Volvo’s US Polestar electric-car plans are in flux over China tariffs

Polestar 2Higher tariffs placed on cars made in China won't impact Polestar's future plans for the U.S. but could affect the price of its cars, the brand said Wednesday. Responding to reports that its CEO suggested that the nascent electric carmaker, which is owned by Volvo, might pull the plug on cars in the U.S., a Polestar spokesman confirmed that their...

Piëch electric car claimed to charge as fast as a fill-up

Piech Mark Zero conceptThere's fast charging and then there's fast charging. Automakers seem to be in a race to develop lithium-ion batteries for EVs that can charge faster than the half-hour currently required for electric cars, and a new Austrian startup founded by the great grandson of Ferdinand Porsche plans to lead that race. Piëch's Mark Zero concept car that...

Honda plans all-electrified lineup for Europe by 2025

Honda e PrototypeAt the Geneva auto show on Tuesday, Honda announced plans to bring a fully-electrified lineup to Europe by 2025. That's different, of course, than selling only fully electric cars. The plan includes hybrids, such as the CR-V Hybrid that Honda sells in Europe now, as well as plug-in and fully electric cars. "Honda expects full hybrid technology to...

Audi Q4 e-tron previews brand’s first affordable electric SUV

Audi Q4 e-tron conceptAudi's plans to take on Tesla in the electric-car market aren't limited to the upcoming e-tron quattro electric SUV. Like Tesla, Audi has at least two electric SUVs in the works, and it previewed the second one at the Geneva auto show on Tuesday. The second model follows the established protocol of being smaller and more affordable than the...

Which Tesla Model 3 would you buy? Take our Twitter poll

2019 Tesla Model 3 PerformanceNow that Tesla has announced the full lineup of the Model 3 (more or less), we thought it was time to ask our readers which version they would buy. Last Thursday, Tesla announced that it will begin building the long-awaited $35,000 base, or Short Range Model 3. As CEO Elon Musk has promised since first announcing the Model 3, the car will have 220...

Iconic Italian name revived for Pininfarina Battista show car in Geneva

Pininfarina BattistaWith an infusion of cash from Indian auto giant Mahindra, storied Italian automaker Pininfarina is branching out on its own with a new all-electric hypercar. The company has shared some of its motivation for the relaunch, and teased sketches and photos of the car repeatedly, but finally revealed the actual car Monday night ahead of the Geneva auto...

2020 Tesla Model Y: Latest price, range, specs for new crossover SUV

Teaser for Tesla Model Y electric SUV due for reveal in 2019The 2020 Tesla Model Y has the potential to amount to an even greater sales success than the Model 3, as it borrows some of the same underpinnings of that sedan and marries it to what so many American families today want: a crossover utility vehicle shape. The California carmaker may have been prescient in seeing a sweet spot for electric...