Hyundai, Genesis, Kia EVs due to get modular platforms, OTA updates

2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis will add over-the-air (OTA) software updates by 2025, Hyundai announced Wednesday. The first model to feature firmware-level OTA updates will be the 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6, which is based on the same E-GMP platform as the Ioniq 5, Kia EV6, and Genesis GV60. By 2025, Hyundai expects all models—including both gasoline...

BYD confirms EV pricing for brand’s launch in Europe

BYD HanChinese automaker BYD last week detailed plans for its European launch, which will include three EVs and encompass most of the continent's largest markets. A dealer group in August announced plans to sell BYD cars in Sweden and Germany, and the automaker has now confirmed plans to launch in those markets as well as Norway, Denmark, the...

Future Honda EVs to be powered by batteries from Ohio plant

2024 Honda PrologueHonda and LG Energy Solution on Tuesday confirmed details of a joint-venture Ohio battery plant that will produce battery modules for North American-market Honda EVs beginning in 2025. Announced in 2022, the joint-venture plant will be located in Fayette County, about 40 miles southwest of Columbus, and aims for 40 gigawatt-hours of annual...

Poll: Majority of Californians back gasoline car ban

Marengo Charging Plaza, Pasadena, CaliforniaA majority of Californians support the state's goal of banning sales of new internal-combustion vehicles by 2035, but opinions are highly partisan, according to a new poll conducted by UC Berkeley. A newly passed state law requiring all new vehicles sold in California to be all-electric or plug-in hybrids received the backing of 55% or...

Foxconn plans to build Indi One EV in Ohio, previews more Foxtron EVs

Indi OneFoxconn recently signed a memorandum of understanding with IndiEV to build initial versions of the startup's One EV at its Ohio factory, while also showing two more EVs of its own. Under the agreement, Foxconn will manufacture "the first Indi One prototype vehicles" at its factory in Lordstown, Ohio, according to a company press release. It's one...