When most people think of electrification, they probably picture a battery-electric car. Think Tesla, or Rivian and the like. But what electrification really refers to is the presence of a battery in some form—that includes hybrids. While EVs may not have taken off as quickly as automakers would have liked, they're still pushing forward with…

Honda has revealed a new hydrogen fuel-cell stack and module Huge gains more than double durability, more than triple power density, cut cost in half Will initially go into Honda's own hydrogen stationary power generators Developed entirely by Honda; agreement with GM remains in limbo Honda on Wednesday unveiled its next-generation hydrogen fuel-cell module, and…

Kia has revealed the production design of its PV5 line of vans. The PV5 will be available in multiple passenger and cargo body styles. It will make its official debut next week in Spain when we will see its interior and its technical specifications. Just like with the Tasman pickup, Kia is going for bold…

The U.S.-spec 2025 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV gets the same battery as the outgoing model. In Europe, customers get a bigger battery that increases the electric range. Mitsubishi prides itself on making the world’s best-selling all-wheel drive plug-in hybrid SUV. That’s the Outlander PHEV–a well-priced, well-specced SUV that has the rare ability to run as both…

The 2026 Polestar 3 gets a new Nvidia processor. Existing owners will get the new silicon as a complimentary hardware upgrade. Apple Digital Key support is also coming to the Polestar 3 via an OTA software update. The Polestar 3 is getting two big updates, both on the software and hardware front. For starters, the…

The Volvo ES90 will be Volvo's new flagship EV-only sedan. It will be the next to use Volvo's software stack that includes two Nvidia Drive AGX Orin chips to manage semi-autonomous driving features. Existing EX90 vehicles with the single Orin chip setup will get upgraded to the dual setup to be used in the ES90,…

Mercedes-Benz has said up until now that its future vans would be based on a dedicated electric architecture, but on Thursday it confirmed plans for a new internal-combustion van architecture as well. Electric vans based on the new Van.EA platform will still debut in 2026, as previously discussed. They'll now be joined by other fuel-burning…

ES90 electric sedan will debut the most powerful computing capacity ever in a Volvo EX90 electric SUV will gain the same processing upgrade, be upgraded to it as a retrofit Will support AI-based features, more efficient battery management Volvo's next electric vehicle will build on the automaker's recently-introduced tech stack with even more powerful computing…

While other automakers welcome global policy shifts as a chance to back off their electric vehicle investments, Korea's Hyundai Motor Group is on a roll lately—and doesn't seem intent on losing momentum. And in two weeks' time, we'll see more all-electric offerings from Kia, including of the more affordable sort. Kia's EV Day event will…

The camouflaged BMW Vision Driving Experience (VDX) technology demonstrator appeared low-slung and menacing. I had to contort myself awkwardly to get in and squeeze into its carbon-fiber bucket seats. BMW officials helped me buckle the four-point harness before German motorsport racing driver Jens Klingmann fired up the EV. He drove me and two other journalists…