Here’s how Tesla estimates driving range

2023 Tesla Model X  -  Courtesy of Tesla, Inc.Tesla has been vague on how its vehicles estimate driving range, but a recent social media post provides a bit of clarity. A recent post from the automaker's official account on X, the social media site owned by Tesla CEO Elon Musk that was previously known as Twitter, lists a number of factors that Tesla's navigation system takes into account...

Report: Big Genesis GV90 electric SUV will be made in South Korea

2024 Genesis G70The Genesis GV90, a "super-large" electric SUV destined for the U.S., will be built in South Korea starting in 2026, Korean Car Blog reported this week. Genesis parent Hyundai on Monday held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new EV-specific plant in Ulsan, South Korea. The automaker said the plant will start mass-producing vehicles in 2026, with a...

EV owners aren’t driving as much—here’s why that’s a problem

2023 Audi Q4 E-TronA new study has found that EVs aren't being driven as much as internal-combustion cars, indicating they aren't replacing as many miles driven in combustion vehicles as previously thought. Researchers from George Washington University and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) examined odometer readings from 12.9 million used cars and 11.9...

Volvo EM90 electric minivan is an executive shuttle for the future

2024 Volvo EM90Volvo believes an electric minivan could be the future of luxury vehicles—in some markets at least. The automaker on Saturday fully revealed the all-electric EM90 and confirmed the opening of pre-orders in China. Volvo confirmed Chinese sales when it first announced the EM90 in August, and didn't discuss other markets in this latest...

Canoo American Bulldog electric pickup is a spinoff of US Army project

Canoo American BulldogCanoo this week unveiled a civilian spinoff of the electric pickup truck it delivered to the U.S. Army last year for evaluation. Dubbed the American Bulldog, the pickup is based on the Canoo Light Tactical Vehicle which, when first shown nearly a year ago, featured dual-motor all-wheel drive and 600 hp, plus Kevlar armor, a raised suspension, and...

Polestar 4 will be made at Renault plant in South Korea

Polestar 4 manufacturingPolestar 4 electric SUVs destined for North America will be built at a Renault plant in Busan, South Korea, alongside a previously announced assembly plant in China. Revealed Thursday by Renault and then confirmed by Polestar the following day, the arrangement will see manufacturing in South Korea start in the second half of 2025, following a...

Poll: Majority of Americans unlikely to get an EV

2024 Volkswagen ID.4Most Americans are unlikely to buy an EV as their next car, yet a slim majority of Americans support government incentives for those that do want to go electric, according to a recent Ipsos/Yahoo Finance survey. The survey, based on what Ipsos described as a "nationally representative probability sample of 1,025 general population adults age 18 or...

2025 Toyota Camry Hybrid teased: Redesigned sedan adds all-wheel drive

Teaser for 2025 Toyota Camry debuting on Nov. 14, 2023The redesigned 2025 Toyota Camry Hybrid will debit November 14 at the 2023 Los Angeles auto show, Toyota has revealed, hinting that it will add all-wheel drive to the hybrid version of the ubiquitous mid-size sedan for the first time. All-wheel drive Toyota hybrids are nothing new, but up to this point the Camry Hybrid has only been available with...

Lucid Air has range to spare—for charging other EVs

Lucid Air charging a Tesla Model SThe Lucid Air tops other EVs in EPA-rated range, meaning drivers will have plenty to spare after most trips. Now they can use it to charge other EVs. Lucid on Thursday announced that it is enabling this function, dubbed RangeXchange by the automaker, via an over-the-air (OTA) software update and adapter. This will enable an Air to charge another...

GM invented rare-earth magnets but hopes to purge them from EVs

Motor family for GM Ultium-based EVsNearly 40 years ago, General Motors invented the rare-earth magnet and thus laid the foundation for modern electric motors. But now the automaker is moving on to a different technology. GM recently announced a partnership with Niron Magnetics, a Minnesota-based company that claims to have developed automotive-grade permanent-magnet motors without...