EV tax credit will drop again for Chevrolet Bolt EV September 1

2019 Chevrolet Bolt EVGeneral Motors is facing a slightly stronger headwind in its ability to sell electric vehicles—and, perhaps, make money from them. EVs and plug-in hybrids from the automaker that are delivered starting September 1 will only be eligible for a $1,875 credit amount, versus the $3,750 they’ve been eligible for since April 1 of this year...

EV tax credit will drop again for Chevrolet Bolt EV October 1

2019 Chevrolet Bolt EVIn a little more than a month, General Motors will face a slightly stronger headwind in its ability to sell electric vehicles—and, perhaps, make money from them. EVs and plug-in hybrids from the automaker that are delivered starting October 1 will only be eligible for a $1,875 credit amount, versus the $3,750 they’ve been eligible for...

Nio is providing a fully charged battery in 3 minutes for free, in China

Nio ES8 high-performance electric SUVThe Chinese electric vehicle maker Nio, in a bid to win over new customers, is waiving the fees for something that could be a real selling point in the increasingly tight Chinese EV market: battery swapping. The company had installed 80 battery swap stations in China in 2018 and now has well over 100 of them. It had planned to install 1,100 of...

Tesla launches insurance product—only in California

2018 Tesla Model 3Tesla has opted to go it alone in some far-reaching and profound ways—like how it sells and services its cars, how it provides charging infrastructure, how it keeps them updated and, well, that every single car the automaker produces is fully electric. And now Tesla is adding another potentially mammoth line of direct-to-consumer services...

Aptera redux, smart charging, lots of lithium: Today’s Car News

2021 Mercedes-AMG GLE53 Coupe Aptera returns. Lithium is unexpectedly plentiful. Faraday Future could be headed for more change. And does smart charging matter as much as fast charging? All this and more on Green Car Reports. A familiar name in electric vehicles, Aptera, is back—with a new version of its three-wheeled EV that can now go up to a claimed 1,000 miles on a...

1,000-mile electric car unveiled: Aptera returns 10 years later

Design for new Aptera electric car, Aug 2019What's the minimum necessary range for an electric car? The world's auto industry seems to have settled on 200-plus miles for North America and 300 kilometers (160 miles) or more for European and Asian markets. The longest-range 2019 Tesla, the Model S Long Range, gets an EPA range rating of 370 miles. So the idea of an electric car with 1,000...

Report: Faraday Future could soon undergo restructuring, shed CEO

Faraday Future FF91Although the future looks brighter this year for the electric-vehicle hopeful Faraday Future, with a new line of funding revealed in April to help them get through the year and to the long-awaited production of its FF91 electric SUV, a recent report suggests that there may soon be more upheaval to come. The company’s CEO and founder, Jia...