Want to help build a VW electric car?

Volkswagen e-Golf assembly at Dresden If you like DIY projects, Volkswagen has an offer that might interest you. The automaker is letting visitors to its "glass house" factory in Dresden, Germany, help build e-Golf electric cars. As of now, visitors to the factory can get hands on at up to five stations on the e-Golf assembly line, VW said in a press release Tuesday. If you think...

Rimac C_Two electric supercar delivery delayed to 2021

Rimac C_TwoThe ongoing coronavirus pandemic has impacted the plans of automakers large and small—even those planning to make all-electric supercars. The list of delayed launches now includes the 1,914-horsepower Rimac C_Two. On Tuesday the company said it would begin deliveries in 2021, not 2020, as originally planned. Rimac recently resumed normal...

Lucid Air electric sedan: Debut September 9, deliveries early 2021

Lucid AirThe luxurious, long-range Lucid Air electric sedan is due to go into production by the end of 2020. And the California company behind it revealed Wednesday when exactly it will show the full set of production-ready details. On September 9, the Air will be unveiled via an online event that will show final, production-level interior and exterior...

Citroën Ë-Spacetourer electric van can seat up to nine

Citroën Ë-SpacetourerEuropean car buyers can now get an electric van that seats up to nine people. It's the Citroën Ë-Spacetourer, an all-electric version of one of the French automaker's existing vans. Instead of the internal-combustion powertrains used in other SpaceTourer variants, the Ë-Spacetourer gets a single electric motor making 80 kilowatts...

Citroën Ë-Spacetourer electric van can seat up to nine

Citroën Ë-SpacetourerEuropean car buyers can now get an electric van that seats up to nine people. It's the Citroën Ë-Spacetourer, an all-electric version of one of the French automaker's existing vans. Instead of the internal-combustion powertrains used in other SpaceTourer variants, the Ë-Spacetourer gets a single electric motor making 80 kilowatts...

Canadian study: Each EV brings better health, $7,500 in “social benefits”

2019 Chevrolet Bolt EVMany studies have confirmed the health benefits of replacing internal-combustion vehicles with EVs, but a new Canadian study puts a dollar amount on those benefits. A single electric car replacing a gasoline car brings approximately CD$10,000 (about $7,400 at current exchange rates) in "social benefits," according to the study, which was drafted...

Tesla Model S Long Range Plus: 400-mile range an electric-car first

2020 Tesla Model STesla has accomplished another electric-car first with its Model S. “Starting today, all North American Model S Long Range Plus vehicles have an official EPA-rated range of 402 miles,” Tesla announced in a company post Monday afternoon. The company says that the new 402-mile range applies back to when it started building “Long...

NYC analysis finds hybrids’ mpg advantage is better than EPA suggests

New York City skylineIn New York City, Hybrid cars and trucks beat their EPA fuel economy ratings in fleet service, according to analysis from the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS), which manages the Big Apple's municipal fleet. "DCAS Fleet looked at actual fuel economy in calendar year 2019 for 4,000 non-policing fleet units including sedans...