How Lucid leaps past Tesla with smaller motors
Lucid Motors calls its motor design miniaturized, and it’s long boasted that the light and “impossibly compact” motor in its Air electric sedan is lean enough to fit into an airplane carry-on. ...
Communities of color affected by air pollution lag in EV adoption; study looks at how to fix this
Interest in purchasing an EV is high among communities of color, which are also more burdened by air pollution than white communities. Yet significant barriers exist to greater EV adoption,...
Nissan Leaf EV batteries’ long lifetime is pushing recovery and recycling farther off
Nissan Leaf batteries are lasting a long time, according to an executive with the automaker, and that may push mass reuse and recycling further into the future. “Almost all of the batteries...
Vinfast deliveries, VW ID.4 off-roader, Leaf bidirectional charger: Today’s Car News
Nissan approves a bidirectional charger that works with its warranty. Volkswagen shows an extra-rugged version of its ID.4 electric crossover. Some Ford and Lincoln plug-in models are getting...
Vinfast delivers first 100 VF 8 electric SUVs in Vietnam, US arrival still set for this year
Vinfast reported on Saturday that it has delivered the first 100 of its VF 8 electric SUVs in its home market of Vietnam, ahead of wider availability and international deliveries in the U.S.,...
Report: Samsung SDI To Finalize 46xx Round Battery Spec In Next Year
Samsung SDI’s works on the all-new 46xx-type cylindrical battery cells progress toward series production. According to The Elec‘s, Choi Hoon – Samsung SDI’s general manager of...
VW ID.Xtreme concept turns the ID.4 into a rugged off-roader
Volkswagen has turned the ID.4 electric crossover into a rugged off-roader. Debuting at the ID.Treffen event in Locarno, Switzerland, the VW ID.Xtreme concept applies a suspension lift, tougher...
Ford CEO Out To Convince Dealers To Offer Tesla-Like Selling Costs
Ford Motor Company is reportedly planning to make its electric vehicles cheaper by as much as $2,000 by trying to convince dealers to reduce the costs of delivering EVs to customers. Jim Farley,...
Ford Mach-E EV, Lincoln Corsair plug-in hybrid among first to get automated lane-change feature
Two plug-in models will be among the first to get an updated version of Ford’s Bluecruise hands-free driver-assist system when it launches this fall. Adding an automated lane-change feature...
Watch Tesla Model Y Drag Race Genesis GV60 And Ford Mustang Mach-E
If you’ve been following the segment for some time now, you probably remember when EV drag racing was all the rage. Love it or hate it, it was popular primarily due to Tesla’s models and...
Nissan approves first US bidirectional charger for Leaf, use won’t affect warranty
The Nissan Leaf will finally get bidirectional charging in the United States, and it won’t affect the EV’s warranty, Nissan confirmed this past week. Leaf models have for years had the...
VW ID.Buzz review, $30,000 Equinox EV details, future Jeep EVs, dirty diesel tuners: The Week in Reverse
Which automaker announced a big shift to cylindrical cells and a battery strategy sounding like that of Tesla? Which boxy production-bound Jeep EV is in “brotherhood” with the Wrangler? This is our...
Lexus RX plug-in hybrid review, BMW changes batteries, Bollinger B1 back, Harbinger bows: Today’s Car News
BMW’s shift to cylindrical cells is official. Bollinger B1 and B2 electric trucks are back on, thanks to Mullen investment. Harbinger bows in the commercial-EV space with claims it can cost less....
BMW battery shift targets 30% more range, faster charging with cylindrical cells and cell-to-pack tech
Future BMW electric vehicles will go farther on a charge and will be faster-charging, while costing less to produce. That’s among the takeaways from a trove of information from BMW this...
Volkswagen ID Xtreme Off-Road Concept Is Based On The ID.4 GTX
Volkswagen has just unveiled a brand new concept vehicle based around the ID.4 GTX, which it showed at the international ID. Treffen event held on the banks of Lago Maggiore in Italy and...
Hot Quad-Motor BMW iX3M And iX4M Electric SUVs May Be In Development
BMW has already put an M badge on an electric vehicle, first on the i4, then on the iX, but neither is actually what in the industry has come to be known as “a full M car.” Both those vehicles are...
Commercial EV startup Harbinger claims it can erase the up-front cost premium vs. gas or diesel
There’s a new commercial EV startup on the block. It’s called Harbinger, and claims to have an EV platform for medium-duty trucks that will erase the up-front cost premium over current...
Mullen majority stake might revive Bollinger B1 and B2 electric trucks
Mullen Automotive on Thursday announced acquisition of a majority stake in Bollinger Motors, reviving plans to bring the latter’s B1 electric SUV and B2 electric pickup truck into production....
Jeep production-bound EVs, $30,000 Chevy Equinox EV, Rivian-Mercedes van venture: Today’s Car News
Jeep rolls out its first three fully electric models. Rivian and Mercedes partner for electric vans. StoreDot sends its five-minute-charging battery tech out for testing. And Chevy confirms that the...
Rivian and Mercedes-Benz plan to make electric vans together for Europe
The U.S. EV newcomer Rivian intends to partner with the oldest automaker in the world to form a joint venture around electric vans—and producing them for Europe. In the venture, announced this...