Mercedes and Rivian Plan to Make Vans Together in Europe
The agreement is a rare example of cooperation between a traditional carmaker and an upstart.
Jeep production-bound EVs, $30,000 Chevy Equinox EV, Rivian-Mercedes van venture: Today’s Car News
Jeep rolls out its first three fully electric models. Rivian and Mercedes partner for electric vans. StoreDot sends its five-minute-charging battery tech out for testing. And Chevy confirms that the upcoming Equinox won’t be a niche model. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Chevrolet confirmed the $30,000 base price for its 2024 Chevy... Rivian and Mercedes-Benz plan to make electric vans together for Europe
The U.S. EV newcomer Rivian intends to partner with the oldest automaker in the world to form a joint venture around electric vans—and producing them for Europe. In the venture, announced this morning, the two companies plan to share costs around the production of “bespoke large electric vans” for both Mercedes-Benz and Rivian... StoreDot delivers fast-charging batteries for real-world EV testing, claims 100 miles in five minutes
Israeli startup StoreDot has begun shipping samples of its fast-charging batteries to automakers for real-world EV testing. The samples are 30-Ah lithium-ion pouch cells "in EV form factor," StoreDot said in a press release, maintaining its claim that these batteries can add 100 miles of range from just five minutes of charging. To put this into... 2024 Chevrolet Equinox EV confirmed at $30,000 for 250-mile base model
Early this year GM laid out an enticing price of $30,000 for its 2024 Chevy Equinox EV fully electric compact crossover due in fall 2023. On Thursday GM confirmed it’s planning to keep to that initial price and timeline, and it revealed much more about this upcoming EV. It will be sold in the Chevy lineup along with the gasoline Equinox... Jeep Recon EV: Electric Wrangler “brother” is one of three production-bound EVs revealed
Jeep on Thursday revealed what it called the next phase of its shift to an all-electric lineup for Europe by 2030 and a target of half EV sales by then in the U.S. The first of these fully electric models to arrive—revealed in March as one of Stellantis’ 25 U.S.-bound EVs by 2030—will be the Avenger, a compact SUV that Jeep says... Is California Jump-Starting the Electric Vehicle Revolution?
A new rule aiming to reduce emissions could set off a major shift in the automobile industry.
VW ID.Buzz review, EPA diesel-truck crackdown, Lightyear funding: Today’s Car News
The EPA cracks down on diesel “tunes” for trucks with millions in fines. Lightyear gets more investment for its higher-volume solar EV. And we drive the ID.Buzz electric Microbus, but for Americans it remains a couple years off. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. In a review of the VW ID.Buzz electric van—in production... Review: 2024 VW ID.Buzz EV counters crossover culture with iconoclastic pizzazz
Volkswagen’s highly anticipated ID.Buzz electric van gets it right. Mostly. A couple weeks ago I was able to spend much of the day with production-spec versions of the 2024 VW ID.Buzz and found it to be a refreshing departure from the compact-to-mid-size crossover forms that have become banal. It’s neither an outfit-ready electric... EPA cracks down on companies selling aftermarket diesel “defeat devices,” with fines in the millions
Seven years after the Volkswagen diesel scandal began, emissions "defeat devices" are still a problem, but it's mostly aftermarket companies that are drawing the attention of regulators. The EPA recently announced the levying of millions of dollars in fines against one company, and potential fines for another, for selling equipment designed to...