Vinfast 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 second-quarter financial…
The Fisker saga continues with more bad news for Ocean EV owners. The company has issued a second recall that affects all cars sold in the United States in less than a month. This time, the issue that prompted Fisker to recall all 7,545 Ocean EVs in the country has to do with a…
Following 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…
Right now, all-electric race cars struggle at running flat-out around high-speed ovals—the kind of racing that defines most of the Nascar season. With regenerative braking, or regen, EVs turn deceleration into energy that goes back into the battery, but that trick doesn’t work on tracks where drivers keep the accelerator pinned to the floor lap…
Tesla launched a new over-the-air software upgrade option for the discontinued Tesla Model Y RWD model in the U.S., and for a price, it could mean a very respectable boost in electric range. The feature is called Energy Boost, and it can add up to 50 miles of additional range. The entry-level Tesla Model Y RWD…
Genesis car sales in the U.S. slightly decreased in the second quarter of 2024 to 17,044 units, down 2.4% year-over-year. However, Hyundai's luxury arm continued to increase its all-electric car sales in America, despite its global electric sales slowing down. In Q2, Genesis sold 2,249 EVs in the U.S., 39% more than a year…
Kia reports that its global vehicle sales in June decreased by almost 4% year-over-year to 267,536, taking the H1 2024 result down by 1.4% to 1.55 million units. Meanwhile, Kia does pretty well in the EV segment. According to Kia, its retail all-electric car sales amounted to 17,603 units in June, or 7% of…
It was supposed to be "the crown jewel of VinFast’s global expansion." Now, the Vietnamese auto startup's $4 billion electric vehicle factory near Raleigh, North Carolina will not open until 2028, despite originally slated to be operating this month. The automaker blames "economic headwinds" and uncertainty in "the global EV landscape," but as with most things…
At 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…
Since its initial debut, Hyundai’s latest electric performance car has been capturing the attention of automotive journalists and enthusiasts alike. But just how does the 2025 Ioniq 5 N compare with the Tesla Model 3 Performance? Sofyan from the YouTube channel Redline Reviews got behind the wheel of both cars for a comprehensive comparison.…