Nissan on Monday revealed a roadmap that will pivot the automaker back toward hybrids and plug-in hybrids for the U.S., as well as higher-volume, reduced-cost EVs, with aims to cut the cost of next-generation EVs by 30%.
As such, they’ll cost the same or less than combustion models by 2030.
Under a new business…
According to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) data, just over 2,200 Tesla Supercharger locations across the U.S. are equipped with nearly 25,000 charging stalls as of today. The Supercharger network is growing exponentially, not just in the U.S., but worldwide. Non-Tesla drivers also have access to Superchargers now, but some users on X,…
Jaguar is recalling a small number of earlier-build I-Pace electric SUVs due to "multiple technical issues" that elevate the risk of battery fires.
Just 258 U.S. vehicles made between March 1, 2018 and May 31, 2018 (all 2019 models) are included in the recall. Jaguar delivered the first I-Pace in North America in October 2018,…
It's hard to overstate how weird things have been at Nissan in recent years. Sure, everybody knows about the scandal that ended with former megaboss Carlos Ghosn getting smuggled into Lebanon in an instrument case. But there was also a resulting exodus (and purge) of talent following that ordeal, all while the automaker has spent years…
At its annual Easter Jeep Safari in Moab, Utah, Stellantis’ Jeep brand has presented four new concept off-roaders. And this year, unlike other recent years, all of them were gasoline-fueled.
Among them, the lone plug-in concept among them was the Jeep Wrangler 4xe Willys Dispatcher plug-in hybrid concept that, according to the brand, provides “a…
Love it or loathe it, it’s impossible not to admit that the Cybertruck is an expensive beast that the most trendsetting individuals will go to great lengths to get. Celebrities like Kim Kardashian and Lady Gaga have been seen in them. One football superstar was famously advised not to spend double the MSRP on a…
“The ‘heart of joy’ effectively takes 30 years of experience and blends it into a single control unit,” BMW chief technical officer Frank Weber tells WIRED. “Everything that is driving-performance-related, chassis-control-related, powertrain-related—it’s all integrated into one control unit. If you love the idea of the ultimate driving machine, there are functions in there that are…
If you’re in the market for a new electric vehicle in 2024, you finally have a wealth of options across most vehicle categories. Yet more than a decade into this period of rapid EV growth, there are still only a handful of entry-level options available in North America. Not everyone is in the market for…
A new plug-in hybrid version of the Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class crossover SUV is coming to the U.S. for the 2025 model year, the company confirmed this past week.
Called the GLC 350e, the plug-in hybrid is scheduled to reach showrooms in the second half of the year, with pricing to be announced closer to that time.…
It’s been nearly seven years since initial deliveries of the Tesla Model 3 began, and the EV industry has matured significantly in the intervening years. Not only has the number of electric options drastically increased, but technological improvements have made most early plug-in models practically obsolete. This is not the case with the Model…