Used Teslas sell very fast compared to other models, data confirms

2020 Tesla Model 3As overall demand for used cars slows due to the coronavirus pandemic, used Teslas are selling faster than other electric cars. According to new analysis from iSeeCars.com, the Tesla Model 3, Model X, and Model S were the top three fastest-selling electric cars, while the Model 3 was the fastest-selling used car overall—including both...

2021 Audi E-Tron SUV gets $9,000 lower base price, plus more range

2021 Audi E-TronThe 2021 Audi E-Tron electric SUV gets an $8,900 lower base price and an 18-mile range increase for the new model year. The $66,995 base price (including a mandatory $1,095 destination charge) isn't a price cut. It reflects the lower-tier Premium trim level Audi previously said was on the way. A Convenience Plus Package for the Premium trim level...

2021 Audi E-Tron SUV gets $8,800 lower base price, plus more range

2021 Audi E-TronThe 2021 Audi E-Tron electric SUV gets an $8,800 lower base price and an 18-mile range increase for the new model year. The $66,995 base price (including a mandatory $1,095 destination charge) isn't a price cut. It reflects the lower-tier Premium trim level Audi previously said was on the way. A Convenience Plus Package for the Premium trim level...

AAA electric-car subscription venture: $11 per day, only in Sacramento

Electrify America and AAA subscription serviceAAA and Electrify America have partnered on an electric-car subscription venture in California. Under the program, AAA Car Subscription now has 55 2018 Volkswagen e-Golf hatchbacks available for long-term rental in Sacramento, the two companies announced via press release Tuesday. This serves as a demonstration project funded through Electrify...

Report: Kia Soul EV not returning to US market

2021 Kia Soul EV first driveThe second-generation Kia Soul EV will not be sold in the United States after all, CNET reported last week. Unveiled at the 2018 Los Angeles Auto Show, the Soul EV was due to arrive in spring 2019 as a 2020 model. It even got a 243-mile EPA range rating. That was a major improvement over the first-generation Soul EV, which had a 111-mile range and...

Fisker reports negotiations with VW for electric-car platform are on pause

Fisker OceanA plan by Fisker Inc. to use Volkswagen's MEB electric-car platform has reportedly stalled. Negotiations between the two companies that were supposed to end this month are now delayed until at least September, the company reported in a financial document filed Friday. In an investor presentation filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission...

Lordstown Motors ad shows electric trucks at work

Screenshot from Lordstown Endurance adLordstown Motors released the first ad for its Endurance electric pickup truck Thursday—even though first deliveries for the truck remain about a year away. The Endurance was designed primarily as a work vehicle aimed at fleet buyers, and the ad certainly shows that. Chock full of farmers and construction workers, the ad looks like it was...

Report: Panasonic cells for Tesla will get 20% energy boost

2020 Tesla Model XPanasonic plans to give battery cells for Tesla electric cars a 20% boost in energy density in five years, Reuters reported Thursday. That timeframe could potentially line both the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y for a boost in range, performance, or both at that time. Tesla could at that time choose to make packs smaller and lighter with the same...

Is the eBussy modular electric van a Microbus for an urban future?

Electric Brands eBussyThe Volkswagen I.D. Buzz concept hints that the classic Microbus is going to get bigger. For those who think that's the wrong direction, there's the eBussy, a modular electric van that also originates in Germany. The company behind it, Electric Brands, started out making electric scooters, and is now moving into cars. With its tiny proportions and...