Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell and Chinese EV firm Nio last week announced a cooperative agreement to expand charging and battery swapping stations in Europe and China. The agreement includes a network of co-branded battery swapping stations, starting with two pilot sites in China, the two companies said in press releases. Shell and Nio hope to… More…
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Nissan aims for 15 EVs by 2030, solid state batteries by 2028
Nissan on Monday unveiled an ambitious plan to launch nearly two dozen new electric cars and hybrids and invest in solid state battery tech by the end of the decade. Dubbed Nissan Ambition 2030, the plan calls for 23 electrified models for the Nissan and Infiniti brands globally, including 15 all-electric vehicles, by 2030. It’s part of a larger… More…
Toyota is poised to make affordability, not range, at the center of its EV play
Toyota’s onslaught of battery electric vehicles is likely to arrive later than those from other automakers. But when these models appear, don’t expect Tesla range numbers—or Tesla prices. Toyota instead plans to go light with batteries on its EVs and compete with affordability, durability, and environmental responsibility, all… More…
Mercedes Vision EQXX concept touted as brand’s most efficient EV yet, due for January 3 reveal
The efficiency-focused Mercedes-Benz Vision EQXX concept will be revealed on January 3, 2022, Mercedes R&D boss Markus Schäfer announced in a LinkedIn post last week. Announced in July, the Vision EQXX targets 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) of real-world range on a single charge. That’s about 100 miles more than the 520-mile Lucid Air Dream… More…
Hyundai Home ecosystem due in 2022 will cover solar, charging, energy storage
Hyundai recently unveiled a coordinated home-energy ecosystem, bundling EV charging, solar, and home energy storage. Dubbed Hyundai Home, the service will provide one-stop shopping for these products to Hyundai customers, the automaker said in a press release. It’s scheduled to launch in certain markets in 2022. Rather than leaving customers to… More…
Poll: US majority supports EV transition by 2030, and there’s “generational urgency” behind it
A majority of United States voters support requiring all new cars sold in their state to be electric by 2030, according to a new poll commissioned by nonprofit Coltura. Nationally, respondents supported phasing out sales of new gasoline cars by a 55%-35% margin. That margin varied by state, narrowing to 50%-38% in Colorado and growing to 66%-24%… More…
Rivian R1S individual order timing updated, but still on track for January delivery start
Rivian says its electric SUV remains on track, with first deliveries for some customers starting in January 2022. That’s despite some isolated complaints from a few Rivian R1S customers suggesting that order timelines may have been pushed back. The source of the confusion appears to be emails that went out this week, with build timelines for their… More…
Precept concept is becoming Polestar 5, due in 2024
The Polestar Precept concept will morph into a new flagship dubbed Polestar 5, scheduled for a 2024 launch, Polestar announced Tuesday. Confirmation came with the release of the third of a series of videos on the Precept concept’s design. This video focuses on the exterior design of the concept, which Polestar claims will be fairly close to the… More…
2022 GMC Hummer EV: Edition 1 will be listed—but not EPA-rated—at 329 miles
While driving range is one of the most important numbers for the GMC Hummer EV, it’s different for GM’s electric “supertruck” versus any other personal-use EV currently on the market. Why? Because, as we’ve outlined in the past, the top Hummer EV is solidly in the EPA’s heavy-duty truck category, with a… More…
Vinfast aims to deliver U.S. EVs by end of 2022, establishes Los Angeles headquarters
With a splashy introduction at the 2021 Los Angeles auto show, Vietnamese auto manufacturer Vinfast detailed its plans to bring a pair of electric SUVs to the United States and establish a foothold in the U.S. EV market by the end of next year with a pair of vehicles. Confirming reports from earlier this year, those two EVs will be the VF e35 and… More…
California approves $1.4B EV infrastructure push, including hydrogen fueling and truck charging
California last week announced approval of a $1.4 billion three-year infrastructure push to meet the state’s ambitious goals for EVs and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles. Most of the funding in the 2021-2023 plan goes to charging infrastructure, with $314 million designated for light-duty vehicle charging and $690 million for medium-duty and heavy-duty… More…
GM fine-tuning 2023 Cadillac Lyriq electric SUV ahead of spring 2022 arrival
General Motors on Monday released an update on development of the 2023 Cadillac Lyriq electric SUV, which is scheduled to start production in the first quarter of 2022. Cadillac engineers of completed 80% of validation testing, meaning they can now begin fine-tuning the Lyriq ahead of the start of production, the GM press release said. The Lyriq… More…
Used EV tax credit, union-built bonus part of House social and climate bill now headed to Senate
The infrastructure and social policy bills passed by the United States House of Representatives this week include many EV provisions, from investments in charging infrastructure to a rejuvenated EV tax credit. Now they head to the Senate. The Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376) replaces the current federal EV tax credit with a new one that… More…
Tesla Phone Key outage locks some out of their cars: Is this the future?
Some Tesla owners on Friday night encountered a dilemma: The Tesla app—or network—was down, leaving them unable to connect to their vehicle and, well, get into it and drive. The outage, which rendered Tesla’s Phone Key feature useless to some, was not due to a hardware issue with the vehicles themselves. The idea of going keyless or… More…
Genesis reveals Electrified GV70: US-bound EV has 800V fast charging, tech that reads the road
Hyundai’s Genesis luxury brand revealed a fully electric version of its GV70 SUV, called the Electrified GV70, on Friday at Auto Guangzhou 2021 in China. And it confirmed that the model will be coming to North America. The reveal fills in a missing piece in a recent report that Genesis could be planning to make the GV70 EV in the U.S… More…
Ford doubles EV production target for late 2023: Will it take the lead after Tesla?
Ford CEO Jim Farley outlined Thursday, with a series of tweets, that the automaker is now expecting to make 600,000 electric vehicles per year globally by the end of 2023. That’s double the previous plan, and enough to potentially be considered the number-two EV maker in the U.S. by then—if other automakers keep to their current plans… More…
EVs as a group are worst for reliability, hybrids and PHEVs best, according to Consumer Reports
Electric SUVs were the lowest-ranked category in the latest Consumer Reports reliability rankings, but hybrids and plug-in hybrids were the best. While compact hybrids—including the Honda Insight and Toyota Prius—as well as plug-in hybrids topped the rankings with above average overall reliability, electric SUVs were ranked last, with… More…
Taycan GTS Sport Turismo: Third body style of Porsche EV is a performance wagon
Porsche on Wednesday unveiled a new version of its sole electric car. The 2022 Porsche Taycan GTS Sport Turismo marks the debut of the new Sport Turismo body style, as well as the addition of the sporty GTS badge to the Taycan lineup. Debuting at the 2021 Los Angeles Auto Show, the Sport Turismo is a wagon that uses the same body shell as the… More…
Kia EV9: Concept electric SUV is full of ideas for production-bound model
Kia on Wednesday revealed the EV9 Concept, which both hints at an upcoming mid-sized electric SUV and sets a new sustainability-focused design theme for the brand. The very boxy, upright look of the EV9 reinterprets Kia’s Tiger Face facade in front, with a “BEV-focused grille” that hides a star pattern. The hood duct area also houses a solar… More…
Hyundai Seven concept points to a 300-mile electric family SUV due in 2024
Hyundai on Wednesday unveiled the Seven concept at the 2021 Los Angeles Auto Show, previewing a future family SUV for its all-electric Ioniq sub-brand. The concept’s name hints at the upcoming Ioniq 7, due in 2024. It may also be a reference to seven seats, which seems like a possibility given the Seven concept’s size. However, the concept… More…