Karma to expand dealerships to 13 US cities, 19 countries by year-end

Karma SC1 Vision Concept  -  2019 Shanghai auto showKarma, the company, is starting its effort in earnest to revive sales of its Revero—the car that started life as the ill-fated Fisker Karma. According to the federal government, Karma sold 231 of the cars in 2018, well down from the 2,667 that Fisker sold in the car's first year on the market. That's partly the result of a paucity of...

BMW teams with Jaguar Land Rover for EV parts

BMW iX3 Concept front 3/4Jaguar Land Rover and BMW announced on Wednesday that they will form an alliance to build the unique parts, beyond the battery, that make up an electric vehicle. The effort will focus on electric drive units (EDUs), including motors, transmissions and power electronics, such as motor controllers. BMW has said it plans to build 25 new plug-in...

Report: Mercedes-Benz EQE shapes up as Tesla Model S rival for 2022

2020 Mercedes-Benz EQC Edition 1886Mercedes-Benz has begun producing the first of its EQ line of electric cars in Europe with the EQC 400 SUV. The company has announced that it plans to build 10 new EQ electric cars by 2022, and other parts of that lineup are beginning to take shape; and officials stated very early on in the EQ project that it planned various versions that would...

Tesla gets (more) real with online pricing, downplays gas-price game

2019 Tesla Model 3 PerformanceIt came as something of a breakthrough on Monday when Tesla updated its website to, nearly, put cash prices for its cars up front in its Design Studio—where potential buyers go to configure the cars they want to buy. Until now, shoppers had to complete building their cars online to see the final price. Up to that point, Tesla only showed an...

Home station from Clipper Creek will charge two EVs

Clipper Creek two-car HCS-D40 charging stationEvery new electric car needs a charge point. For many years since the introduction of EVs, that has been one of the sales obstacles that companies, dealers, and others have had to overcome. Now Clipper Creek, one of the longest-running names in vehicle charging solutions, has come up with a new charging station that will also families to buy a...

Volkswagen ID R sets new EV lap record at Nürburgring

Volkswagen ID R at NürburgringVolkswagen's new ID R electric race car continues setting records. After obliterating the record climbing Pikes Peak—not just for electric cars, but for all cars—last June, on Monday, the car set the lap record for electric cars at Germany's famously demanding Nürburgring race track. At the Nürburgring, the electric ID R...

Hyundai Kona Hybrid announced for Europe, not confirmed for US

2020 Hyundai Kona HybridHyundai announced on Monday that it will introduce a new hybrid version of its Kona small SUV in Europe. The model follows the standard Kona and the Kona Electric, which went on sale in Europe last year and in the U.S. this spring. The Kona Hybrid uses Hyundai's standard hybrid system with an electric motor built into the six-speed dual-clutch...