalized just last summer will pave the way for more electric big rigs at the expense of hydrogen fuel-cell trucks, an electric-truck consultant predicts....
BMW Design Boss: Why Do EVs Need To Look Different?
–Como, Italy It’s not unfair to call BMW and Mercedes-Benz two sides of the same coin. Both put forth a steadfastly Germanic and fiercely independent take on luxury, design, and performance that’s...
Ford CEO: We’re not going to go to 600-mile range on EVs
Ford is taking batteries very seriously, and it’s not going to spend more on them than it needs to. What that means, Ford product development chief and CTO Doug Field explained at the...
Next-gen Ford EVs, Cadillac Escalade IQ, BMW EVs testing V2X: Today’s Car News
Cadillac gives its long-anticipated Escalade EV a timeline and a badge. A California utility and BMW are working together on greening the grid with V2X tech. And Ford likens its efficiency-focused...
BMW tests how its EVs might supplement the grid
BMW and utility Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) have started testing technology that allows EVs to supplement the grid. Testing is taking place at a PG&E lab in San Roman, California, as...
Cadillac confirms Escalade IQ electric SUV for late-2023 reveal
Cadillac on Monday announced plans to create a fully electric iteration of its biggest SUV, the Escalade, plus a tease of the timeline: The electric version, called Escalade IQ, will bow later this...
Ford 3-row EV SUV due in 2025 with 350 miles of range
Ford CEO Jim Farley on Monday teased the automaker’s upcoming fully electric seven-passenger SUV as being “like your own personal bullet train.” While that might not have been quite as extraordinary...
US charger reliability, Toyota hybrid production, Silverado EV WT vs. F-150 Lightning Pro: Today’s Car News
Toyota is seeking to boost U.S. production of hybrid powertrains. The upcharge will be high to get a Silverado EV with a 450-mile range. And will data reporting requirements make the federal EV...
Chevy Silverado EV WT vs. Ford F-150 Lightning Pro: Electric work trucks compared
With pricing information for the 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV Work Truck (WT) trickling out ahead of its planned launch, it’s time for an initial comparison with the rival Ford F-150 Lightning...
Feds tackle EV charger reliability in US infrastructure buildout
There’s a lot riding on the success and effectiveness of the $7.5 billion nationwide network of EV chargers that’s taking form based on the last week’s updates from the U.S. Joint Office of...
Watch Modified Tesla Model S Set A New Lap Record At Willow Springs By Accident
A heavily modified Tesla Model S Plaid built by Unplugged Performance set an unintentional new lap record on the Big Willow track at Willow Springs, with the lap time being a little over a second...