5 Electric Vehicle-Friendly Road Trips With Ample Charging Stations
Want to hit the road with your electric vehicle? These U.S. road trips offer gorgeous overlooks, welcoming stops and ample charging stations.
Volkswagen Replaces Audi Chief Amid Pressure to Electrify
Gernot Döllner, who is considered close to Volkswagen’s chief executive, Oliver Blume, will take over at the luxury brand starting Sept. 1.
GM V2H details, Polestar to adopt Tesla NACS, US charging needs: Today’s Car News
GM details what will be needed to use some of its upcoming EVs as home power banks. Polestar joins Volvo in its plans to shift to the Tesla charging standard. And the federal government lays out charging needs for the decade. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Following Ford, GM, Rivian, and its own corporate cousin Volvo, Polestar has... Polestar EVs get Tesla charge port in 2025, Supercharger access in 2024
The electric vehicle brand Polestar announced on Thursday that it plans to adopt the Tesla charge port. The change will go into effect in 2025, with all new Polestar vehicles sold in North America from that time forward getting the Tesla port, called North American Charging Standard (NACS). In mid-2024, Polestar drivers will also gain... Federal study lays out US charging needs by 2030
Stricter emissions standards, automaker EV goals, and increasing consumer demand for EVs will create more need for public charging infrastructure, which a new study from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) aims to quantify. The NREL estimates that current regulatory and industry trends will lead to 30 million to 42 million EVs on U.S... GM details hardware for using EVs as home power backup
General Motors on Wednesday detailed its first bidirectional vehicle-to-home (V2H) charging hardware, allowing EVs to serve as a home backup power source. The Ultium Home V2H Bundle includes an AC home charger, dubbed the PowerShfit Charger, that allows vehicles to discharge power from their battery packs, along with an Enablement Kit that adds an... Auto-Industry Group Blasts Biden’s Plan to Electrify America’s Cars
The E.P.A.’s plan is “neither reasonable nor achievable,” the lobbying group said, using strong language in the face of the urgency to cut planet-warming emissions from vehicles.
Volvo and Tesla Supercharging, standardizing NACS, 2024 Nissan Leaf: Today’s Car News
The Nissan Leaf returns for 2024 with a price under $30,000—not counting incentives. Volvo plans to adopt the Tesla connector in future EVs. And should Tesla’s NACS become a real standard? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Volvo on Tuesday announced that it plans to adopt Tesla’s EV charging standard. Future Volvo EVs... 2024 Nissan Leaf: Only new EV with CHAdeMO returns unchanged
The 2024 Nissan Leaf enters the new model year unchanged, and as the last fully electric vehicle in production using the CHAdeMO connector for DC fast charging. Pricing starts at $29,235 with the mandatory $1,095 destination charge, up $340 from the 2023 model year. As with the previous model year, the Leaf lineup includes two grades, the base... SAE plans to standardize the Tesla NACS connector
Tesla calls its charging connector the North American Charging Standard (NACS), but as more automakers move to adopt it, a major industry group aims to make NACS a standard in more than just name. SAE International on Tuesday announced plans to standardize the Tesla connector. This will help ensure that any manufacturer or supplier outside of...