Bosch on Tuesday announced the start of EV motor production at its Charleston, South Carolina, facility, with expansion plans already on deck for 2023. Production began earlier this month in a 200,000-square-foot section of an existing building at the Charleston site, Bosch said in a press release. The assembly area includes production of motor...
The automaker sold more cars in the third quarter after struggling with a shortage of computer chips earlier in the year.
Toyota this morning has announced pricing and confirmed EPA fuel economy figures for its upcoming 2023 Crown sedan. The short of it: The 2023 Toyota Crown is more expensive and less fuel-efficient than the outgoing Toyota Avalon Hybrid. But like the Venza crossover introduced for 2021, all versions of the Crown are all-wheel-drive hybrids. And the...
Ford has announced a refreshed and revamped 2023 Escape lineup that maintains plug-in hybrid and hybrid models, with the latter among the versions that can be had in a sportier-looking ST-Line guise. As the automaker positions it, the move is a natural extension of what it started with the introduction of the Bronco Sport for 2021—when it...
Ford has announced a refreshed and revamped 2023 Escape lineup that maintains plug-in hybrid and hybrid models, with the latter among the versions that can be had in a sportier-looking ST-Line guise. As the automaker positions it, the move is a natural extension of what it started with the introduction of the Bronco Sport for 2021—when it...
GM is recalling most of the GMC Hummer EV SUVs and BrightDrop EV600 electric vans it’s built so far, over an issue that could allow water into the battery pack of the big off-roaders or delivery vehicles. It underscores that in any clean-slate tech and manufacturing approach, there may be some basic manufacturing hurdles to get past first...
Shares of the company slumped as investors worried about increasing competition.
The 2022-2023 Jeep Wrangler 4xe is recalled for a battery fuse. Nikola plans to add 60 hydrogen stations with the help of government funds. Foxconn reveals more Foxtron EVs. And we look at why the Volvo EX90 electric SUV will get a big battery pack despite the added carbon footprint. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Nearly 14,000 Jeep...
An assembly issue has led to the recall of 13,722 Jeep Wrangler 4xe plug-in hybrid vehicles from the 2022 and 2023 model years, according to recall documents posted by the federal government. The Jeep Wrangler 4xe, which can go 21 EPA-rated miles all-electric and makes the most of its electric propulsion to benefit off-road capability, is the...
Nikola expects the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to provide a big boost to its efforts to establish a hydrogen network for its fuel-cell trucks. The company late last week said it would build 60 hydrogen fueling stations by 2026, thanks to lower costs enabled by the IRA's incentives, as well as state-level incentives. Some work is already...
