Rivian reworked battery and propulsion hardware, boosting range and efficiency R1S and R1T get retuned ride and handling, quieter cabins A simplified electrical architecture, revamped interface, new modes Yes, the 2025 Rivian R1S electric SUV looks almost exactly the same as it did last year. And yet it’s a Green Car Reports’ Best Car To…

Lucid CEO confirms the company is looking for additional established automakers to partner with. It's already in talks with two unnamed automakers after signing a deal to provide Aston Martin with its EV tech. Lucid wants to sell 1 million vehicles annually and it will need an OEM's help to help it ramp up production.…

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday declined to hear a challenge to California's emissions authority, allowing the state to, for the time being, continue with plans to gradually phase out sales of new internal-combustion vehicles. The Court denied a petition by Ohio and other states to consider the merits of challenges by oil and gas…

The Honda Prelude will be a hybrid-powered coupe using the same two-motor setup as the Civic, Accord, and CR-V. This announcement comes at the 25 year anniversery of Honda's first hybrid car, the Insight. It was initially unclear if the Prelude would be U.S.-bound or not, but Honda confirmed that it will be. We don’t…

Base price of $34,270 secures a 200-mile EPA range from less than 50 kwh Fast-charging times lag Hyundai's E-GMP (Ioniq) EVs, but V2L adds usefulness Smart interior design, latest infotainment system amount to a modern look and feel  The Hyundai Kona Electric is one of Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy 2025 finalists, and…

As Biden's presidential term comes to an end, the torch is being placed back into Trump's hands for the next four years. The incoming administration's transition team is readying a sweeping set of policy changes that are more akin to a U-Turn than fostering progress, and a huge focus of the Trump team is on…

Lamborghini is delaying its first fully electric model by a year, hoping that market conditions will be more favorable at that time, Reuters reports. "We do not think 2029 is late to have an electric cars," CEO Stephan Winkelmann told Reuters and other media outlets Monday at Lamborghini's headquarters in Sant'Agata Bolognese, Italy. "We do…

It’s also a rejiggering for the German automaker, which entered China in the late 1980s and became, thanks to a partnership with domestic manufacturer FAW, the first global premium brand to adapt its autos to the Chinese market. For many years, Audi was synonymous with foreign luxury and later became the standard ride of the…

The Toyota bZ4X isn't our favorite EV, with slow charging speeds, mediocre range and under-featured software. Still, for the right price it's not a bad option. Toyota just cut its base price by $6,000, making it a far better deal.  I think that it's fair at this point to say the Toyota bZ4X has a…

Ford and SK On will receive a $9.63 billion government loan for their BlueOval SK battery joint venture, according to a report Monday from Reuters. The news ups the original loan amount, which was $9.2 billion, reported in June by The New York Times. The Department of Energy loan—the largest so far by the Biden…