Vinfast delays US factory as issues mount

2023 Vinfast VF 8Vinfast delayed U.S. production of its EVs by three years Vinfast lowered volume targets for 2024 Vinfast has fallen behind sales targets despite pivoting its sales model Vinfast on Saturday announced that its North Carolina factory would be delayed, while also lowering its 2024 annual delivery target. In a press release discussing its...

2025 Hyundai Ioniq 9 three-row electric SUV arriving in 2024

Hyundai Seven conceptHyundai's three-row electric SUV will arrive in 2024 The electric three-row SUV will likely be called the Ioniq 9 Interior packaging, range, and powertrain outputs could compare to the Kia EV9 Hyundai will unveil an electric three-row crossover SUV later this year, the automaker has confirmed. The unnamed three-row crossover will debut as a 2025...

2025 Audi Q4 E-Tron grabs for power, range

2025 Audi Q4 E-TronFollowing a mid-model-year update for 2024, the 2025 Audi Q4 E-Tron electric crossover receives a few more significant changes for the new model year. The single-motor, rear-wheel-drive model gets an 81-hp boost to 282 hp, which lowers the 0-60 mph time by 1.7 seconds, to 6.2 seconds, according to Audi. Revisions to the 82-kwh battery pack (with...

2025 Audi Q8 E-Tron preview: minor changes before a possible exit

2025 Audi Q8 E-TronThe 2025 Audi Q8 E-Tron electric SUV receives minor changes for the new model year, while some reports indicate it will be discontinued in the near future. Launched for the 2024 model year, the Q8 E-Tron replaced the Audi E-Tron, the automaker's first volume EV. It carried over all the good things from the E-Tron—including good safety...

2025 Audi Q8 E-Tron gets minor changes before a possible exit

2025 Audi Q8 E-TronThe 2025 Audi Q8 E-Tron electric SUV receives minor changes for the new model year, while some reports indicate it will be discontinued in the near future. Launched for the 2024 model year, the Q8 E-Tron replaced the Audi E-Tron, the automaker's first volume EV. It carried over all the good things from the E-Tron—including good safety...

The first electric-car president? Ike Eisenhower liked them

1914 Rauch-Lang electric car and President Dwight EisenhowerAt least a couple of presidents have been drivers of electric cars, but they're not all in the recent past. Our 34th President, Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower, may have been one of the first. Long before Ike became perhaps the 20th century's most famous general, Eisenhower drove around in an early electric car that belonged to his in-laws. John...

Tesla Model 3 Long Range RWD returns to top Ioniq 6 in range

Tesla Model 3 (Europe-market refresh) The rear-wheel drive Tesla Model 3 Long Range has returned The Model 3 Long Range costs $42,490, which is $5,000 less than the AWD model Tesla says the Long Range Model 3 goes 363 miles—2 miles more than the Hyundai Ioniq 6 SE Tesla has added a rear-wheel drive Long Range version of the updated Model 3, which undercuts the all-wheel drive...

These hybrids have AWD, top 40 mpg, cost less than $30,000

2024 Toyota Corolla HybridSpoiler alert: They’re all Toyotas. Need some traction for a snowy winter commute, on a tight budget? If so, one of the market’s low-priced, high-mpg all-wheel-drive hybrids may be your best bet. There aren’t all that many all-wheel-drive hybrids to begin with. But if we set the cost ceiling in bargain territory by today’s...

2025 Q5 PHEV returns, remains Audi’s lone plug-in hybrid

2025 Audi Q5While many automakers have revisited product roadmaps and now plan to introduce new hybrids and plug-in hybrids, PHEVs are a one-model show (for the U.S.) at a brand that's moving very quickly toward an all-electric lineup. The 2025 Audi Q5 S line TFSI e returns for the new model year with nearly no change, after receiving a more advanced active...

Deal lays path to solid-state batteries for a million VW EVs annually

QuantumScape solid-state cellVW's PowerCo could eventually make up to 80 gigawatt-hours of solid-state cells annually QuantumScape and PowerCo will combine forces to scale up production Production timeline and location weren't specified Volkswagen’s PowerCo battery unit and the solid-state battery tech firm QuantumScape on Thursday announced a path toward the...

2025 Chevy Equinox EV costs $34,995 for 319 miles, gets power boost

2025 Chevrolet Equinox EVChevrolet appears to have held true on the arrival of an Equinox EV version that costs just $34,995 and is set to deliver well over 300 miles of range. According to Chevy, the base 2025 Chevrolet Equinox EV LT will be available soon. It rides on 19-inch machined wheels and doesn’t hold back on any of the tech, including the big 17.7-inch...

Polestar 6 electric convertible may get spicy BST edition

Polestar BST ConceptPolestar's Concept BST contemplates a spicy 6 electric convertible The 6's still on the docket for 2026 Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath says more BST editions are coming While the Polestar 3 SUV swings for efficient performance and the Polestar 4 swings for body-style-curious buyers, the upcoming Polestar 6 might be swinging at Tesla. Still two...

Genesis GV60 gets the first Magma treatment, in 2025

Genesis GV60 Magma conceptGenesis confirmed its GV60 Magma for production in 2025 The first public look at the production model comes this week at the 2024 Goodwood Festival of Speed Genesis plans a Magma for every model The rolling design statement that is the Genesis GV60 gets a performance edition in 2025. The South Korean luxury brand confirmed on Thursday that it will...

Toyota joins Ionna EV charging network, stations due in 2024

2023 Toyota bZ4X Limited AWDToyota and Lexus EV drivers will have access to Ionna Toyota has made an undisclosed investment in Ionna, becoming the eighth automaker to do so Ionna will support the NACS charge port set to be adopted in future Toyota EVs Toyota has joined the fledgling North American EV fast-charging network Ionna, the companies jointly announced Wednesday...

No, extreme heat doesn’t cause people to get stuck in EVs

2024 Tesla Model Y. -  Courtesy of Tesla, Inc.Summer heat waves do mean a temporary drop in EV range They won't "brick" your battery, but they can accelerate degradation (aging) of the pack Avoid 100% charges in the heat if you can How hot is too hot for EVs, and will the next heat wave brick it, leaving you stranded? The answer isn’t nearly as sensational as the headlines some have...

Electrify America opens fast-chargers in Moab for electric off-roading

Electrify America EV chargers for utility Rocky Mountain PowerElectrify America now has 350-kw DC fast-chargers up and running on the network and positioned to help fully electric off-roaders or recreational visitors take in nearby Arches National Park or Canyonlands National Park. The chargers, announced last May among 20 new fast-charging sites in Utah, are being supported by Electrify Commercial...