"The acceleration makes it feel as if you might lose your grip on the handlebars or be stretched into spaghetti” Photograph: Verge I do have some ergonomic gripes. Being on the shortish side at 5' 7" (160 cm), I found the handlebars a slight stretch from the seat and my riding position canted a…

Tesla has just introduced a new entry-level, rear-wheel-drive version of the Model Y in the United States, with a very attractive starting price. The new Tesla Model Y RWD jumps into the lineup in the spot vacated by the recently removed Model Y AWD (equipped with 4680-type cylindrical batteries). The price of the…

Lordstown Motors' founder and former CEO is buying the bankrupt EV maker's assets, according to a September 29 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Lordstown's "selling entities" said in the filing that Steve Burns made the only qualified bid for what's left of Lordstown, which filed for bankruptcy in late June. Burns…

OK, it's not the high-performance variant some of us were hoping for. You can't win 'em all. But the 2024 Ford F-150 Lightning Flash is a pretty compelling proposition anyway: a "greatest hits" trim level of the Lightning that includes the features Ford says customers coveted most.  Ford announced the new trim level today…

Jay Leno has posted a special video on his Jay Leno's Garage channel in which he gets to drive the Tesla Semi Class 8 electric truck, something he had been wanting to do for a long time. His wish came true thanks to Tesla Chief Designer Franz von Holzhausen and Tesla's Senior Manager of…

The 2024 Toyota Highlander Hybrid adds a new Nightshade Edition grade for the coming model year, while remains otherwise unchanged. Already available on several other Toyota models, including the smaller Corolla Cross Hybrid for 2024, the Nightshade Edition amounts to a blackout appearance package. On the Highlander Hybrid Nightshade, the blackout treatment extends to the…

A new study highlighted the disparity between the ownership costs of premium electric vehicles and their gas counterparts, versus the ownership costs of mass-market EVs and equivalent gas cars. The data is part of JD Power’s E-Vision Intelligence Report, and it highlights one of the major challenges facing the EV industry: Price parity with gas…

VW confirms an electric Golf. A California firm shows a more convenient vision for EV charging stations, while Electrify America taps into the grid at the Grand Canyon’s South Rim. And the Toyota Highlander goes Nightshade. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.  The Toyota Highlander Hybrid remains one of the highest-mpg three-row SUVs…

Plug-in electric car sales in China continue to increase and in August reached an unprecedented level of 750,000 units. According to EV Volumes' data, shared by Jose Pontes, 750,735 new passenger plug-in electric cars were registered in China in August, which is roughly 36 percent more than a year ago. The market share…

Volkswagen on Friday confirmed plans for a new electric version of the Golf hatchback, to be built in Wolfsburg, Germany, starting later in the decade. A more specific timeline wasn't given, but VW confirmed the Golf will be one of several EVs based on its next-generation dedicated EV platform, known as SSP. Announced in 2021,…