Study: US could save up to $70 billion annually if EVs were widespread

2021 Ford Mustang Mach-EElectric cars don't just save the environment, they also save lots of money, according to a new Northwestern University study. The United States could save up to $70 billion annually if electric cars replaced 75% of current internal-combustion cars, and were paired with increased renewable-energy electricity generation, the study found. Even if...

To supply EV production, another European battery company rises: Verkor

Verkor battery factory renderingAs European automakers ramp up production of electric cars, a new company aims to supply them with batteries. French startup Verkor plans to open a battery factory in its home country in 2023, with an initial annual production capacity of 16 gigawatt-hours, before expanding to 50 gigawatt-hours at a later date, according to Automotive News Europe...

World’s largest V2G site: A London double-decker electric bus garage

BYD London double-decker busLondon already has the largest electric bus fleet of anywhere in Europe. And now it’s hosting the trial site of the world’s largest vehicle-to-grid (V2G) trial site. Put simply, V2G technology will allow a small amount of the charge from connected electric buses, when they’re not out in use, to help stabilize the peaks and...

First drive review: Polestar 2 aims at Tesla and comes up just short

2021 Polestar 2Polestar, Volvo’s offshoot performance-oriented EV brand, is about three years old and it’s yet to deliver a production electric vehicle. That’s about to change with the brand’s second car, the appropriately named 2021 Polestar 2 electric fastback sedan. Polestar’s first car was the Polestar 1, a carbon-fiber-bodied...