First drive review: 2022 Chevrolet Bolt EUV is a better Bolt

2022 Chevrolet Bolt EUVIt occurs to me as I’m cruising down the highway, hands folded in my lap and eyes trained on the road ahead, that what I’m sitting in may have unwittingly committed a bit of fratricide. The all-new 2022 Chevrolet Bolt EUV makes an intriguing case for itself against not only competition from other automakers, but the smaller Bolt EV as...

Making EV batteries the body: Researchers claim a tech breakthrough

Prototype carbon-fiber battery developed by Chalmers University of TechnologyTechnology that allows vehicle body shells to serve as batteries may be a step closer to reality. Researchers at the Chalmers University of Technology claim to have produced a working "structural battery" that can both hold a charge and, as the name says, act as part of a vehicle's structure. The battery is made from carbon fiber, which is already...

Tesla saves more range at 0% than other EVs, test finds

Tesla Model YWhen an electric car's range estimate reads zero miles, there's often still a few miles of range left. This range buffer is more than just a few miles in Tesla models, though—and considerably more than those of other makes—Edmunds found in a recent comparison test. The test actually came about because Tesla disputed the results of a...

Tesla pushes court to reinstate penalties for gas-guzzling fleets

2021 Tesla Model S Plaid+Tesla is pushing a United States appeals court to reinstate a 2016 rule enacting steeper fines for automakers that fail to meet fuel economy targets, Reuters reports. In January—just days before President Joe Biden took office—the Trump administration delayed the implementation of the this rule until the 2022 model year. Tesla told the...