We look at the lowest-priced U.S. EVs. An industry group drops its lawsuit over tighter diesel tailpipe rules. How much better for emissions are electric pickups? And a Chinese automaker claims to have the world’s fastest-charging mass-production EV. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.
Short supply and strong demand, supply-chain issues, and soaring raw materials costs have altogether led to electric vehicle price hikes—if not by sticker price, by transaction price. We rounded up the six 2023 EVs priced under $40,000, before counting any incentives or credits.
China’s Xpeng has revealed more about its G9 flagship electric SUV, which it now claims will be the world’s fastest-charging mass-produced EV. The five-seat G9 will be able to add up to 124 miles of range in just five minutes, with 800-volt silicon carbide components. And Xpeng is rolling out new 480-kw DC fast-chargers to coordinate with that.
A recent analysis from the Union of Concerned Scientists looks at the emissions of electric pickups and finds that versus a gasoline pickup, an electric truck reduces lifetime carbon emissions by 57%. As with other analyses from UCS, the findings vary based on your local grid, and they do include estimates of the additional CO2 cost of making the vehicle and its battery pack.
The court challenge waged against a California emissions rule clamping down on heavy-duty diesel engine emissions has been dropped. The move might have slowed the electrification of delivery vehicles that some of the group’s member companies have been pushing in messaging and investor decks. Pushback came from the 17 states that have signed onto aims to electrify more trucks and buses and a range of surprising green-vehicle allies such as Unilever.
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The changes apply to both the R1T and R1S. Customers have until September 1 to reconfigure their pre-orders or cancel them.
The tri-motor Air Sapphire could beat the Tesla Model S Plaid in nearly every performance metric. And versus other Airs, it sacrifices no interior or cargo space.
The Ford Mustang is going fully electric—in a few years. BMW is looking at four-motor electric M performance cars. Lincoln looked in the far-off future with a fresh concept. And Acura is calling its EV the ZDX. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. BMW announced that it’s testing a...
Two motors power each axle, meaning each wheel gets its own individual motor, in a special BMW i4 M50 development mule.
The Ford Mustang Hybrid was originally announced in 2017 and was slated to debut in 2020 on the current-generation Mustang platform.
Lincoln's radical design statement shows what an autonomous electric vehicle from the brand might look like.
It also confirmed upcoming Type S performance variants of the ZDX that “will continue to put the driver experience first in the electrified future.”
Dodge goes loud-and-proud with its electric muscle car. Tesla tops a study of the charging experience. Acura shows how its design draws out in EVs. Evidence mounts for BMW shifting its battery strategy. And we distill the list of eligible vehicles for the EV tax credit down to a very few. This and...
EVs are coming to the Acura brand, and the Precision EV Concept shows the shape of them—wrapped in an entirely new interface for the automated-driving era.
The survey giant also noted that charging-hardware reliability is becoming an issue, with an increasing portion of respondents pointing to malfunctioning equipment.
EVE has signed contracts to be BMW's primary supplier of battery cells in Europe for a new line of EVs debuting in 2025, according to the report.
The Charger Daytona SRT has retro styling, a multi-speed transmission, and "bone shaking" fake exhaust sounds that electrify the classic muscle car. It's fair to say Tesla and Lucid fans aren't the target buyer.