When automotive executives in the United States and Europe talk about electric vehicles, they usually talk about tomorrow: the need to prepare for some vaguely defined "future" where their customers are largely moving beyond gasoline. But in China, that's not the future at all. It's the present. China's electric vehicle sector is now light years…

Electric vehicle sales have exploded, with over 3 million of them hitting U.S. roads in the last three calendar years alone. Is America’s public EV charging infrastructure keeping up? It’s a surprisingly tough question to answer. But it’s an important one, given that a perceived lack of charging stations is one of the biggest hurdles…

Mercedes' Vision V design study previews an opulent new luxury people carrier. It looks bold and futuristic inside and out, but the interior's retro-futuristic look steals the show. The toned-down production version of this concept debuts next year. While in Stuttgart a few months back to see the Vision V concept, I asked Mercedes-Benz representatives…

BYD is reportedly doing what no other non-Japanese automaker has ever done: it's working on a kei car. The new model will be electric and arrive in Japan in 2026. The BYD kei model targets a lower starting price than Japan's most popular EV, the Nissan Sakura. Japan’s electric vehicle market fell 33% in 2024…

Slate is a new car startup that's working on an affordable EV, according to reports from TechCrunch and Newsweek.  Ahead of any official reveal, the firm left its new SUV on the streets of Venice, California, where it was spotted by The Autopian.  We expect to learn more about Slate in the coming days.  It's…

The Korean battery giant LG Energy Solution supplies a lot of power to a lot of electric vehicles. But these days, the company's North American president and chief strategy officer, Bob Lee, has steamships on his mind. "Pretend it's 1875," Lee told InsideEVs at the New York Auto Show last week. "Sailboats have been crossing the…

A former Tesla engineer will get her day in court more than a decade after she separated from the company. Cristina Balan claims she was forced to resign after Tesla threatened to deport her colleagues; Tesla accused her of engaging in "secret" projects on company time.  The Supreme Court has vacated a ruling that forced…

The race is on to make the electric vehicle experience as convenient as owning gas-powered cars. China’s battery giants are in a head-to-head battle on that front. BYD recently unveiled its Super-e Platform, which can add 248 miles (400 kilometers) of range in five minutes. Now just days before Auto Shanghai—which is set to be…

A little more style and a lot more power—that describes the 2025 Kia EV6. Unveiled last year, Kia's version of the popular Hyundai Ioniq 5 received a host of updates for the new model year. Now, we know how much those improvements will cost. On that front, there's good news and bad news. Let's start…

Nissan wants its own interpretation of the Renault Twingo and Dacia Spring EVs in Europe. Like the Dacia, the new Nissan EV will have a shorter-than-usual development process. It will reportedly be revealed in 2026. Renault’s revived electric Twingo is one of our most hotly anticipated European EVs and it looks like it’s going to…