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...
StoreDot delivers fast-charging batteries for real-world EV testing, claims 100 miles in five minutes
Israeli startup StoreDot has begun shipping samples of its fast-charging batteries to automakers for real-world EV testing. The samples are 30-Ah lithium-ion pouch cells “in EV form...
2024 Chevrolet Equinox EV confirmed at $30,000 for 250-mile base model
Early this year GM laid out an enticing price of $30,000 for its 2024 Chevy Equinox EV fully electric compact crossover due in fall 2023. On Thursday GM confirmed it’s planning to keep to that...
Jeep Recon EV: Electric Wrangler “brother” is one of three production-bound EVs revealed
Jeep on Thursday revealed what it called the next phase of its shift to an all-electric lineup for Europe by 2030 and a target of half EV sales by then in the U.S. The first of these fully...
VW ID.Buzz review, EPA diesel-truck crackdown, Lightyear funding: Today’s Car News
The EPA cracks down on diesel “tunes” for trucks with millions in fines. Lightyear gets more investment for its higher-volume solar EV. And we drive the ID.Buzz electric Microbus, but for Americans...
Review: 2024 VW ID.Buzz EV counters crossover culture with iconoclastic pizzazz
Volkswagen’s highly anticipated ID.Buzz electric van gets it right. Mostly. A couple weeks ago I was able to spend much of the day with production-spec versions of the 2024 VW ID.Buzz and...
Tesla Crashes At 100 MPH At Salt Flats: Family Of Five Survives
Several media outlets are reporting about a recent Tesla crash that occurred at the Bonneville Salt Flats, an area in Utah that’s popular for putting cars through the paces in what seems like...
Solar car maker: “High-volume” Lightyear 2, international expansion spurred with new investment
Dutch startup Lightyear on Tuesday announced a roughly $80 million investment the firm said will help spur development of a mass-market solar-assisted electric car. Lightyear in June revealed that...
California grid, Lucid Air Pure, Buick EV shift, EV weight gain and road safety: Today’s Car News
Lucid teases more affordable versions of its Air being made. Buick offers buyouts to its dealers unconvinced of the EV shift. An ongoing California heat wave serves to emphasize the importance of...
Ford Mustang Mach-E Owner Drives Through Their Garage Wall
Electric vehicles have a whole lot of power, and it’s instant. If you haven’t driven one and aren’t familiar with instant torque and ridiculous acceleration, you should proceed...
Will the extra weight of EVs vs. ICE vehicles worsen road safety?
Current EVs generally weigh hundreds if not thousands more pounds than comparable internal-combustion vehicles due to heavy battery packs, and that might compromise road safety. So argues a recent...