Chevrolet Silverado EV gets Sidewinder feature, GMC’s CrabWalk for Chevy

2025 Chevrolet Silverado EV Sidewinder modeThe Chevrolet Silverado EV is getting its own version of the CrabWalk mode already available on its GMC Sierra EV sibling, Chevy confirmed Friday. Chevy's version is called Sidewinder, not CrabWalk, but it provides essentially the same functionality. It utilizes the Silverado EV's rear-wheel steering to turn all four wheels in the same direction...

Chevrolet Silverado EV gets Sidewinder feature, GMC’s CrabWalk for Chevy

2025 Chevrolet Silverado EV Sidewinder modeThe Chevrolet Silverado EV is getting its own version of the CrabWalk mode already available on its GMC Sierra EV sibling, Chevy confirmed Friday. Chevy's version is called Sidewinder, not CrabWalk, but it provides essentially the same functionality. It utilizes the Silverado EV's rear-wheel steering to turn all four wheels in the same direction...

Polestar delivers brand’s first EVs not made in China

First U.S. Polestar 3 deliveriesPolestar on Friday confirmed its first customer deliveries of U.S.-built electric vehicles. Every Polestar model to date has been manufactured in China, but the 2025 Polestar 3 is assembled at a South Carolina plant shared with Volvo. Production started there in August following software-related delays. The Polestar 3 is a platform-mate of the...

Ford adds NACS adapter supplier due to slow Tesla supply chain

2025 Ford Mustang Mach-E RallyFord is now shipping a new North American Charging Standard (NACS) adapter to customers to help provide access to Tesla Supercharger stations more quickly. First reported by InsideEVs, the new NACS adapter comes from Lectron, and will be distributed alongside the existing design from Tesla. They have the same specifications as the Tesla-provided...

Ford pausing F-150 Lighting electric truck production for six weeks

2022 Ford F-150 Lightning pre-productionFord will pause production of its F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck from Nov. 18 to Jan. 6, reports Reuters. "We continue to adjust production for an optimal mix of sales growth and profitability," the automaker said in a statement to Reuters regarding the six-week production pause, which overlaps with a week in December when all Ford...

Walmart’s deploying Chevy BrightDrop electric vans for home delivery

Chevrolet BrightDrop 400 electric van in Walmart liveryWalmart is adding Chevrolet BrightDrop 400 electric vans to its U.S. home delivery fleet. The vans will be deployed in Austin, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, northwest Arkansas, Orlando, and the San Francisco Bay Area before the end of the year, General Motors said in a press release. They'll be used for Walmart's InHome service, which provides delivery...

Aptera finally built a production-intent working 3-wheel EV

Aptera production-intent vehicleAptera on Wednesday announced that it had completed a working production-intent version of its high-efficiency, three-wheel solar EV. This vehicle, the first in a series, is the first to combine a production-spec powertrain and carbon-fiber body with Aptera's in-house designed software and battery pack, according to a company press release. Solar...

Hyundai Intium concept previews Nexo fuel-cell SUV successor

Hyundai Initium conceptHyundai on Thursday provided a first look at a concept previewing a production-bound hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle due in the first half of 2025. Called the Intium SUV, the concept is slated to make its formal debut at the 2024 Los Angeles auto show in a few weeks' time, with a simultaneous unveiling at the 2024 Guangzhou auto show in China. Hyundai...

Honda Prologue and Acura ZDX fall short in crash tests

2024 Honda Prologue crash-test results from the IIHSThe 2024 Acura ZDX and 2024 Honda Prologue electric SUVs have failed to earn safety awards from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The two electric vehicles performed well in multiple tests, but came up short in the small overlap front test, earning only an "Acceptable" rating, the IIHS said Thursday in a press release. The highest...