2019 Toyota Prius AWD-e priced at $27,300

2019 Toyota PriusToyota has released pricing for the new all-wheel-drive version of the Prius that it revealed at the LA auto show last week. The base version of the all-wheel drive model will start at $27,300, including a $920 destination charge, according to our partners at CarsDirect.com. That's a premium of $1,400 over the front-wheel-drive LE. For the whole...

Tesla Model 3 Mid Range goes an EPA-official 260 miles

2018 Tesla Model 3EPA range ratings are funny things—they're never official until they're official. Tesla released its Model 3 Mid Range in early November, in an effort to offer a lower-priced base model, with an estimated range of 260 miles. Now the EPA has released final range figures confirming that number, and revealed official MPGe efficiency estimates...

Long-range Nissan Leaf missing from LA Auto Show

2017 Nissan Leaf showing battery pack (Source: Nissan)One key car was missing from the electric lineup at last month's LA auto show: the updated, long-range Nissan Leaf. Leaf fans have been eagerly anticipating the long-range car, potentially called e-Plus in some markets. Early reports note that it will have an all-new 60-kilowatt-hour battery good for a range up to about 220 miles, a significant...

Trump administration plans to end electric-car tax credits

Trump Chief Economic Adviser Larry KudlowAs tax credits begin to expire for some automakers and the electric-car industry begins to lobby to extend them, the Trump administration plans to end them altogether. President Donald Trump's Chief Economic Adviser Larry Kudlow told Reuters that the administration plans to end the $7,500 federal tax credit by 2020 or 2021 for all automakers. Last...

VW’s new U.S. CEO: The tipping point on EVs is already here

Volkswagen MEB platform architectureSome executives at major automakers continue to insist that electric cars remain years away from becoming a mainstream reality—and that it’s harder to sell them than traditional vehicles with gas tanks and tailpipes. Volkswagen of America’s new CEO, Scott Keogh, is most definitely not one of them. In a round-table interview with...

ChargePoint raises $240 million to expand charging-station network

2014 BMW i3 REx fast-charging at Chargepoint site, June 2016  [photo: Tom Moloughney]ChargePoint, the largest network of electric car charging stations, announced last Wednesday that it has raised $240 million to become even bigger. The investment comes at a pivotal moment after ChargePoint CEO Pasquale Romano in September announced an ambitious goal to build enough chargers to juice up 2.5 million electric cars worldwide. The...

Latest climate study says it’s already too late

Hurricane Florence approaches U.S. East Coast Sept. 12, 2018Sit down before you read this. Good. With all the dire warnings about climate-change coming from the most recent studies—from the Fourth National Climate Assessment released on Black Friday to an October report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change which showed that catastrophic effects could hit by 2040—the latest news...