But utilities will likely play the biggest role in ushering in a new era of electricity grids, says Max Baumhefner, a senior attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council. One easy way they can encourage EV drivers help the grid is by offering “time-of-use” rates, which make it cheaper for owners to charge at times…

Not long ago, we told you that some Honda dealers have voiced concerns over the upcoming Sony-Honda electric car joint venture. This is primarily due to the fact that EV startup automakers aren't relying on traditional franchised dealer networks, and some legacy car companies are eyeing the possibility of heading in a new direction with…

A new Honda concept car previews the styling for future Honda EVs in China. Unveiled at the Fifth China International Import Expo, the Honda e:N2 concept previews future models in Honda's Chinese-market e:N line, which launched earlier this year with the e:NS1 and e:NP1 crossovers. Honda plans to launch 10 e:N models by 2027. Honda…

Photograph: Zero Motorcycles Once a battery reaches about 80 percent, it'll take longer to eke out those last few percentages up to 100, but you shouldn't be routinely brimming any EV's batteries anyway. It ages the cells faster, which leads to degraded performance over time. The test bike I rode had the outgoing 14.4-kWh…

Porsche announced that on November 7, 2022, the 100,000th Taycan rolled off the production line. The company started production of the Porsche Taycan at the main plant in Zuffenhausen  in September 2019, which means that it's already been a little over three years since everything started. The jubilee vehicle happens to be a…

The 2022 Toyota Avalon Hybrid, like the one I drove some weeks ago, marks the end of an era. Toyota has indicated that sedans aren’t dead at all, and it plans to offer a range of them for the foreseeable future.  So Toyota is putting effort into having them evolve with the times. The Avalon’s…

Remember when Kia was an underdog to the established car brands? How times have changed. Kia and its sister marque, Hyundai, are now two of the biggest names in the car market. Kia alone accounts for a 7 percent market share in the UK. In the US, Hyundai-Kia were the fifth biggest player in…

Japanese automaker Toyota – one of the largest and most successful car companies in the world – now finds itself sharing space with major oil and gas companies as one of the “world’s most obstructive companies on climate policy” in 2022.  It may come as a surprise for some fans of Toyota and its…

The 2024 Volvo EX90 will be the car that cements the Swedish maker’s pivot into electric vehicles for North America. Revealed to the world Wednesday morning in Stockholm, this new battery-electric seven-seat crossover is the successor to the XC90 SUV that redefined the brand and captured awards all over the world when it debuted in…

The cathode is a marvel of molecular choreography. How much power a battery holds, and how long it lasts, depends on its lattice of metallic atoms—how well it can catch and release lithium ions. For decades, engineers have fiddled with designs that help this movement along. And they’ve gotten pretty good, if the electrical…