Harley-Davidson gives Livewire owners free charging with Electrify America

Harley-Davidson LiveWire charging at Electrify America charging stationHarley-Davidson announced on Thursday that it will provide the equivalent of 500 kilowatt-hours of free charging at Electrify America chargers for customers who buy its new LiveWire electric motorcycle in the first year. Harley has been working on developing the LiveWire since 2014, and it is finally scheduled to go on sale next month for $29,799...

Brake issue is pausing sales of popular Toyota hybrids overseas, not in US

2016 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid  -  2015 NY Auto ShowA potential manufacturing fault relating to brake hardware has prompted Toyota to conduct an investigation that reaches around the globe. The issue has led to a stop-sale in Australia and New Zealand, among other markets, and affects the hybrid versions of the Toyota RAV4, Camry, Prius, Corolla hatchback, Lexus ES300h, and Lexus UX250h. While the...

Union hack: British company offers electric classic Mini conversion

Classic Mini Cooper electric conversion by SwindThe Mini Cooper SE revealed last week and the planned electric Mini Rocketman city car represent a new push from the official owner of the Mini brand, BMW. While neither of those models has arrived quite yet, the UK-based company electric bicycle company Swind has already started making a limited number of electric conversions of classic Minis for...

Best deals on plug-in, hybrid, and electric cars for July 2019

2017 Toyota Prius Prime test drive, Ojai, California, Sep 2016As tax credits on electric cars wind down, great deals are getting harder to find. Still, our partners at CarsDirect found some deals as low as $199 a month for July in scouring manufacturer programs for deals. Since some electric cars are still sold in small numbers and in limited areas, we've focused our selections on deals on cars that are...

Ford will use VW platform to build an electric car for Europe

Volkswagen ID Roomzz conceptFord and Volkswagen announced jointly on Friday that VW will share its MEB affordable electric car architecture with Ford, while VW will join Ford's Argo self-driving effort. In addition to its own efforts to build electric cars, Ford will build a new electric car for the European market based on Volkswagen’s mass-market MEB platform. Ford...

LG Chem looks for location for second US battery factory

2019 Audi e-tron battery packWith more automakers lining up to buy lots of batteries for electric cars, leading battery supplier LG Chem is planning to build a second battery factory in the U.S., according to a Reuters report citing three people familiar with the matter. The company is considering sites in Kentucky and Tennessee among other locations. LG Chem already operates...