The Honda Prelude returns as a hybrid coupe in 2025 The new Prelude likely won't have a manual transmission The Prelude is expected to use the Civic Hybrid's powertrain The Honda Prelude coupe will return to the U.S. as a hybrid late next year, Honda announced Tuesday. Honda unveiled a Prelude hybrid concept at the 2023 Tokyo auto show, and... Honda Prelude returns as sporty hybrid in 2025
The Honda Prelude returns as a hybrid coupe in 2025 The new Prelude likely won't have a manual transmission The Prelude is expected to use the Civic Hybrid's powertrain The Honda Prelude coupe will return to the U.S. as a hybrid late next year, Honda announced Tuesday. Honda unveiled a Prelude hybrid concept at the 2023 Tokyo auto show, and... 
The 2025 Toyota bZ4x costs $38,465 Toyota gave the bZ4x a $6,000 price cut; Limited trims are now $5,380 less expensive EPA range ratings should max out at 252 miles Expected to arrive at U.S. dealerships early next year, the 2025 Toyota bZ4x gets a price cut, as well as more driver-assist features and a new Nightshade Edition grade. The base... 
Production of the Audi Q8 E-Tron ends Feb. 28 It's unclear if 2025 Q8 E-Trons will arrive in the U.S. Audi's EV lineup will continue with the Q4 E-Tron, Q6 E-Tron, A6 E-Tron, and E-Tron GT Audi Q8 E-Tron production is scheduled to halt two months into the new year, bringing an end to the electric SUV that—in its original E-Tron... 
Ford and SK On will receive a $9.63 billion government loan for their BlueOval SK battery joint venture, according to a report Monday from Reuters. The news ups the original loan amount, which was $9.2 billion, reported in June by The New York Times. The Department of Energy loan—the largest so far by the Biden administration related to EV... 
Lamborghini is delaying its first fully electric model by a year, hoping that market conditions will be more favorable at that time, Reuters reports. "We do not think 2029 is late to have an electric cars," CEO Stephan Winkelmann told Reuters and other media outlets Monday at Lamborghini's headquarters in Sant'Agata Bolognese, Italy. "We do not... 
While many Americans aspire to own an RV, renting from companies like Cruise America is also a popular option. Now a Silicon Valley startup aims to offer an electric alternative. RollAway broke cover in 2023, announcing plans to rent out a fleet of electric RVs based on General Motors BrightDrop vans. It's now accepting online reservations as of... 
Audi is recalling 4,616 plug-in hybrids because of a battery issue that could lead to fires. The recall includes certain 2022 and 2023 Audi Q5 plug-in hybrid crossovers, as well as 2022 Audi A7 plug-in hybrid hatchbacks. These vehicles may have defective battery modules that could overheat, presenting a fire risk, according to the National Highway... 
Massachusetts-based Factorial has introduced a process for manufacturing solid-state battery cells, in the size range that electric vehicles can use, that is also close to what can be used for mass production. The company has been providing test cells to automakers, but on Thursday announced that it had scaled sample cells to an... 
Once someone buys an electric vehicle, they tend to stick with it, according to a new survey from the Global EV Alliance, which represents EV driver associations in 38 countries. The survey found that 92% of current owners plan to buy another EV as their next car. Just 1% said they would opt for a gasoline or diesel car if they had to replace... 
Mercedes-Benz will preview its Van.EA electric van architecture with a concept vehicle this spring. The automaker confirmed plans for the van concept Friday, releasing a teaser image indicating that, despite its dedicated EV platform, the concept and the next-generation electric vans it heralds will look like exactly what they are. Van.EA will be... 
BMW M on Wednesday released images of a prototype of what is probably its upcoming electric M3 sports sedan. Posted to the performance division's official Instagram page, the photos show a camouflaged sedan with the same exaggerated wheel arches as the prototype BMW M has been using to test a four-motor layout for future performance EVs. It would... 
Mercedes-Benz on Thursday teased a camouflaged prototype of the dedicated electric SUV for its AMG performance division. AMG primarily makes sportier versions of existing Mercedes models, and has already done so with some of the automaker's electric vehicles. And it's launched standalone models like the current GT coupe (in two- and four-door... 
New electric vehicle battery chemistries and configurations are constantly under development, but a new study highlights the importance of testing them under realistic conditions. Published in the journal Nature Energy by researchers from Stanford University and the Energy Department's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, and first spotted by... 
Startup Lightship on Wednesday unveiled the production version of its battery-powered travel trailer. Originally called the L1, the trailer is now known as the AE.1, and is due to start production in mid-2025 at the company's Broomfield, Colorado, facility, Lightship said. The first 50 units will be Cosmos Edition models priced at $250,000, but... 
Electrify American on Tuesday announced that it would install DC fast-charging stations at five Costco locations as part of the retailer's return to electric vehicle charging. The rollout includes Costco stores in Clermont, Florida, and Denver, Colorado, which will each get six chargers, plus three California locations, according to a press... 
The Toyota 4Runner—one of the longest-running SUV nameplates—adds a hybrid powertrain option as part of its 2025-model-year redesign. But it's only available on higher trim levels. Non-hybrid 4Runner models with the standard 2.4-liter turbo-4 cost $42,220 with the mandatory $1,450 destination charge, but the least-expensive hybrid... 
Canadian electric school bus firm Lion Electric faces financial difficulties and is looking to be rescued, reports Bloomberg. Lion on Sunday announced the layoff of 400 people, representing more than half of its workforce, and said it was suspending manufacturing at its U.S. factory in Joliet, Illinois. When the factory was announced in 2021, Lion... 
Offers better power-to-weight ratio, only 220 pounds more than original Miata Required creative use of space to accommodate 42 kwh—and 150-mile range Electrogenic claims conversion is fully reversible Electrogenic has launched an electric conversion kit for the Mazda MX-5 Miata, which the U.K.-based company claims will preserve the sports... 
Porsche has opted not to use one-pedal driving in its current EVs, and that won't change with electric sports cars due to replace the current gasoline 718 Boxster and Cayman. It's all about giving the driver more control and confidence, Porsche research and development boss Michael Steiner said in a recent interview with Autocar. "If you ask any... 
The first customer examples of the Lucid Gravity electric SUV began rolling out of the automaker's Casa Grande, Arizona, assembly plant Thursday. The Gravity was first revealed in production form at the 2023 Los Angeles auto show, and it arrives as a 2025 model, initially in Grand Touring form with a starting price of $94,900 before destination...