Report: $25,000 Tesla Model 2 project nixed in favor of robotaxis

$25,000 Tesla teased for 2023  -  Battery DayThe most affordable Tesla may have been canceled. Again. According to a report Friday morning from Reuters, citing three sources familiar with the matter, the company has ceased plans to build a $25,000 Tesla that would slot below the Model 3 and Model Y in the lineup. If understood correctly by those sources, it would be quite a turnaround from...

2024 Chevy Silverado EV RST coming with price cut, 440-mile range

2024 Chevrolet Silverado EVChevrolet confirmed on Wednesday that the 2024 Chevrolet Silverado RST First Edition—that’s the first version of the electric Chevy pickup available to individual buyers—is still coming. And at least in its top-of-the-line version it will be a better deal than it was when originally announced. The Silverado RST First Edition will...

First Drive: 2025 Porsche Taycan makes good on the mission

2025 Porsche TaycanNumbers alone aren’t what make a car thrilling or great. But they’re often what gets the conversation started. When Porsche revealed its original Mission E concept, in 2015, it was in many respects a first-draft effort of what it needed to do to one-up Tesla, and it dropped some positively jaw-dropping numbers. Porsche focused on an...

First Drive: 2025 Porsche Taycan makes good on the mission

2025 Porsche TaycanNumbers alone aren’t what make a car thrilling or great. But they’re often what gets the conversation started. When Porsche revealed its original Mission E concept, in 2015, it was in many respects a first-draft effort of what it needed to do to one-up Tesla, and it dropped some positively jaw-dropping numbers. Porsche focused on an...

Tesla had its worst quarter since pandemic shutdowns

Tesla Model 3 (Europe-market refresh) Tesla on Tuesday revealed preliminary production and delivery numbers for the first quarter, and they’re down markedly—falling versus the same period the previous year for the first time since 2020 and the onslaught of the pandemic.. In the first quarter of 2024, Tesla made 433,371 vehicles, while it delivered just 386,810 vehicles...

Rivian R1T tops IIHS safety list for pickups, electric or not

2024 Rivian R1TThe Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) now has one and only one pickup truck model on its Top Safety Pick+ honor roll, and it’s fully electric. Fresh off a new round of testing, the Rivian R1T electric truck has been upgraded by the IIHS to Top Safety Pick+ status, from its previous Top Safety Pick. The elevating factor: Updated...

Will the remains of EV startup Arrival help keep Canoo alive?

Canoo in OklahomaThe U.S. EV startup Canoo earlier this week announced that it had acquired “a substantial portion of the advanced manufacturing assets” formerly owned by the U.K. startup Arrival for “pennies on the dollar.” The assets acquired by Canoo from the failed startup include robots, control equipment, and dynamic vehicle testing...

First Drive: 2025 Honda CR-V e:FCEV plugs a benchwarmer into the grid

2025 Honda CR-V e:FCEVThe charge port on the front fender of the 2025 Honda CR-V e:FCEV is, ironically, what may help keep drivers of this fuel-cell vehicle away from a state of range anxiety. It signals plug-in-hybrid-like electric range for the commute, without any need for hydrogen—a departure from the modest, hybrid-sized packs that have been typical in...

Big Genesis electric SUV warms up, Magma performance sub-brand erupts

Genesis Neolun Concept  -  2024 New York Auto ShowGenesis on Monday night pulled the wraps off two very different new concept vehicles—one of them pointing to a flagship electric SUV for the brand, the other showing the direction of a new performance “program” that will produce go-fast versions of the Hyundai luxury brand’s increasingly electrified lineup. The Neolun...

Nissan hybrids and PHEVs US-bound, 3-row electric SUV for 2028

Future Nissan vehicles, The Arc plan presentedNissan on Monday revealed a roadmap that will pivot the automaker back toward hybrids and plug-in hybrids for the U.S., as well as higher-volume, reduced-cost EVs, with aims to cut the cost of next-generation EVs by 30%. As such, they’ll cost the same or less than combustion models by 2030. Under a new business plan it’s terming The...

Jeep sidesteps EVs with ICE off-road concepts, points to PHEVs

Jeep Willys Dispatcher conceptAt its annual Easter Jeep Safari in Moab, Utah, Stellantis’ Jeep brand has presented four new concept off-roaders. And this year, unlike other recent years, all of them were gasoline-fueled. Among them, the lone plug-in concept among them was the Jeep Wrangler 4xe Willys Dispatcher plug-in hybrid concept that, according to the brand...