How Much Money Can You Save by Driving an EV?

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…

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Bolt Sales Rise from the Curb to Kick LEAF Back Down the Line

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…

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Ultium Archives

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…

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Chevy EV lineup Archives

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.…

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Subaru EV Archives

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.…

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General Motors Reveals Plan To Be Carbon Neutral by 2040

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…

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BMW Flaunts Futuristic Cars At Trade Event

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…

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New Battery Tech Could Cause Big Capacity Increases in Next Few Years, Rather Than Decades

©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…

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standards Archives

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…

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Mustang Mach-E Pace Car Debuts at Talladega

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…

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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…

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BMW i5 Archives

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)…

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MSRP Archives

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…

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EV Infrastructure Will Connect Boston and D.C.

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…

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