Volkswagen's adding a sub-brand to a sub-brand as part of its EV push The new sub-brand will be for China only and named ID.Unyx Volkswagen already launched a sub-brand in China named ID.UX Volkswagen is launching a China-only sub-brand within its ID EV sub-brand. The automaker on Wednesday announced ID.Unyx, which will include five electric... VW already created an EV sub-brand for its EV sub-brand—for China
Volkswagen's adding a sub-brand to a sub-brand as part of its EV push The new sub-brand will be for China only and named ID.Unyx Volkswagen already launched a sub-brand in China named ID.UX Volkswagen is launching a China-only sub-brand within its ID EV sub-brand. The automaker on Wednesday announced ID.Unyx, which will include five electric... 
The 2025 Kia Sorento plug-in hybrid adopts the lineup's redesign from 2024 Sorento plug-in hybrid costs $49,365 Most buyers paid $10,000 less for similar plug-in hybrid Sorento just three years ago The 2025 Kia Sorento PHEV features revised styling and tech in line with the standard Sorento and Sorento Hybrid, but its effective cost as gone up... 
Mercedes-Benz will install EV fast-chargers at over 100 Starbucks locations, the two companies announced Monday in a press release. The initial phase will see Mercedes install 400-kw DC fast-chargers at Starbucks locations along the I-5 corridor, the highway route that served as the location for one of the earliest charging infrastructure... 
Genesis' all-EV product plan will add some HEVs and PHEVs Emissions standards and customer demand are driving the full-EV-lineup delay A 2.5-liter turbo-4 hybrid seems likely Hyundai's Genesis luxury brand is continuing with plans to augment what was to be an all-EV lineup with hybrids, citing customer demand, reports Top Gear. Five years ago, the... 
GM announced in 2022 it could build 1M EVs annually in 2025 It aimed to make 400,000 EVs over 2022 and 2023—later extended into 2024 Backpedaling on both targets, CEO Barra now says an undeveloped EV market is to blame General Motors CEO Mary Barra has walked back the automaker's target of having production capacity for one million EVs in... 
The 2025 Genesis Electrified GV70 gains wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto The Genesis Electrified GV70 will get a refresh for 2026 The 2025 Genesis Electrified GV70 costs $68,300. The all-electric 2025 Genesis Electrified GV70 carries over with only a handful of changes, but a big update is planned for 2026. For 2025, the Electrified GV70... 
The 2025 Lucid Air Pure just became the most efficient car in America. The Pure has an EPA-rated range of 420 miles. The price? $71,400, base. The 2025 Lucid Air Pure—the single-motor, rear-wheel-drive version of the Air electric luxury sedan—continues to offer more range than the Tesla Model S for less than $80,000. Lucid on Tuesday... 
Scientists are questioning the green credentials of hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles The Toyota Mirai is the official car of the 2024 Paris Olympics Hydrogen tech failed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics A group of 120 scientists, engineers, and academics have drafted an open letter to the organizers of the Paris Olympics, rallying to ditch the Toyota Mirai... 
Vinfast delayed U.S. production of its EVs by three years Vinfast lowered volume targets for 2024 Vinfast has fallen behind sales targets despite pivoting its sales model Vinfast on Saturday announced that its North Carolina factory would be delayed, while also lowering its 2024 annual delivery target. In a press release discussing its... 
Hyundai's three-row electric SUV will arrive in 2024 The electric three-row SUV will likely be called the Ioniq 9 Interior packaging, range, and powertrain outputs could compare to the Kia EV9 Hyundai will unveil an electric three-row crossover SUV later this year, the automaker has confirmed. The unnamed three-row crossover will debut as a 2025... 
Following a mid-model-year update for 2024, the 2025 Audi Q4 E-Tron electric crossover receives a few more significant changes for the new model year. The single-motor, rear-wheel-drive model gets an 81-hp boost to 282 hp, which lowers the 0-60 mph time by 1.7 seconds, to 6.2 seconds, according to Audi. Revisions to the 82-kwh battery pack (with... 
The 2025 Audi Q8 E-Tron electric SUV receives minor changes for the new model year, while some reports indicate it will be discontinued in the near future. Launched for the 2024 model year, the Q8 E-Tron replaced the Audi E-Tron, the automaker's first volume EV. It carried over all the good things from the E-Tron—including good safety... 
The rear-wheel drive Tesla Model 3 Long Range has returned The Model 3 Long Range costs $42,490, which is $5,000 less than the AWD model Tesla says the Long Range Model 3 goes 363 miles—2 miles more than the Hyundai Ioniq 6 SE Tesla has added a rear-wheel drive Long Range version of the updated Model 3, which undercuts the all-wheel drive... 
Pickup truck drivers stand to save the most by going electric, according to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Pickups tend to be bigger than other vehicle types, meaning they use more energy and thus offer greater potential for savings when the cost of that energy is reduced, the DOE recently noted. And reducing consumption of gasoline or... 
Fisker has asked the judge overseeing its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings for permission to sell remaining Ocean electric SUVs to a leasing firm at a fraction of their original price, Reuters reported Wednesday. The company hopes to offload 3,321 Oceans to American Lease at a price of $14,000 each, according to the report, which cites a court... 
Hybrids and plug-in hybrids accounted for a record 11% of U.S. car sales in the first quarter, reports Automotive News, citing data from Cox Automotive. Sales of hybrids more than doubled in Q1 compared to a year earlier, the Cox data showed, while plug-in hybrid sales rose 59% in the quarter. Owner loyalty was also strong, with 42% of hybrid... 
Despite being discontinued, the Chevy Bolt EV has outsold the Blazer EV in the first half of 2024 Launched last year, the Blazer EV appears to have overcome a problematic rollout GM promises that when the Bolt EV comes back for 2026 it will be the most affordable EV The Chevrolet Bolt EV is no longer in production, but it still outsold the Chevy...