Porsche hints a future EV may utilize 400-kw fast-charging

Porsche Charging Lounge, GermanyPorsche earlier this week revealed more than just a first look at its lounge-like road-trip fast-charging stations, to be laid out along some top routes in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Within details for these design-savvy charging oases there was a bigger technology reveal: Its EVs in the future, it hinted, may charge above 300 kw and...

Whether GM killed the Chevy Bolt EV or not, it’s returning soon

2020 Chevrolet Bolt EV review update  -  Portland ORGM brought back the Chevrolet Bolt EV this week, as a future affordable EV product peg on the automaker’s product plan, timeline yet to be disclosed. That said, the timeline for the Bolt EV disappearing from dealerships remains confirmed. In April, GM confirmed that it would discontinue the Chevrolet Bolt EV and EUV at the end of 2023, as...

Whether GM killed the Chevy Bolt EV or not, it’s returning soon

2020 Chevrolet Bolt EV review update  -  Portland ORGM brought back the Chevrolet Bolt EV this week—as a future affordable EV product peg for the company's product plan. While the timeline is yet to be disclosed for the revamped Bolt EV, the timeline for the current Bolt EV disappearing from dealerships remains confirmed. In April, GM disclosed that it would discontinue the Chevrolet Bolt EV...

Tesla skirts Connecticut direct-sales ban with store in tribal casino

Tesla SuperchargerRoughly a decade after opening its first company-owned stores, Tesla is still fighting direct-sales bans in some states. In Connecticut, it's skirting one such ban by locating a store in a Native American casino. The Mohegan Sun casino on Wednesday announced that Tesla will open a "sales and delivery center" at the casino's mall, with customers...

Nissan touts a million EVs in 12 years—Tesla’s 2023 tally so far

2024 Nissan LeafNissan on Tuesday announced that it had surpassed one million global EV sales—a milestone that to 12 years to achieve. The automaker was a pioneer of modern electric cars, launching the first-generation Leaf in December 2010. As the longest-running Nissan EV and the longest-running EV in the North American market, the Leaf accounts for...

Tesla Supercharger network gets first true rival from 7 global automakers

Seven global automakers team up to create an EV charging networkRoad-trip charging of electric cars doesn’t have to be so hard. That’s what Tesla has essentially proven with its Supercharger network; but as of yet, no other network has come close to providing the same level of reliability or uptime, or a consistent experience. That, and the mammoth charging infrastructure buildout necessary to...

2018-2023 Nissan Leaf EV recalled for cruise-control acceleration flaw

2023 Nissan LeafNissan is recalling 2018-2023 Leaf electric cars to address a potential issue that could cause vehicles to accelerate unintentionally after using cruise control. The recall covers Leafs manufactured from September 29, 2017, to March 15, 2023, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The recall population of 66,159...

Tesla topped Toyota in California deliveries in Q2

2023 Tesla Model Y  -  Courtesy of Tesla, Inc.Tesla delivered more cars than Toyota in California in the second quarter of 2023, demonstrating the strong momentum of EVs in the largest U.S. new-car market. Toyota has been the longtime best-selling brand in California, but its 67,482 registrations for Q2 were just behind Tesla's 69,212 registrations, according to a California New Car Dealers...

EV battery swapping is back—for bigger delivery trucks, too

Mitsubishi Fuso eCanter EV swapping batteriesWill a predictable, gas-station-like experience for getting a fully charged vehicle convince more last-mile delivery companies to shift to EVs? That’s the proposition from California-based Ample, which now says it can give electric trucks a full charge in five minutes, thanks to its second-generation battery-swapping system revealed in May...

Stellantis may simplify EVs by dropping onboard charger, inverter

Stellantis rendering showing proposed direct AC charging systemStellantis claims to have made significant progress in eliminating two major hardware components from EVs: the onboard charger and power inverter. As spotted by Autoblog, the automaker has said a four-year research project with French battery company Saft and the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) has yielded a prototype battery...

Google Maps’ eco-friendly routing: Like taking 250,000 cars off the road?

Traffic in Los Angeles on Google MapsGoogle Maps is helping reduce vehicle emissions through more efficient routing, the company claims. In October 2021, Google debuted a feature for Maps that allows drivers to select routes based on estimated fuel efficiency. Since launch, drivers have used this feature to prevent 1.2 million metric tons of estimated carbon emissions, equivalent to...