EV tax credit extension likely dead, because of Trump opposition

GM Renaissance Center American flagDespite strong support for the extension and expansion of the federal EV tax credit, the effort appears to have run out of juice in Washington—specifically, at the Oval Office. The proposal, which in November had bipartisan support in the Senate, was on Monday cut out of a massive $1.4 trillion federal spending bill due to be passed this...

Rivian electric trucks’ battery packs more energy into less space

Rivian electric car platformUntil the infrastructure can catch up—and well beyond then, if you’re talking about go-anywhere electric trucks like those from Rivian—big batteries will be a necessity for getting more people switching to EVs. Rivian has accepted that from the start with its R1T electric pickup and R1S electric SUV, with battery packs that start...

Downtown Detroit, a charging desert, finally gets DC fast chargers

General Motors Renaissance Center in Detroit, MichiganThe home base for the U.S. auto industry has long been downtown Detroit. And as much as that industry has wanted to talk the talk about electrification the past several year, it hasn’t walked the walk in its home turf. Detroit almost made it to the end of the decade without a single DC fast charger. Until recently—like just three...

Mercedes-Benz EQC electric SUV delayed again for U.S.—now to 2021

2020 Mercedes-Benz EQC Edition 1886The top-selling luxury-vehicle brand in the U.S. now isn’t likely to have a fully electric vehicle back in its American lineup until 2021. According to Bloomberg, Daimler AG revealed the delay in an emailed statement to dealers—and that it made the design as a strategic one, to focus on growing demand for it in Europe. Now the due date...