Even New Zealand’s PM will soon be driving an e-tron Photo: Audi The EV industry is enjoying success around the world, and New Zealand is no exception. The use of environmentally friendly electric vehicles is now set to include not only the public, but the highest authority in the country. Recently, news broke that the…
2018 Chevrolet Bolt EV Premier Photo: Chevrolet A recent study by BloombergNEF suggests that the COVID-19 crisis will negatively impact electric vehicle sales by approximately 18 percent in 2020. That’s 5 percent less than the decline for cars with combustion engines, meaning EVs will feel the impact much more than their gasoline-powered counterparts. Go Green…
For a while, analysts and reports have sought to find the answer to a big question about electric vehicles: just why aren’t people buying them? Among things like current vehicle range and charger availability, one of the problems is the way the cars are presented. Often, electric vehicles come with bold, instantly-recognizable styling—just consider how…
Photo: Chevrolet There are loads of great reasons to drive an electric vehicle, foremost among them, preserving the environment and saving money. However, even those of us who want to see more EVs on the road aren’t entirely sure exactly how much money ditching fossil fuels can put back in our pockets, especially when you…
Photo: © General Motors In February and March, Nissan got to put its smug face on whenever electric vehicles were brought up, because sales of its LEAF, an aging model on the cusp of a redesign, beat out sales of Chevrolet’s bright and shiny new Bolt, which only started deliveries in December—in February, the LEAF…
Hot on the heels of the GMC Hummer EV and the Chevrolet… If Honda’s electrification story starts with the Prologue, we expect Chapter 1 to be quite meaty… General Motors’ electric vehicle plans were already ambitious. Now, the automaker plans… It turns out that GM is (once again) considering developing a flying… General Motors recently…
The high price of electric vehicles often scares away car shoppers who’d… The 2023 Chevrolet Bolt EUV gives all-electric vehicle shoppers a compact SUV… The 2023 Chevrolet Bolt EV makes the transition to all-electric driving easy… Chevrolet is broadening its lineup with the addition of more electrified options.…
Subaru introduced the world to its first all-electric vehicle, the Solterra, in… In the wake of a press release from Tokyo in early 2020, here’s everything we know about the upcoming Subaru Evoltis, an all-new EV from Subaru and Toyota.…
Mary Barra announcing plans for an electric future Photo: General Motors General Motors announced yesterday that it intends to be carbon neutral by 2040. The automaker has created science-based objectives in order to reach neutrality in both its operations and global products. Check Out Chevrolet’s Electric Vehicle: The 2020 Bolt EV General Motors intends to…
Oil production certainly shows no signs of slowing down Image: Paul Lowry With all the talk of electric vehicles across the automotive industry, it may be easy to assume that oil use and production would be down. However, the exact opposite appears to be true. The International Energy Agency recently revealed that the global supply…
The BMW i3 Photo: The News Wheel Leading premium carmaker BMW is strongly holding onto the luxury crown by unveiling its plans to launch an extensive lineup of futuristic concept cars and electric vehicles, as well as a trendsetting makeover of its existing sport utility vehicles. At its NEXTGen event held in Munich on June 25, the…
©GM When writing about electric vehicles, I get to hear about this or that new battery technology that is certain to revolutionize battery vehicles a lot. These all have a few similarities: they promise radical improvement, a brighter future, and that it will be coming…eventually. In the next couple decades, certainly. What I don’t hear…
In support of consistent nationwide vehicle emissions standards, GM recently backed out of a high-profile Trump lawsuit against California in favor of an expected Biden plan.… Even as electric vehicles gain more and more traction, plug-in skeptics (hello,… Writing about green cars lately has made me feel like Grampa Simpson… Recently there has been much…
The all-new Mustang Mach-E set a strong pace for Ford at Talladega on Sunday Photo: Ford The Mustang Mach-E made its NASCAR debut this weekend at the Geico 500 from Talladega Superspeedway. Serving as the pace car for the race on Sunday, the all-new Mustang Mach-E became the second Ford electric vehicle to set the…
BMW’s mission to expand its electric lineup is certainly no secret. The automaker seems to be right on track for this goal, delivering more than 100,000 electric vehicles during 2017. By 2021, BMW plans to introduce the i4 and iNext EVs to its lineup. Yet, the introduction of these two EVs leaves the future of the…
It seems that every few months, there’s a fresh rumor about BMW… When BMW first launched the i Division brand, it was comprised of… Are you irritated yet? If you’re not, then you haven’t been keeping… Remember last month in March when AutoNews Europe interviewed BMW Group research… Having successfully conquered the electric vehicle (EV)…
Dealerships still have margin to extract more dollars out of customers faced with limited availability of the cars they want… The 2022 Mirai is a rear-wheel drive fuel-cell electric vehicle with an EPA-estimated, zero-emission range of 402 miles… At first glance, its 23-horsepower increase might not seem like a lot, but the engine has been…
Photo:Nissan The 500-mile trek between Boston and Washington D.C. will be a little less stressful this fall for drivers of electric vehicles (EVs). Nine electric-vehicle DC-fast-charge stations featuring 50 total chargers that have two fast-charge plugs each will be peppered along Interstate 95 (I-95) as a result of the “I-95 Fast-Charge ARC” plan devised by…
As President Trump takes office with a decidedly anti-emissions-regulation and anti-environmental-regulation mission, one report from the influential California Air Resources Board has decided that not only are advances in electric vehicle technology coming faster than expected, but that they are advancing so quickly that California should raise its already-high zero-emissions-vehicle sales requirements to greater heights….
2018 Nissan LEAF This year marks the second time the Nissan LEAF has earned world-wide recognition. In 2011, the all-electric vehicle (EV), the first 100% EV to do so, was named the “World Green Car of the Year” by the World Car Awards. Now, in 2018, the all-new LEAF is repeating its world domination as…
Toyota is looking to accelerate the pace of its electric vehicle development after having somewhat lagged behind the industry. While competitors began to ramp up EV development, Toyota continued to optimize hybrid technology and investing in hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Though that’s not going to stop any time soon, the Japanese automaker now says it…
Photo: RightBrainPhotography via CC How much would you be willing to pay for an electric vehicle? For example, the 2020 Chevy Bolt EV — one of the best on the market — starts at $42,505. Now, how much would you fork over if the whole interior was removed, there was no motor, wheels, frame, hood,…
One of the biggest problems bemoaned by electric and plug-in hybrid vehicle… The 2017 Fiat 500e is an electric vehicle (EV) that is exclusive… Science fiction fans had to love the new Fiat 500e that was… Whether Midwesterners, Southerners, and those along the East Coast would embrace the… Chrysler Group has partnered with NextEnergy of…
Photo: Lincoln Citing “the current environment,” Lincoln Motor Company announced that it has ceased development on its all-new electric vehicle. Lincoln first confirmed its plans to build an electric vehicle based on Rivian’s skateboard platform in late January. New from Lincoln: 2020 Corsair nabs a spot on Autotrader’s 10 Best Car Interiors list The luxury…
Photo: Toyota Only nine days ago, we said the Toyota electric vehicle avalanche was coming (the EV-lanche?) and it seems to have already started. The automaker just announced it was investing $803 million and creating 1,400 new jobs at its plant in Princeton, Indiana, to support the manufacture of two all-new, three-row SUVs — both…
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