Toyota will begin shipping battery packs from its new North Carolina factory in April. The facility is the company's first in-house battery factory outside Japan. It will build batteries for electric vehicles, hybrids and plug-in hybrids assembled in North America. Toyota’s battery manufacturing facility in North Carolina is ready to begin production after a nearly…

As promised, Mercedes-Benz electric vehicles can now charge at 20,000 Tesla Supercharger stations in the U.S. market. Mercedes-Benz said in January access to Tesla's Supercharger charging network would open to the German EVs in February. While Mercedes didn't announce the switch has been flipped, Tesla updated its list of automakers with access to the Supercharger network…

Mercedes-Benz EV owners in the United States can use the Tesla Supercharger network starting today. An NACS to CCS1 charging adapter is needed. All compatible Supercharger stalls are integrated into the Mercedes-Benz smartphone app. Mercedes-Benz is the latest non-Tesla automaker to gain access to the Tesla Supercharger network of electric vehicle DC fast chargers in…

Welcome to Tariff Tuesday, the day when Trump's tariffs are slated to go into effect—except, as per the recent trend in U.S. politics, there are a couple of last-minute wrenches thrown into the mix. The tariffs are now delayed, meaning that the North American auto industry is shielded from feeling the pain for another month…

Ford is reportedly planning to launch extended-range electric vehicles (EREVs) across multiple segments later this decade. EREVs get a battery and electric motors. They also get a gas-powered generator to recharge the battery, but the wheels are only powered by the e-motors. The automaker is also working on its 'skunkworks' EVs to take on Tesla…

KG Mobility's Musso EV pickup will be Korea's first EV truck, beating Hyundai and Kia to market in their home country. The Musso EV features unibody construction and shares its underpinnings with the KGM Torres EVX. Its crossover cousin has a 73.4 kWh battery, bestowing it with up to 287 miles of WLTP range. There…

President Trump wants Americans to buy fewer European cars and Europeans to buy more American cars. To speed his pipe dream along, on Sunday night he said that new tariffs on EU companies would “definitely happen.” (The ones he announced on Mexico and Canada have been stayed for now.) His threat of 25 percent tariffs…

The concept of an "exhaust system" for an electric vehicle isn't a new idea. Up until now, giving an electric car an exhaust meant outfitting it with a speaker to pump out tailpipe noises reminiscent to a gas-powered counterpart (looking at you, Dodge Charger Daytona). But what if we told you that one car company…

Ferrari will move forward with its EV plans in 2025 despite the electrification contraction at many low-volume luxury automakers. The first electric Ferrari is set to debut on Oct. 9. Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna confirmed the date of the automaker's first EV date during its Q4 and 2024 earnings results on Tuesday. Vigna called…

Automaker-backed charging firm Ionna has opened its first "Rechargery" to the public in North Carolina. It's got 100 more sites contracted, with some opening this week. Ionna says it'll bring Amazon's "Just Walk Out" technology to on-site convenience stores, allowing you to grab what you want and leave without needing to check out.  As a…