Kia PBV concepts preview flexible electric vans, and a robotaxi

Kia PBV ConceptsKia has revealed much more about its Platform Beyond Vehicle (PBV) strategy for providing modular vehicles for last-mile delivery and other uses, potentially around the globe. And with the extensive update, on Monday at CES in Las Vegas, it also provided a glimpse of the first several PBV products that are essentially different twists on electric...

Hyundai’s hydrogen big picture goes way beyond cars and trucks

Hyundai Motor Reveals Vision for Hydrogen Energy and Software Solutions Beyond Mobility at CES 2024Hyundai on Monday revealed more detail about its hydrogen plans—including a comprehensive look at its work to establish a “hydrogen value chain.” Across Hyundai Motor Group, the company now projects that by 2035 it will use 3 million metric tons annually. By Green Car Reports' calculations, that's enough to keep several million...

270 miles of EV range was the US-market midpoint in 2023

2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6Is 270 miles enough of a rated range in a new electric vehicle? As the Department of Energy pointed out this past week, 270 miles was the median rated range for new 2023-model-year EVs. Meanwhile, the top EV range rating was once again earned by Lucid—for a version of the 2023 Lucid Air Grand Touring. Various studies over the past decade...

Kia EV9: Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2024

Kia EV9: Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2024The 2024 Kia EV9 fits the form that many American households seek in a family vehicle, made fully electric but without a luxury price tag. That plus leadership in all aspects of charging make it Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy 2024. Until now, no non-luxury EV has truly fit these needs—family-sized for America, with a third row...

Which 2024 EVs qualify for the $7,500 EV tax credit?

2023 Tesla Model Y  -  Courtesy of Tesla, Inc.The list of electric vehicles qualified for the EV tax credit in calendar year 2024 has been released. And as expected, it’s very short. Noteworthy Tesla omissions include most of the Model 3 lineup (the Performance version is the only one that now qualifies), as well as the Model X Plaid and the entire Model S lineup. And as anticipated by...

These were the top EV stories of 2023

Hyundai at Tesla SuperchargerElectric vehicles remain the future of transportation at the end of 2023, as they were at the start of the year. But it was a year of tough questions to accompany vast market change, not just as the massive scales of supply and demand swung the other way, but as an industry refocused. While 2023 marked the end of supply-chain issues that had...