Tesla pushed an update to Supercharger V4 posts allowing 325-kw peak with Cybertruck True 500-kw, 800-volt charging comes later, with V4 cabinets Peak will be brief, but enough to shave a few minutes off total charge time Tesla claims to be getting 325 kw of power from its V4 Supercharger DC fast-charging stations. But if…

We often forget this because it feels like a billion years ago now, but Polestar was originally the motorsports, tuning and performance arm of Volvo before it was spun off into an independent EV brand. And Volvo has a long history in both rally car and touring car racing. That's why it's nice to see…

Ford will return to the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb with an electric vehicle this year, aiming for another impressive EV showing at the legendary race. The automaker confirmed Thursday in a press release that it would send a new one-off demonstrator based on the Mustang Mach-E to the 2025 Pikes Peak Hill Climb, scheduled…

AI-this, autonomy-that—it's almost all you hear about in the tech world anymore. Everybody and their grandmother is running their own AI training model, am I right? Despite being commonplace, it's clear that these buzzwords are inspiring investor confidence in the stock market. And Tesla's focus on robots and AI, not cars, seems to be more…

Ford on Thursday unveiled a prototype Mustang Mach-E electric SUV outfitted for NASCAR racing. The prototype, revealed at a preview event for the automaker's 2025 motorsports activities, is a Mach-E in name only and doesn't have much in common with the Mach-E road car. It combines Mach-E style bodywork with a carbon-fiber tub chassis and…

A 2025 Chevrolet Equinox EV owner drove in freezing temperatures to see how far he could go. At a constant 75 mph on the highway, the EV quickly lost a significant amount of range. The Chevrolet Equinox EV is a great electric car for the money, and the sales figures prove exactly that. The electric…

Not counting some long-term costs, GM EVs became profitable in Q4 High-priced Cadillac Escalade IQ and GMC Sierra EV models contribute to that 2024 GM EV sales summed about 189,000 for the year; GM targets 300,000 in 2025 General Motors claims that, by at least one metric, its electric vehicles achieved profitability in the fourth…

California loves its electric cars. More than 2.1 million battery-powered vehicles are driving around the state, and last fall, over a quarter of new cars sold there were electric. Lawmakers are trying to ensure the future holds even more. In December, California received special permission from the US government to enact regulations that would…

Forget the EV tax credit. Rivian founder and CEO R.J. Scaringe is far more concerned about another threat from President Donald Trump: tariffs.  “It has, in some ways, bigger implications, far bigger, than what happens with the IRA tax credits,” Scaringe told reporters last week, referring to the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, which contains pro-EV…

Could consolidate 50+ ECUs typical in new EVs to just a few Nets a 3-5% gain in efficiency and range, faster charging Simplifies assembly, cuts weight, extends reach of OTA updates Karma Kaveya EV arriving in 2026 is built on Intel architecture The idea of the software-defined vehicle is, it seems, a billion-dollar buzzword in…