A new performance variant fills out the growing electric crossover SUV offerings in the Mercedes-Benz EQ family. The 2023 Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV unveiled Sunday in Paris, France, will be followed by the 2024 EQE SUV AMG with an estimated 0-60 mph time of 3.4 seconds, Mercedes announced Sunday. The EQE SUV shares the same components as the EQE...
Nearly every 2023 Porsche Taycan variant gets an EPA-estimated range boost, the automaker confirmed this week. Porsche in July announced a software update it said would bring an efficiency and range boost, but now the automaker is providing specific figures. The Taycan Turbo Cross Turismo wagon gets the biggest increase. Porsche estimates range at...
Sono Motors is bringing its Sion solar-supplemented EV to the United States, but it's unclear if the small hatchback will be sold here to retail customers. The Sion was on display in New York City's Time Square Tuesday, followed by a stop in Brooklyn Wednesday on what will be a multi-city tour, Sono said in a press release. The car will also be...
Trevor Milton was accused of boasting about nonexistent technology to inflate the stock price of Nikola, a maker of electric trucks.
The next electric GMC pickup truck has a reveal date. On Friday, GMC teased the Denali edition of its upcoming Sierra EV with a video, and confirmed its debut date of Oct. 20. The production truck appears to be nearly identical to that of the renders teased in 2021 with large C-shaped LED daytime running lights and inset LED charging indicators. A...
The president’s plans to bolster America’s electric vehicle and battery production have opened a rift in relationships in Asia and Europe.
EV startup Canoo this week confirmed fleet-management company Zeeba has ordered at least 3,000 of its electric vans. The latter company has signed an agreement for 5,450 vehicles, with an initial binding agreement of 3,000 vehicles through 2024, Canoo said in a press release. Zeeba will lease those vehicles to small- and medium-sized businesses...
Polestar on Wednesday revealed the 2024 Polestar 3, which is a significant stage in the evolution of the Swedish EV brand. It's scheduled to go on sale in the United States in the fourth quarter of 2023, starting at $85,300 with destination. The brand's first SUV, the Polestar 3 is twinned with Polestar parent Volvo's upcoming electric successor...
Lucid is rolling out a big over-the-air update. The Tesla Model Y is the top-seller in Germany. We look at the form a Toyota Crown Prime PHEV might take. And might Sony-Honda EVs might be built in Ohio? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Sony Honda Mobility, the new joint venture between the two Japanese companies, this morning confirmed...
Sony and Honda have a new joint venture to build electric vehicles. And this morning, that venture released some big news: It plans to launch the new line of EVs in the U.S.—and build it in North America. The U.S. launch for the new Sony-Honda EVs will be in 2025, with pre-orders starting then, the companies confirmed Thursday. Deliveries...
The Tesla Model Y took the top sales spot in the German vehicle market in September, according to sales numbers reported by the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) (via Electrek). Tesla has achieved monthly bestseller status in other countries—such as Norway—but doing so in Germany is significant because the American firm is...
A decade to the month after the Model S received Tesla’s first over-the-air firmware update, such updates for electric vehicles have increasingly become the norm—as a way to improve on the product after it’s in consumer hands. One such vehicle in this era of the “software-defined vehicle,” Lucid, this morning...
A Toyota Crown Prime plug-in hybrid could be in the works to complement the Prius Prime and RAV4 Prime, according to a recent Motor Trend report. The Crown returns to the United States for the first time since the 1970s as a replacement for the Toyota Avalon, and with an all-hybrid powertrain lineup. But Toyota is also considering a plug-in hybrid...
Innovation is important, but Elon Musk’s impractical transit inventions do nothing to help solve today’s problems.
Innovation is important, but Elon Musk’s impractical transit inventions do nothing to help solve today’s problems.
The maker of electric sedans said it would hit its scaled-back production targets for 2022 after facing supply hurdles.
Honda shows its level of commitment to future EVs arriving mid-decade. BYD confirms details for EVs bound for Europe. And Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis models will all get over-the-air update—and feature upgrade—capability within a few years. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Hyundai has announced that over-the-air update...
Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis will add over-the-air (OTA) software updates by 2025, Hyundai announced Wednesday. The first model to feature firmware-level OTA updates will be the 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6, which is based on the same E-GMP platform as the Ioniq 5, Kia EV6, and Genesis GV60. By 2025, Hyundai expects all models—including both gasoline...
Chinese automaker BYD last week detailed plans for its European launch, which will include three EVs and encompass most of the continent's largest markets. A dealer group in August announced plans to sell BYD cars in Sweden and Germany, and the automaker has now confirmed plans to launch in those markets as well as Norway, Denmark, the...
Honda and LG Energy Solution on Tuesday confirmed details of a joint-venture Ohio battery plant that will produce battery modules for North American-market Honda EVs beginning in 2025. Announced in 2022, the joint-venture plant will be located in Fayette County, about 40 miles southwest of Columbus, and aims for 40 gigawatt-hours of annual...
