Electrify America, ChargePoint both pushing out connected home chargers

Electrify America Electric Vehicle Home ChargerTwo companies that are better known for their public charging networks have, just recently, rolled out new wifi-connected home-charging hardware. Both are AC charge points—or EVSE, as they’re sometimes called—although the two companies refer to them as chargers. Electrify America Tuesday rolled out a unit called the Electrify...

Byton in Korea, Subaru and Toyota, Mini going mini: Today’s Car News

Volkswagen ID 3Toyota and Subaru are joining forces for electric cars, and a lot more. Byton is reportedly considering Korea as an assembly point for trade reasons. And the Mini brand is considering making their cars small again, like they were when they were rebooted. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The Mini Cooper Hardtop—that’s the...

Subaru and Toyota broaden partnership for electric cars, autonomous tech

2019 Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid  -  First Drive, Santa Barbara CA, Nov. 2019Toyota and Subaru announced Friday that they will expand their partnership into connected-car programs and a co-developed electric vehicle platform. Toyota will also be taking a larger ownership stake in Subaru, while the latter will acquire equity in Toyota for the first time. While the partnership includes plans to build the second-generation...

Byton M-Byte might bypass China tariff with Korean assembly for the US

2020 Byton M-ByteChina's Future Mobility Corp, parent company of Byton, has inked a deal with South Korea's Myongshin to build the electric M-Byte CUV at the latter's former General Motors facility, potentially allowing the company to bypass U.S. and European tariffs. Vehicles built in Korea can be exported to the U.S. (and parts of Europe) thanks to existing...

Mini Cooper Hardtop to go electric, maybe get mini again

Mini Electric Concept rendering, 2017 Frankfurt auto showThe next-generation Mini Cooper Hardtop will go electric, if boss Bernd Koerber has his way, and it may return to its city-car roots, too. Auto Express reports that Koerber is pushing to make Mini live up (down?) to its name again, after years of bloat and expansion into segments that haven't really suited the brand. For now, he's content to get...

Mini Cooper Hardtop to go electric, get mini again

Mini Electric Concept rendering, 2017 Frankfurt auto showThe next-generation Mini Cooper Hardtop will go electric, if boss Bernd Koerber has his way, and it may return to its city-car roots, too. Auto Express reports that Koerber is pushing to make Mini live up (down?) to its name again, after years of bloat and expansion into segments that haven't really suited the brand. For now, he's content to get...

Commentary: Impeaching and removing Trump will save electric cars

President Donald Trump (Photo courtesy Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons)There’s a small footnote in the chapters of history being written on Capitol Hill this week: One of President Donald Trump’s signature reforms—to subvert California’s right to set its own emissions standards—now seems like scribbles in the margin on the pages of his administration's legacy. For the electric-car...

UL expands into electric-car ecosystem, could speed up rollout of V2G

Polar Charge PointElectricians and home insurers have long recommended—or required, in some cases—that home appliances and electrical devices be UL certified and carry that familiar circular seal. Until relatively recently, some electric car chargers didn't carry it, and there were popular electric-vehicle chargers that carried no UL seal. Automakers...