Vinfast delays US factory as issues mount

2023 Vinfast VF 8Vinfast delayed U.S. production of its EVs by three years Vinfast lowered volume targets for 2024 Vinfast has fallen behind sales targets despite pivoting its sales model Vinfast on Saturday announced that its North Carolina factory would be delayed, while also lowering its 2024 annual delivery target. In a press release discussing its...

2025 Hyundai Ioniq 9 three-row electric SUV arriving in 2024

Hyundai Seven conceptHyundai's three-row electric SUV will arrive in 2024 The electric three-row SUV will likely be called the Ioniq 9 Interior packaging, range, and powertrain outputs could compare to the Kia EV9 Hyundai will unveil an electric three-row crossover SUV later this year, the automaker has confirmed. The unnamed three-row crossover will debut as a 2025...

2025 Audi Q4 E-Tron grabs for power, range

2025 Audi Q4 E-TronFollowing a mid-model-year update for 2024, the 2025 Audi Q4 E-Tron electric crossover receives a few more significant changes for the new model year. The single-motor, rear-wheel-drive model gets an 81-hp boost to 282 hp, which lowers the 0-60 mph time by 1.7 seconds, to 6.2 seconds, according to Audi. Revisions to the 82-kwh battery pack (with...

2025 Audi Q8 E-Tron preview: minor changes before a possible exit

2025 Audi Q8 E-TronThe 2025 Audi Q8 E-Tron electric SUV receives minor changes for the new model year, while some reports indicate it will be discontinued in the near future. Launched for the 2024 model year, the Q8 E-Tron replaced the Audi E-Tron, the automaker's first volume EV. It carried over all the good things from the E-Tron—including good safety...

2025 Audi Q8 E-Tron gets minor changes before a possible exit

2025 Audi Q8 E-TronThe 2025 Audi Q8 E-Tron electric SUV receives minor changes for the new model year, while some reports indicate it will be discontinued in the near future. Launched for the 2024 model year, the Q8 E-Tron replaced the Audi E-Tron, the automaker's first volume EV. It carried over all the good things from the E-Tron—including good safety...

The first electric-car president? Ike Eisenhower liked them

1914 Rauch-Lang electric car and President Dwight EisenhowerAt least a couple of presidents have been drivers of electric cars, but they're not all in the recent past. Our 34th President, Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower, may have been one of the first. Long before Ike became perhaps the 20th century's most famous general, Eisenhower drove around in an early electric car that belonged to his in-laws. John...

Tesla Model 3 Long Range RWD returns to top Ioniq 6 in range

Tesla Model 3 (Europe-market refresh) The rear-wheel drive Tesla Model 3 Long Range has returned The Model 3 Long Range costs $42,490, which is $5,000 less than the AWD model Tesla says the Long Range Model 3 goes 363 miles—2 miles more than the Hyundai Ioniq 6 SE Tesla has added a rear-wheel drive Long Range version of the updated Model 3, which undercuts the all-wheel drive...