Hot rodding isn’t dead in the age of electric vehicles, that’s for sure. If it were dead, things like the Plaidessey wouldn’t exist. Confused? Don’t worry, we can explain. Get Fully Charged Racing in the age of EV hot rodding Think EVs are boring? What about a…

Chinese giant BYD says that its global plug-in electric car sales in January exceeded 200,000 units, marking another month of year-over-year growth. BYD's passenger plug-in car sales amounted to 201,019 units last month—including 15,923 EVs from its sub-brands. That's 34% more than a year ago. The recent numbers are not as high as the record…

In December, global registrations of plug-in electric cars reached another all-time record, although the growth rate barely outpaced the overall car market. According to EV-Volumes data, shared by researcher Jose Pontes, 1,556,728 new passenger plug-in electric cars were registered globally in December (about 23% more than a year ago). The previous record of 1,385,104…

Yesterday, Rivian announced new entry-level R1S and R1T models with a Standard battery pack, as well as an all-new Standard+ battery pack option. The Standard battery has a capacity of 106 kilowatt-hour (compared to 105 kWh initially expected), while the Standard+ battery has 121 kWh. Let's recall that the Large pack is 135 kWh,…

Last summer, seven of the world's biggest car companies announced they were joining forces to tackle America's EV charging woes head-on. Now that fast-charging joint venture has a name and a CEO.  Ionna has received approval from regulators and is officially spooling up operations, the company announced on Friday. Its CEO is Seth Cutler,…

Can the Tesla Cybertruck power a travel trailer for off-grid camping? Let's put it to the test to find out if Tesla's truck can power an RV. The Cybertruck features a 240-volt NEMA 14-50 outlet in the truck bed. This type of outlet is rated for 50 amps, but the typical output is closer…

GM put someone with a Tesla Gigafactory resume in charge of ramping up batteries for affordable EVs. Electrify America takes it indoors for urban charging. And Rivian rolls out lower-cost versions of its electric trucks. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.  Rivian on Thursday released details for the cheaper R1T and R1S Standard…

Shell Hydrogen will permanently close all seven of its California pumping stations immediately, the company confirmed this week. It will no longer operate light-duty hydrogen stations in the U.S., and represents another blow to the struggling hydrogen car market in the only state where the fuel is widely available at all. The outlet Hydrogen…

EV road trips might soon be getting a little bit easier, thanks to thousands of highway fast-chargers, on the way starting this year from a network called Ionna.  Ionna, as it’s called, is an EV charging network jointly backed by seven automakers, including an undisclosed amount from BMW Group, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz,…

The Tesla Cybertruck is getting its first batch of over-the-air (OTA) software updates since deliveries started in November of last year, but the improvements brought by the latest version leave something to be desired. In particular, Tesla's Autopilot automated driving assistance program remains MIA, at least for now.  According to the release notes, which…