Kia's Platform Beyond Vehicle concept: is it a van, a truck or an RV? It turns out the answer is "all of the above." The concept that stole our hearts at CES 2024 this week represents Kia's entry into the commercial vehicle world, except with electric power, software-driven fleet management, a high degree of customization…

2023 was a relatively good year for the Tesla Giga Shanghai factory, as the world's largest electric car factory increased its output by a third year-over-year. According to the additional data from China, both retail sales and exports increased quite noticeably last year. Get Fully Charged Tesla Giga Shanghai…

Against the backdrop of CES in Las Vegas, Honda provided a first look at its 0 Series (Zero Series) electric vehicles set to launch in 2026—in the form of two new head-turning EV concepts.  The two concept vehicles, called Saloon and Space-Hub, are a racy-looking, kammback-profile car and a taller, more upright van or wagon—both…

Welcome back to Critical Materials, your daily roundup of EV and automotive tech news that actually matters. Today, we're still discovering new details from this year's CES 2024 event in Las Vegas, and the automakers who are here have a lot to announce. Today we dive into Ford's potential future modular BEV platform, examine…

Electric vans are one of the keys to Kia’s future. Bosch looks at automatically charging EVs while they’re parked. And Hyundai is setting the bar high for hydrogen. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.  At CES in Las Vegas, Hyundai outlined its work to establish a “hydrogen value chain,” with a hydrogen vision…

Cruise, General Motors’ troubled self-driving taxi division, is looking to buy itself out of a court action that was initiated by California regulators after one of the company’s robotaxis was involved in a pedestrian crash in October of last year. According to Reuters, Cruise is offering $75,000 to settle the crash probe and potentially…

Tesla is working on some tweaks that are designed to claw back some of the advertised driving range that was lost after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) imposed new rules for testing and certifying an electric vehicle’s range and energy efficiency. The news comes from well-known Tesla hacker and reverse-engineering expert @greentheonly, who found…

Automotive supplier Bosch and Volkswagen Group subsidiary Cariad are demonstrating tech that allows EVs to park and charge themselves. Announced at CES 2024, Bosch is combining a previously-shown automated parking system with a charging robot that automatically plugs into the vehicle once it's positioned in a parking space. Once it's finished charging, the vehicle will…

Electric bicycles of today come in a variety of shapes and sizes. On the one hand, we have traditional e-bikes that take the form of standard bicycles, albeit with a motor strapped on to provide extra assistance. On the other hand, we have e-bikes that take on a life of their own – machines like…

Plug-in electric car sales growth in China continued in November, which translated into another monthly record (the fourth one in a row). According to EV Volumes' data, shared by researcher Jose Pontes, 872,415 new passenger plug-in electric cars were registered in China in November, which is 39% more than a year ago. …