Ford will now give out home Level 2 chargers with the purchase or lease of one of its electric vehicles. Ford is also covering installation costs, albeit with a few exceptions like digging trenches.  The move is aimed at helping customers get past some of the most common barriers with EV adoption, which…

Data from Chargeway users will be used for Consumer Reports EV charging ratings The Chargeway app provides advanced route planning and more What Chargeway provides to CR will be anonymous by user Consumer Reports hasn’t yet evaluated electric vehicle charging on anything like the scale the organization does when looking at the reliability of EVs.…

Jeep is recalling over 150,000 plug-in hybrid Wrangler and Grand Cherokee SUVs in the United States. The affected vehicles' batteries can catch fire; 13 fires have been recorded. The cause is still unknown and the automaker advises owners to park outside and away from structures. American automaker Jeep is recalling…

After seeing success with its 4xe plug-in hybrids, Jeep may add some conventional hybrids to its U.S. lineup as well, reports Automotive News. Standard hybrids are "definitely one of a range of things we are looking at for sure," Jeep global product planning VP Matthew Nyquist said in a video conference call with Automotive News…

Going into 2024, I have to admit I did not have "doomsday vibes" on my Bingo card. But a "toxic cocktail," as it's being called, of labor costs, sinking sales, high interest rates, the cost of going electric and intense competition from China has absolutely rocked Europe's automakers. Today, Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, Aston Martin and Stellantis…

The Ford F-150 Hybrid powertrain has been updated for 2024 Hybrid F-Series models no longer shudder and judder The F-150 Hybrid costs $59,345, delivers good value for money Ford fixed the F-150 Hybrid. Based on how well the Hybrid now drives, hauls, and generates its way to higher mpg, it probably should have been the…

A select number of all-electric Tesla Cybertrucks now have the ability to drive on US highways hands-free, after the automaker pushed an update to vehicles this morning. Tesla AI head Ashok Elluswamy wrote on X that Cybertrucks will be the first Tesla vehicles to receive the “end-to-end on highway” driving feature, which the company says…

Leapmotor has a joint venture with Stellantis Leapmotor T03 will be one of Europe's cheapest EVs Some Leapmotor vehicles will be built in Europe to avoid tarrifs Affordable new electric cars are more common in Europe than in America but are still rare. The newly launched Leapmotor T03 will be…

Volkswagen Group of America CEO Pablo Di Si wants to bring hybrids back to the VW's U.S. lineup, Automotive News reports. VW hasn't sold a hybrid in the U.S. since the Jetta Hybrid was pulled from the lineup in 2017 after a three-year production run, but Di Si said in the interview that he's trying to…

General Motors has started shipping the entry-level 2025 Chevy Equinox EV LT to dealerships. At $35,000 (including destination), it's now the cheapest EV in the U.S. with over 300 miles of range. It's the latest weapon in GM's EV line-up that could help the automaker drive volumes. Affordability has been…