The brand behind America’s best-selling plug-in hybrid vehicle has a lot more coming on the electrified front. And the menu of options will be pretty long. This week, Jeep introduced the production Wagoneer S, the brand’s first battery-electric vehicle intended for global sales, at an event in New York City. During the unveiling, recently-appointed…
Earlier this week, Toyota, Subaru and Mazda hosted a “Multipathway Workshop,” where they introduced a plan to extend the life of combustion engines. The plan includes co-developing a new set of engines powered by synthetic fuels and working backward to fit them into cars natively designed for electric powertrains. But Toyota and its allies left…
Lucid Motors, the maker of the Air luxury electric sedan, is also in the business of making and selling electric motors to other companies. The American startup is the official supplier of front e-motors to Formula E teams, and Aston Martin recently shook hands with Lucid to get its hands on ready-made motors for its…
One of the biggest limiting factors in fast-charging just about any EV is heat. Automakers have been looking for ways to keep charging cool, from liquid cooling cables to upping the voltage architecture of cars. On the consumer side of things, some people have found a way to trick chargers into providing faster charge rates…
The Fiat 500e is cute, charming, and fairly refined for a small city car. Unfortunately, the 500e’s 149-mile range, lack of equipment, and base price of at least $32,000 make the 500e a terribly uncompetitive deal on paper. Still, there was some hope that Stellantis could use some clever accounting tricks (and possibly the $7,500 commercial…
EV charging infrastructure is expanding dramatically to meet demand. According to the latest U.S. Department of Energy data , more than 64,000 locations currently offer at least Level 2 EV charging nationwide, and more than 10,000 locations provide Level 3 DC fast charging. The trouble is that the effort is not very…
.Hyundai is opening its electric-car "Metaplant" in Georgia this year, with on-site battery production and capacity to build up to 300,000 vehicles. Now we know that the first vehicle produced there will be the Hyundai Ioniq 5. "It absolutely is the bestseller," Hyundai U.S. CEO Jose Muñoz told Automotive News. "So I think it…
When the Chevrolet Bolt EV returns next year it will be the most affordable EV in the U.S., Marissa West, president of General Motors North America, said in a recently published interview with Automotive News.
GM discontinued the Bolt EV at the end of 2023 but has since then emphasized it's coming back. The next-generation…
Extended-range electric vehicles, or EREVs, are making a comeback, it seems. After Stellantis announced the rather beefy Ram 1500 Ramcharger for North America, Renault wants dibs on the tech on European soil. The French company’s new powertrain spinoff, Horse, might actually have a winner on its hands, seeing how there’s currently no other viable…
We drive the Chevy Equinox EV. Jeep rolls out its first American EV. Tesla is leaving room for rivals in charging. GM is looking to cool charge ports in a new way. And SUVs have a heavier footprint in CO2. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.
The first U.S.-bound fully electric vehicle from…