Audi RS E-Tron GT, Porsche Taycan recall prompted by battery concerns

2020 Porsche Taycan 4S  -  Levi, FinlandAudi E-Tron GT, RS E-Tron GT, and Porsche Taycan electric cars are being recalled for a battery issue that could lead to short circuits and fires. The recall population includes 606 Taycans from model years 2020 to 2023 and 1,042 E-Tron GT and RS E-Tron GT vehicles from model years 2022 to 2024. Audi is conducting two recalls for the same issue...

Ford delays next-gen electric truck and SUV, plans hybrids across lineup

2025 Ford 3-row SUV - The electric future will take a bit longer than originally promised at Ford. On Thursday, Ford announced its next-gen electric truck, known as T3, will arrive a year later than planned while the unrelated three-row electric SUV will arrive two years later than planned. Subsequently, Ford said it plans to offer a hybrid powertrain in every...

Buttigieg likens EV rejectors to landline-phone luddites

2024 Ford Mustang Mach-E GTIn a recent Fox News interview, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said EV skeptics risk being left behind by technological progress. "I feel like it's the early 2000s," Buttigieg said in defense of the Biden administration's EV policies which aim for 50% EV sales by 2030, "and I'm talking to some people who think we can just have landline...

Quebec ends EV purchase incentives, in what could prove a market test

2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5Canada's Quebec province—widely seen as the "California of Canada" with respect to EVs and EV policy—plans to end its EV purchase incentives. Quebec currently offers incentives of up to $7,000 for new EVs and $5,000 for new plug-in hybrids, as well as up to $3,500 for used EVs (all amounts are in Canadian dollars). But the amounts will...

2024 Chevy Silverado EV RST coming with price cut, 440-mile range

2024 Chevrolet Silverado EVChevrolet confirmed on Wednesday that the 2024 Chevrolet Silverado RST First Edition—that’s the first version of the electric Chevy pickup available to individual buyers—is still coming. And at least in its top-of-the-line version it will be a better deal than it was when originally announced. The Silverado RST First Edition will...

Chevy Bolt EV drivers offered $3,000 off 2024 Chevy Equinox EV

2024 Chevrolet Equinox EVChevrolet is offering discounts to Bolt EV owners who buy a 2024 Equinox EV, CarsDirect reports. A dealer bulletin seen by CarsDirect includes a "24 Equinox Private Offer" available from now until April 30. It offers 2017-or-newer Bolt EV and Bolt EUV owners or lessees a $3,000 discount if they finance an Equinox EV purchase through GM Financial...

First Drive: 2025 Porsche Taycan makes good on the mission

2025 Porsche TaycanNumbers alone aren’t what make a car thrilling or great. But they’re often what gets the conversation started. When Porsche revealed its original Mission E concept, in 2015, it was in many respects a first-draft effort of what it needed to do to one-up Tesla, and it dropped some positively jaw-dropping numbers. Porsche focused on an...

First Drive: 2025 Porsche Taycan makes good on the mission

2025 Porsche TaycanNumbers alone aren’t what make a car thrilling or great. But they’re often what gets the conversation started. When Porsche revealed its original Mission E concept, in 2015, it was in many respects a first-draft effort of what it needed to do to one-up Tesla, and it dropped some positively jaw-dropping numbers. Porsche focused on an...

Tesla had its worst quarter since pandemic shutdowns

Tesla Model 3 (Europe-market refresh) Tesla on Tuesday revealed preliminary production and delivery numbers for the first quarter, and they’re down markedly—falling versus the same period the previous year for the first time since 2020 and the onslaught of the pandemic.. In the first quarter of 2024, Tesla made 433,371 vehicles, while it delivered just 386,810 vehicles...

Rivian R1T tops IIHS safety list for pickups, electric or not

2024 Rivian R1TThe Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) now has one and only one pickup truck model on its Top Safety Pick+ honor roll, and it’s fully electric. Fresh off a new round of testing, the Rivian R1T electric truck has been upgraded by the IIHS to Top Safety Pick+ status, from its previous Top Safety Pick. The elevating factor: Updated...

Is Musk getting in the way of Tesla sales growth?

Giga Texas opening  -  Elon MuskTesla CEO Elon Musk's reputation has deteriorated significantly thanks to his online outbursts—and that may be negatively affecting Tesla sales, Reuters reports. In a new survey by marketing analysis firm Caliber provided exclusively to Reuters, a "consideration score" for Tesla fell to 31% in February, less than half its high of 70% in...

Next-gen batteries may benefit plug-in hybrids as much as EVs

2022 Kia Sorento Plug-In HybridPlug-in hybrids with twice as much range are about to become the hot new thing. You can thank the California government and automakers’ lobbying efforts, in part, for delaying the all-electric transition. In interviews at the 2024 New York auto show, two executives familiar with their brands’ future products independently told Green...