It's another beautiful, fully-charged day here at InsideEVs and, for some reason, Patrick George has entrusted me with the keys to Critical Materials—the daily roundup of electrification and tech that makes the world go 'round.  We've got a lot on the menu to chat about today. First in the spotlight is General Motors, specifically the…

Volvo Cars is reportedly delaying the start of EX30 reservations in the U.S. by about two months for unknown reasons. Reservations were previously scheduled to open in November but have now been delayed until January at least, according to an Automotive News report. This has led to the EX30 becoming ineligible to participate in the…

For better or worse, car dealers in the United States are getting into the electric car business, according to a recent study from iSeeCars, which is a website that aggregates all listings of used cars for sale. So much so, that the market share for new non-Tesla EVs in the U.S. has grown by…

The 2024 model year of the BMW i7 consists of three versions, as the xDrive60 known from 2023MY has been joined by the entry-level eDrive50 version and the sporty M70 version. Prices for the all-wheel-drive 2024 BMW i7 xDrive60 start at an MSRP of $124,200 (plus a $995 destination charge, which is applied to…

After more than a decade of covering the mostly gasoline-powered global auto industry and car culture, I’ve had a few people ask what brought me to InsideEVs. For me, that decision came down to three numbers: 14, 12.5 and 1.5.  Don’t worry, I’ll explain in a moment. (There won’t even be a quiz at…

More than 1 million people paid $100 each to reserve a Tesla Cybertruck, CEO Elon Musk announced on the Q3 earnings call in October. But now, it looks as though Tesla has begun the operation of weeding out  Cybertruck reservation holders who are not serious about buying the electric truck by introducing a $1,000 "early access…

The Tesla Cybertruck may look like it landed from another planet, but its design has another big merit besides the wow factor: it's very aerodynamic for a pickup truck. The Cybertruck's drag coefficient is 0.34, which is great for a truck of this size, even though the Rivian R1T trumps it with a Cd…

Hyundai has been a high achiever with its 800-volt E-GMP platform for electric vehicles. And while those underpinnings are what enable the Ioniq 6 to be one of the best new vehicles of the year, design and styling are what get it noticed at first sight.  The shape of the Hyundai Ioniq 6 carries automotive…

Things are getting worse at Cruise, General Motors’ troubled self-driving taxi division. After a series of mishaps in California, the ouster of its founder and CEO and the dismissal of nine executives, the robotaxi startup is also laying off 900 employees, or roughly 24% of its workforce, TechCrunch first reported on Thursday.  No one…

Tesla expects the Model Y will no longer qualify for the full $7,500 federal EV tax credit in 2024. As noted by Electrek, the Tesla Model Y online configurator now includes a note stating that reductions in the tax-credit amount are "likely" after Dec. 31. All Model Y configurations qualify for the full $7,500 credit…