Kia on Thursday released more teaser images of its Concept EV9, which is scheduled for a full reveal November 17 at the 2021 Los Angeles Auto Show. No details have been confirmed, but the teaser images show more of the boxy SUV shape hinted at in an initial teaser released earlier this week. Interior views also show a steering yoke and large... Kia EV9 Concept: Production-bound electric SUV teased again ahead of LA auto show
Kia on Thursday released more teaser images of its Concept EV9, which is scheduled for a full reveal November 17 at the 2021 Los Angeles Auto Show. No details have been confirmed, but the teaser images show more of the boxy SUV shape hinted at in an initial teaser released earlier this week. Interior views also show a steering yoke and large... 
Ford and Purdue University researchers have developed a new charging cable the automaker claims could allow future EVs to recharge in as little time as a gasoline fill-up. The patent-pending design uses a new cooling method that harnesses the phase change of coolant from liquid to vapor, Ford said in a press release. Liquid-cooled charging cables... 
Tesla's overall EV market share in the United States—the portion of the EV market that it commands—is shrinking; but its share of the luxury segment is growing, according to research firm Experian. The Silicon Valley automaker's share of the overall U.S. EV market fell from 79.5% through the second quarter of 2020 to 66.3% for the same... 
Recalls of 2017-2018 Kia Optima Hybrid and 2017 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid sedans are underway to address an issue with the affected vehicles' gasoline engines. Both models share a basic platform and powertrain, the latter being the cause of the recall. Affected vehicles may have connecting rod bearings that can be easily damaged, according to National... 
Wireless charging firm WiTricity is making the case that its tech will help sell more electric cars. The company on Wednesday released results of a study it commissioned showing that availability of wireless charging could nudge consumers into taking the plunge. "EV considerers" who haven't committed to purchasing an EV indicated that their intent... 
Kia will unveil an electric SUV concept November 11, ahead of the 2021 Los Angeles auto show. No details of the vehicle, dubbed Concept EV9 have been released yet, but a teaser image shows a boxy, SUV-like shape. The EV9 nomenclature also confirms that it's the next in a series of 11 electric cars Kia plans to add to its lineup by 2025, part of a... 
While several automakers have demonstrated second-life use of EV battery pack, one California-based company is actually making money using Nissan Leaf packs for energy storage. B2U Storage Solutions has turned about 20 used Leaf battery packs into an energy-storage array that supports a 1MW solar farm in Lancaster, California, according to a video... 
Production of the 2022 Chevrolet Bolt EV and Bolt EUV electric cars is back on temporarily as General Motors continues to work through a large-scale battery recall. GM initially halted Bolt EV and Bolt EUV production at its Orion Assembly plant in Michigan in August as part of the recall, which was triggered by battery-fire concerns. Automotive... 
Volkswagen's electric bus may soon have a rival from Mini. In a press release detailing sustainability initiatives, Mini said it is developing a production EV that could take design inspiration from the Vision Urbanaut concept first shown in 2020. The release said Mini is "working on the development of a new vehicle concept for the premium compact... 
Panasonic is preparing to mass produce large-format 4680 battery cells for Tesla, and facing new manufacturing challenges as part of that process, the head of the company's new consolidated battery division in a recent interview with Nikkei Asia. "In terms of product development, the technological goals have largely been achieved," Kazuo Tadanobu... 
Volkswagen on Wednesday teased a prototype version of its Microbus-inspired ID.Buzz electric van that could closely resemble a production version due for customer deliveries in 2023. A camouflaged ID.Buzz was shown briefly by Klaus Zellmer, head of marketing and sales for the VW brand globally, during the livestream of the ID.5 crossover reveal... 
Volkswagen is giving the ID.4 the crossover coupe treatment. Unveiled on Wednesday, the Volkswagen ID.5 provides European buyers the option of a sleeker electric crossover, but it's unlikely to reach the United States. Apart from the curved roof, the ID.5 looks identical to the ID.4, and both models have a common interior design as well. The ID.5... 
Tesla has once again made changes to the Model 3 lineup, including a price increase for the base version. The Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus, which was previously the de facto base model, has been replaced by an unnamed base rear-wheel drive Model 3 trim level, per Tesla's website. All-wheel drive Long Range and Performance versions remain in... 
Fisker and CATL on Tuesday announced a battery-supply deal for the Fisker Ocean electric SUV, which Fisker said is on track for a November 2022 production start. Under the terms of the agreement, CATL will supply two battery packs for the Ocean and a total of 5 gigawatt-hours of cells annually from 2023 to 2025, Fisker said in a press release. The... 
Volkswagen Group of America is launching a joint research project with the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, to develop high-power wireless charging for electric cars. Using a Porsche Taycan as a test bed, teams from VW, ORNL, and UT Knoxville have upped the power level of... 
Non-Tesla electric cars can now charge at 10 of the automaker's Supercharger stations in the Netherlands. It's a first step toward potentially opening the network to other EVs. The pilot program opens 10 stations to owners of EVs that accept the Combined Charging Standard (CCS); they'll still have to use the Tesla app to access them, an explainer... 
Battery-electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids, and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles already produce lower overall emissions than the average gasoline small SUV, and have a pathway to further reducing emissions, according to a recent Department of Energy report. The report considered the well-to-wheels and cradle-to-grave emissions of all propulsion types... 
A software update could soon add range to earlier-production Audi E-Tron electric SUVs, but it won't be done over the air. Vehicles from model years 2019 and 2020—the first two model years of E-Tron production—can now get an update good for 12.4 miles of WLTP range, Audi said in a press release. Audi of America couldn't confirm timing... 
Tesla is recalling certain 2019-2021 Model 3 and 2020-2021 Model Y electric cars to address front suspension lateral link fasteners that could loosen over time. A pair of these fasteners attach the lateral link to a vehicle's subframe. If not secured to the proper specification, the fasteners could loosen or separate from the subframe, according... 