2023 Kia Niro Hybrid costs $27,785, gets up to 53 mpg combined

2023 Kia Niro hybridThe 2023 Kia Niro Hybrid starts at $27,785 (with destination) for the base LX trim level and arrives at dealerships later this month, Kia confirmed Tuesday in a press release. That base price for this second-generation model represents a $1,800 hike over the previous-generation 2022 Niro Hybrid LX. In addition to that base model, the 2023 Niro...

Oil giant BP will help keep Hertz EVs charged

Hertz and BP Pulse partner for EVs and chargingThe rental-car giant Hertz has announced several large-scale electric vehicle purchases from Tesla, GM, and Polestar, on the way to making EVs a quarter of its fleet by the end of 2024. That’s a lot of EVs—tens of thousands of them, and once in place they would quickly overwhelm existing public fast-charging stations around airports...

Seoul plans more than 200,000 EV chargers by 2026

Seoul, looking north across Han RiverSouth Korea's capital plans to install more than 200,000 EV chargers over the next four years in order to support a shift away from internal-combustion vehicles. Most of the city of Seoul's nine million-plus residents use the subway or buses, and the city was a pioneer in highway removal, but there are still around four million registered cars and...

California considers banning new diesel semis by 2040

Freightliner eCascadiaCalifornia is considering new regulations that would ban sales of new diesel semi trucks by the 2040 model year, accelerating the timeline for a shift to zero-emission trucks. The requirement was laid out in a proposed rule released by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) August 30 and is scheduled for consideration by the regulator October...