2024 Acura ZDX EV debuts around $60,000, 325-mile range projected

2024 Acura ZDX Acura on Thursday officially revealed its first fully electric vehicle, the 2024 Acura ZDX. Initial specs show this inceptive EV effort for the Honda luxury and performance brand to essentially enter the fast lane with some impressive specs, including up to 500 hp and a projected range up to 325 miles. If it feels like Acura already revealed the...

Dual Motor Rivian R1S, R1T earn up to 352-mile EPA range

2022 Rivian R1TOfficial EPA range ratings for Dual Motor versions of the Rivian R1S electric SUV and R1T electric pickup truck are in—with both models maxing out at 352 miles. The maximum range rating is achieved with the 135-kwh Large Pack and 21-inch wheels. Opting for 22-inch wheels drops range to 341 miles for both the R1S and R1T. Either way, that...

Next-gen LFP battery tech for EVs adds 250 miles in 10 minutes

CATL Shenxing batteryChinese battery supplier CATL on Wednesday announced a new lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery that the company claims will enable super-fast charging. Called Shenxing, the new battery is scheduled to enter mass production later this year, according to a company press release. CATL claims it can recover 250 miles of range in just 10 minutes of...

Fisker Alaska: $45,000 US-made electric truck previewed

Fisker Alaska electric truck conceptFisker on Thursday revealed a full gallery of images of its upcoming Alaska electric pickup, along with a few new details for this eagerly anticipated and relatively affordable EV. As Fisker claimed at the product’s intro a couple weeks ago, as part of its Product Day, the Alaska will be both the world’s most sustainable pickup truck...

Will super-sized EV batteries strain the supply chain?

Ram 1500 REVElectric vehicle battery costs soared in 2022. But that doesn’t seem to have slowed the pace of automakers planning to adopt ever larger battery packs to satisfy ever-higher EV driving range claims. As Bloomberg recently calculated, using EV models from the U.S., Europe, and China, the average pack size is now around 80 kwh, from in the...

Rivian R1S tackles Rubicon off-road trail, a production EV first

Rivian R1S tackles the Rubicon TrailRivian claims its R1S electric SUV is the first EV to tackle the Rubicon off-road trail, long considered a yardstick for hardcore off-road vehicles. Located in El Dorado County California due west of Lake Tahoe, and approximately 80 miles east of the state capital of Sacramento, the Rubicon Trail is often listed at 22 miles long, but about half of...

Fisker confirms Tesla Supercharger access in 2025, future NACS port

Fisker OceanFisker is joining a growing cadre of automakers offering Tesla Supercharger access and making plans to add Tesla's North American Charging Standard (NACS) port. An agreement with Tesla will allow access to the Supercharger network, the company explained in a press release. Customers with EVs that have the current Combined Charging Standard (CCS)...