Nissan Leaf recalled because battery could catch fire while fast charging

2020 Nissan LeafNissan is recalling certain Leaf electric vehicles due to a risk of batteries overheating and catching fire while fast charging. Owners are advised not to fast charge their vehicles until recall work is completed. The recall includes 23,887 Leaf hatchbacks from model years 2019 and 2020, but just 1% are estimated to have the defect, according to...

Nissan Leaf recalled for possible battery fire while fast charging

2020 Nissan LeafNissan is recalling certain Leaf electric vehicles due to a risk of batteries overheating and catching fire while fast charging, the NHTSA disclosed this week. Owners are advised not to fast charge their vehicles until recall work is completed. The recall includes 23,887 Leaf hatchbacks from model years 2019 and 2020, but just 1% are estimated to...

GM adopting LFP batteries, could cut $6,000 from EVs

2024 Chevrolet Equinox EVGeneral Motors on Tuesday filled in some details on plans to use cost-cutting lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cells in future EVs. Now it has a number for the level of cost-cutting that's potentially gone into the next Bolt EV. As reported by InsideEVs, GM executives said at an investor conference that LFP cells would combine with other...

Uber adds EV-only preference for riders, AI chat for drivers

Uber electric carUber is looking to increase utilization of EVs for its ride-sharing service, in part by updating its app to help get riders matched with EV drivers more easily. That starts with making the Uber Green option all-electric—in some cities, at least. Uber Green currently includes both EVs and hybrids, but Uber announced Tuesday that it had enough...

Tesla Cybertruck reports for police duty in California

Irvine Police Department Cybertruck police car via Unplugged Performance The Tesla Cybertruck's been turned into a police car The Irvine Police Department took delivery of its police-spec Cybertruck The conversion to police spec was handled by UP.FIT The world hasn't gotten quite bad enough for the emergence of RoboCop, but the first police-spec Cybertruck has reported for duty in California. In July the Irvine Police...

Nissan joins BMW, Ford, Honda alliance vehicle-to-grid tech

2025 Nissan LeafNissan's taking a 25% stake in ChargeScape ChargeScape is a vehicle-to-grid joint venture formed by BMW, Ford, Honda, and now Nissan Nissan has a vision for the "fuel station of the future" where EVs would double as energy-storage units Nissan on Monday announced that it will join ChargeScape, the vehicle-to-grid joint venture formed in 2023 by...

Nissan joins BMW, Ford, Honda alliance for vehicle-to-grid tech

2025 Nissan LeafNissan's taking a 25% stake in ChargeScape ChargeScape is a vehicle-to-grid joint venture formed by BMW, Ford, Honda, and now Nissan Nissan has a vision for the "fuel station of the future" where EVs would double as energy-storage units Nissan on Monday announced that it will join ChargeScape, the vehicle-to-grid joint venture formed in 2023 by...

Report: GM is pulling the plug on Ultium name

GM electric pickup silhouette  -  from 2020 Ultium platform previewGeneral Motors will drop the Ultium name from the modular EV batteries and related components used in all of the automaker's current and planned U.S.-market EVs, CNBC reports. The hardware will remain the same, but GM will erase the Ultium name other than for production operations such as its Ultium Cells LLC battery joint venture with LG...

2025 Chevrolet Silverado EV ups range to 492 miles, costs $57,095

2025 Chevrolet Silverado EV LTChevrolet expanded the Silverado EV lineup for 2025 The 2025 Silverado EV can be had with up to 492 miles of range on the WT Max Range pack The 2025 Chevrolet Silverado EV costs $57,095 The 2025 Chevrolet Silverado EV gains a new mid-level grade and gets range boosts across its lineup, topping off at an estimated 492 miles of range for the WT with...

Toyota and Subaru reportedly developing another electric SUV together

2024 Subaru SolterraToyota and Subaru will launch a second jointly-developed electric SUV in 2026, reports Nikkei. A follow-up to the Subaru Solterra and Toyota bZ4X twins, this second model will be sold in the U.S., Europe, and Japan, according to the report. Subaru's Yajima plant, located in Japan's Gunma prefecture, is slated to handle production, with output...