Toyota made a number of announcements that suggest it might be stepping up its electric vehicle strategy versus what has been previously announced. In an annual roundup of the company’s financial results presented on Wednesday, president and CEO Koji Sato stated that it plans to launch ten models ranging from luxury vehicles to compact cars...
Fisker shows an off-road Ocean and resets some timelines. Volvo teases a smaller electric SUV. EV tires should be a business opportunity. And dealerships are no longer choking EV adoption. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Have friends, family, or you tried to find an EV in stock to drive and buy? A nationwide study of the electric vehicle...
Unless you know exactly what you want and are willing to put money down and wait, it’s hard to find an electric vehicle in dealer stock to test-drive and buy. While anyone who’s shopped for a new EV in recent months knows that, the latest nationwide study of the electric vehicle shopping experience from the Sierra Club, out Monday...
Fisker on Tuesday revealed a new “hard core” off-road package for the Ocean electric SUV—the same day the company also revealed some realities that included lower anticipated production numbers of the Ocean this year, as well as a delay of its Pear EV. The off-road version, called Force E and available starting in the fourth...
Volvo has teased the design of a new smaller electric SUV that it confirmed on Tuesday will be U.S.-bound. The compact model, to be called EX30, will be revealed on June 7 and will be available that same day for U.S. reservations, Volvo said. The EX30 badge, which was previously confirmed as on the way, follows Volvo’s new naming structure...
Fisker Inc. last week revealed that it had delivered its first Ocean electric SUV to a customer—nearly six months after contract manufacturer Magna started production of the model in Austria. The first delivery, of an Ocean One launch edition, was attended personally by chairman and CEO Henrik Fisker, to a customer in Denmark, Fisker said...
So far, few if any widespread automotive service retailers have tried to woo the business of electric vehicle owners. But recent survey results suggest that some of them might do better by focusing on EV-specific needs soon. The results come from survey giant J.D. Power, via its U.S. Aftermarket Service Index Study, out last week. It found that...
Although China is investing less in Europe overall, Chinese battery producers are building factories to meet the demands of the region’s growing need for electric vehicles.
About 80 percent of new cars sold in Norway are battery-powered. As a result, the air is cleaner, the streets are quieter and the grid hasn’t collapsed. But problems with unreliable chargers persist.
Supercar builder Rimac is launching a battery energy-storage business. The new business unit, called Rimac Energy, will leverage the company's EV expertise for stationary energy-storage systems, starting with pilots with select customers, according to a company press release. It's a new avenue for Rimac, which previously launched the Concept_One...
The UK firm Electrogenic is launching an EV conversion kit for the classic Mini that the company claims will bolt directly in. Due to go on sale this fall, the kit will retail for 15,000 pounds—equivalent to about $19,000 at current exchange rates—before the cost of a donor car. Keeping in mind that $30,000 is generally considered a...
Toyota and Hyundai this week announced plans to broaden their respective U.S. hydrogen fuel-cell semi truck projects. The Japanese automaker has been collaborating with truck maker PACCAR for several years on fuel-cell test vehicles, but on Tuesday it an announced an expansion of the joint effort aimed at pushing fuel-cell trucks toward...
What is the most common trade-in for a Tesla Model 3? Is Toyota about to ramp up its commitment to EVs? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending May 5, 2023. In a review of the 2023 Toyota Prius, with some closer scrutiny paid in daily driving situations, we found the latest...
Extreme weather linked to climate change is causing more blackouts. But generators and batteries are still out of reach of many.
Ford’s F-150 Lightning electric pickup has managed to capture a high rate of customers who hadn’t considered an electric vehicle before, with EV newbies making up nearly 80% of reservation-holders. And as Ford CEO Jim Farley underscored this week in a quarterly financial call, there’s room to do that again in the near future with...
Toyota "has been the laggard" on electrifying its U.S. lineup, but is now "fully committed," White House senior advisor John Podesta said in an interview with Reuters published Tuesday. Podesta said he met with senior officials from the automaker, including chief scientist Gill Pratt, who is one of the executives who even around the time of...
Ford has detailed pricing and expected range for Mustang Mach-E models powered by LFP batteries. The Mini Cooper Electric could add range, space, and power next year with a redesign. And Fisker is embracing battery swapping for its Ocean EV. This and more, here at Green Car Reports Fisker plans to bring swappable batteries to its Ocean...
The next-generation electric Mini will add more space, and potentially more driving range, in an upcoming redesign, the brand revealed Thursday. The redesigned Mini Cooper Electric, as it's referred to in a press release from Mini parent BMW, is expected to arrive for the 2025 model year. In addition to a replacement for the current Mini Cooper...
The Fisker Ocean electric SUV will get swappable batteries from startup Ample by 2024, Fisker announced Tuesday. But the partnership will target fleets initially. "With today’s announcement drivers can now look forward to a combination of award-winning design and affordability in the Fisker Ocean," a company release said, "powered by the...
Ford has already promised that it will be ramping up production rates for its Mustang Mach-E electric car. But earlier this week it delivered an added perk that wasn’t already anticipated: another price cut. With it, pricing drops on all of the Mustang Mach-E electric cars by as much as $3,700—factoring in a mandatory destination fee...
