The Kia EV9 earns a spot on our shortlist of the best new EVs. Honda drops its E minicar and looks ahead to new electric cars. And Kia suggests an EV with lots of flexibility is on the way. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Kia has confirmed that its purpose-built vehicle (PBV), which will act as a flexible basis for specialized van-like...
The 2024 Kia EV9 is one of this year's greats. But it begs the question: What took so long? SUVs are the family vehicle of choice, at least so far this century, while EVs represent the technology of choice for a growing subset of the American public. Yet up until now, with the arrival of the 2024 Kia EV9, there hasn’t been a non-luxury...
European sales of the Honda E retro EV are being halted amid slow sales, Automotive News Europe reported last week. Unveiled at the 2019 Frankfurt auto show, the E market the start of a new generation of compact EVs, and it earned praise for its cute exterior and dashboard full of screens. As it was revealed by executives, the Honda E was...
Kia will unveil its EV for mobility services at CES 2024 in January. The vehicle is known as the PBV, but the meaning of that acronym has changed since Kia first announced it. The automaker at first said PBV stood for "Purpose-Built Vehicle," but has now redefined it—marketing or not—as "Platform Beyond Vehicle." Kia announced the PBV...
Cadillac has revealed yet another electric SUV, on the way to a fully electric lineup. The Hyundai Ioniq 6 is one of our top picks of the year. And which Tesla models will keep the EV tax credit in 2024? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Tesla has already confirmed that the Model 3 Rear-Wheel Drive and Model 3 Long Range versions...
Tesla expects the Model Y will no longer qualify for the full $7,500 federal EV tax credit in 2024. As noted by Electrek, the Tesla Model Y online configurator now includes a note stating that reductions in the tax-credit amount are "likely" after Dec. 31. All Model Y configurations qualify for the full $7,500 credit as long as customers take...
Hyundai has been a high achiever with its 800-volt E-GMP platform for electric vehicles. And while those underpinnings are what enable the Ioniq 6 to be one of the best new vehicles of the year, design and styling are what get it noticed at first sight. The shape of the Hyundai Ioniq 6 carries automotive history and Art Deco influences in its...
Cadillac on Thursday revealed yet another new electric SUV entry for its lineup—called Vistiq and due for the 2026 model year. When it arrives, the Vistiq will fit between the two-row Cadillac Lyriq and the plus-sized, three-row, $130,000 Escalade IQ that’s set to share its underpinnings with the GMC Hummer EV SUV and full-size...
The Treasury Department pledged to carefully scrutinize foreign investments in the United States for national security threats.
Under pressure from federal regulators, the company has agreed to recall two million cars to update its driver-assistance system. The cars will be updated over cellular networks.
We drive the 2024 Chevy Blazer EV. Ford is scaling back EV production. And can public charging be fixed with better error codes? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV is the first mass-market SUV built on GM’s Ultium EV toolkit. As we found in a first drive this past week, it’s different than just about...
EV charger reliability has a lot of room for improvement. A good place to start is uniform error codes. That's the conclusion of the Charge X Consortium, launched by the federal government in 2023 to tackle EV charger reliability as the Biden administration rolls out a planned $7.5 billion charging network. It recently released a report...
The automaker began issuing software updates on Tuesday following a lengthy investigation by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
The 2024 Chevy Blazer EV is different. That’s because compared to the Ford Mustang Mach-E, the Hyundai Ioniq 5, the Kia EV6, the Volkswagen ID.4, and various others—anything you might compare it to directly—the Blazer EV is primarily a U.S.-bound product, conceived specifically with the U.S. in mind. After spending a few hours in...
Ford is reducing planned production volumes of the F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck by half next year, Automotive News reported Monday, citing a memo addressed to suppliers. According to the memo, Ford has told suppliers to prepare for average volume of around 1,600 Lightnings per week at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn...
Ford and other automaker have had to readjust their electric vehicle production plans because sales have been weaker than they had expected.
Porsche reveals a new generation of 800-volt EV tech in the Macan SUV. Biden’s national EV charging network is up and running in Ohio. And if you don’t need a lot of range, Hyundai’s repositioning of the Kona Electric might make a lot of sense. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. With a complete redesign, the 2024 Hyundai...
The redesigned 2024 Hyundai Kona Electric gets a lower starting price than last year, but also loses a smidge of range in base form. As before, the base 2024 Hyundai Kona Electric model is the SE grade. Hyundai confirmed Monday that it will start at $34,010 including the mandatory $1,335 destination charge. That's $875 less than the comparable...
The first charging station funded by the Biden administration's National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program is now online. Located at a Pilot Travel Center along Interstate 70 west of Columbus, Ohio, the station opened Dec. 8, according to a press release from the office of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine. Equipped with DC fast chargers from...
Volkswagen is shifting more operations to China, tapping the country’s electric vehicle capacity and building factories.
