Tesla sets Model Y reveal date, hints at price

Teaser for Tesla Model Y electric SUV due for reveal in 2019In a Tweet Sunday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that the company will host an event on Thursday March 14 to reveal its long-planned Model Y SUV. The company will host a reveal event at its Hawthorne, California, design studios, as it has done with all previous models. The company said it will offer more detailed specs, as well as rides in the...

Tesla cuts more than $10,000 off price of Model S and X

2018 Tesla Model S and 2018 Tesla Model XAlong with its announcement of a new base Model 3 Standard Range last week, Tesla also announced that it would cut prices across the board, including on its more expensive Model S and Model X vehicles. In addition to introducing new standard range Model S and X vehicles in late January, when it also dropped prices on the luxury cars by $1,000...

Formula E signs on to complete battery recycling

BMW i.FE18 Formula E racer, Ad Diriyah 2018They say racing improves the breed. Usually that means learning to make cars go faster or handle or stop better. Electric-car racing series Formula E aims not just to improve the performance of electric cars but also to inspire the world to buy cleaner, more efficient cars. Formula E announced a partnership in February with Belgian recycling...

Mercedes joins forces with BMW to build an electric ecosystem

Mini from BMW and Smart from Mercedes join in Reach Now car sharing programMaking electric cars accessible to more people requires developing an ecosystem that would help drivers charge, and occasionally get to destinations that might not yet be ideal for an electric car—like a long road trip. To bridge those gaps for buyers of its upcoming EQC and other electric cars to follow, Mercedes-Benz announced last week...

Senate confirms coal lobbyist Wheeler as EPA head

EPA Acting Administrator Andrew WheelerThe Senate on Thursday confirmed acting EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler to head the agency. Since Wheeler became the acting administrator last July, he has released plans to unwind rising emissions and attendant fuel economy standards enacted under President Obama, and to rescind California's half-century-old authority to set tighter emissions...

Audi plans new plug-in hybrid Q5, A6, A7, and A8 for Geneva reveal

Audi A8, A7, A6 and Q5 plug-in hybridsAudi's future plans for plug-in vehicles involve more than the all-electric e-tron quattro scheduled to roll out later this year. Now, with the previous plug-in hybrid, the A3 Sportback e-tron, already in the rearview mirror, the company has announced plans to reboot its plug-in lineup with four more PHEVs: the Q5, A6, A7, and A8. Going forward...

Germany fines BMW over diesel emissions

2009 BMW X5 xDrive 35dGerman automakers have been under a microscope when it comes to emissions from their diesel cars, which were formerly bestsellers in Europe. After Daimler, Volkswagen, and German supplier Bosch paid billions in fines and several Audi managers have been arrested over installing diesel-emissions cheat devices, German prosecutors have handed down a...

Do you look forward to home wireless charging? Twitter poll results

2018 BMW 530e iPerformance wireless chargingIn a study released on Tuesday, Volvo and its Harris polling partners found that 29 percent of electric-car drivers wished for more wireless charging. That may or may not be what our readers think. After one of the biggest suppliers of wireless charging, Qualcomm, announced last week that it would sell its Halo wireless charging business to rival...

Fiat Chrysler lays groundwork to build electrified Jeep models

2018 Jeep Grand CommanderWith a $4.5 billion investment in manufacturing in Michigan announced Tuesday, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles will put some big plans in motion to "electrify" its entire future Jeep lineup. That is likely to include a new Jeep Grand Cherokee plug-in hybrid, based on an all-new Grand Cherokee planned to debut in early 2021, although FCA would not...

Rivian patent reveals removable battery for the truck bed

Rivian R1T electric pickup conceptRivian is proving that there's more than one way to get more range out of an electric car. A new patent filing from the company reveals that its upcoming R1T electric pickup could have even more than 400 miles of range by using an auxiliary battery in the bed of the pickup. The filing was revealed on Rivian Forums last week. READ THIS: Rivian R1T...