Honda electric sports car, sustainability concepts due at Tokyo show

Honda Sports EV concept, 2017 Tokyo Motor ShowHonda on Tuesday previewed that later in October, at the Japan Mobility Show, formerly called the Tokyo Motor Show, it plans to reveal an electric sports car and a sustainability-focused compact car. The electric sports car, called Specialty Sports Concept, will celebrate “the joy of driving and distinctive individuality” and help...

Ford pauses LFP battery factory touted as key for affordable EVs

Ford Mustang Mach-E, F-150 Lightning getting CATL LFP batteriesFord has confirmed that it’s halting construction of a $3.5 million battery plant in Michigan that the automaker had focused on just months earlier as a key for EV affordability. The plant, near Marshall, Michigan, was due to create about 2,500 jobs and make lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) batteries, which tend to be much cheaper to produce...

2024 Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid PHEV quickens without thirsty V-8

2024 Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid If there’s a theme that carries across plug-in hybrids of all kinds this year, it’s that batteries are getting bigger and electric-only driving range is getting longer. With Porsche’s latest versions of the Cayenne E-Hybrid plug-in hybrids, you can bet on both of those improvements, as well as the pursuit of better performance...

Sporty Nissan EV concept cues an all-EV lineup for Europe by 2030

Nissan Concept 20-23Nissan on Monday announced that every new Nissan model introduced for Europe from now on will be fully electric, with plans to make EVs 100% of the brand’s sales in Europe by 2030. The acceleration of EV adoption for the brand in Europe included the introduction of a new Europe-focused EV design concept that hints at what will replace the...

EVs from these brands will soon use the Tesla NACS charge port

GM EVs get Tesla Supercharger access in 2024Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) lags in locations versus the other road-trip fast-charging standards that have been used for EVs. But it is the future. Months ago, earlier this year, that future was not at all apparent. But May 25 the tide turned. That day, with a joint chat between Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Ford CEO Jim...

Buy or lease a Hyundai EV, get a free home charger and installation

Hyundai Ioniq 6 with ChargePoint chargerMaking some key decisions surrounding home charging can sometimes be far more daunting than deciding on the EV itself—especially for those who are newbies to electric vehicles and charging. That’s part of the reason why Hyundai created its unified Hyundai Home service a year ago. While Hyundai Home aggregates home charging-station...