2021 Mustang Mach-E: How fast does the Ford EV charge up on road trips?

2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E, at Electrify America DC fast-chargerLonger road trips are now possible with nearly all U.S.-market electric cars, thanks to rather long range ratings and DC fast charging along major highways. Each EV has a different combination of those two things, though. Getting ready for electric road trips means being realistic about both of those sets of numbers—about highway range, and...

Electric VW Microbus revival will arrive in US in 2023

Volkswagen ID Buzz ConceptThe electric Volkswagen Microbus will arrive to the U.S. market in 2023, Volkswagen of America CEO Scott Keogh said in a recent interview with Automotive News. Based on the VW ID Buzz concept first shown in 2017, the electric Microbus was originally reported as slated to arrive in 2022. Turns out it still will launch in Germany in 2022, but given...

VW ID.4 electric SUV has the right winter warmers, lacks a heat pump

2021 Volkswagen ID.4With winter underway and its ID.4 electric crossover scheduled to hit dealerships in a few weeks, Volkswagen touted its cold-weather capabilities of its new mass-market EV. And in the U.S. it's managing to retain the necessary range without a heat pump. VW gave the ID.4 a handful of features to quickly and efficiently heat the cabin—and give...

GM plans to build EV600 electric van in Canada

BrightDrop EV600GM announced late Friday that it plans to produce the EV600 electric van at its Ingersoll, Ontario plant, starting in late 2021. The EV600 was revealed earlier this week, as part of a new BrightDrop commercial vehicle unit, and the production announcement channels US$800 million toward the plant, under a tentative agreement with the Unifor labor...

Could battery health reports rescue an ailing used EV market?

2019 Nissan Leaf Plus, San Diego area, Feb 2019All the hype over electric vehicles could lose much of its charge over a continued weak link: the used EV market. There are about 44,000 used-car dealerships in the U.S. today, and roughly a quarter of those have ever sold an EV. Outside of some boutique dealerships in EV-savvy cities on the West Coast and elsewhere (and outside of the Tesla...