Electric Cars
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General Motors plans to go big on electric vehicles. Here are some of the models that might enable that.
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Fiat 500e electric-car redux: Sportier compliance for Europe, not California
The next-generation Fiat 500e, just fully revealed, might not be a compliance car for California; but it could well be one for Europe.
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Lucid EV brand lays out a boutique take on the Tesla sales and service model
California's Lucid finds inspiration from places in its home state for aesthetics, but its strategy might look like Tesla in the early stages.
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Hyundai Prophecy concept is a sleek, sporty EV—with no steering wheel
The concept car just shown by Hyundai via press release is a polar opposite to the previous 45 concept but could share the same underpinnings.
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GM’s Ultium propulsion strategy for EVs: 400 miles or more, up to 1,000 hp
General Motors has detailed some of the building blocks for its upcoming BEV3 electric vehicles, including the GMC Hummer SUT and Cadillac Lyriq.
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Volkswagen ID.4 all-electric crossover is officially official, and it's coming soon
The electric crossover will arrive in Europe and the U.S. by the end of the year, and will eventually be built in Tennessee.
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Renault provides a look ahead beyond 2025, to the potential shape of a shared-mobility electric vehicle.
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BMW Concept i4 teases German alternative to Tesla Model 3 due next year
The BMW i4 will directly take on a vehicle that has chipped away at the gasoline 3-Series' market share in North America.
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Byton fills in more details, timeline for M-Byte electric SUV in Europe
Byton is working up to the release of its first model, the M-Byte, in Europe with a "hybrid" approach to sales and service.
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GM commits to giving its own employees more workplace charging
A General Motors initiative aims at providing triple the amount of Level 2 workplace charging.
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Ford Mustang Mach-E demand goes well beyond the California bubble
Orders for Ford's first mass-produced electric EV aren't clustered in the Golden State; demand is distributed across the whole U.S.
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Fisker Ocean electric crossover: Charging details, new driving footage
Fisker has released a few more key pieces of information about its upcoming electric crossover, but it's still missing production info.
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Separate production of the Kona Electric for Europe might make the in-demand model easier to find in America.
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EV growth in Germany was strong in 2019 and bucked international trend
Germany registered strong growth in EV sales in 2019, but there's a lot of anxiety in Germany over whether its domestic industry will step up and make those cars.
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California hybrid sales surged in 2019, as plug-in hybrids tumbled and EV growth slowed
Sales trends in the U.S. state with the strongest plug-in vehicle market changed direction in 2019, giving hybrids a second wind.
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Electrify America gets 30 solar-powered EV charging stations for rural California
Fully solar chargers will offer a streamlined installation and allow California travelers to charge even at times of blackouts.
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Isetta-inspired Microlino EV gets a redesign before it ever launched
The all-electric design reboot of the Isetta has been given its own reboot, to debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March.
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Renault launches new all-electric car-sharing service in Paris
Zity sweeps in to potentially meet pent-up demand left by former effort Autolib; but will it find better success than other automaker-run programs?
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France's PSA is showing a flamboyantly styled, fully electric crossover in a concept bound for the upcoming Geneva Motor Show.
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Report: VW mulls electric sports car to rival next-gen Tesla Roadster
Is Volkswagen working on an MEB-based sports car? A new report links the record-breaking ID R race car to a possible production car.
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Lucid reveals battery cell supplier for 400-mile Air electric sedan
The upcoming Lucid Air will be among many other models to use LG Chem cells, but they're a different format here.
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Mercedes-Benz EQA compact electric car arrives later this year in production form
Mercedes' next electric small car after the B250e will be shown by the end of the year and will go on sale next year.
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Polestar Precept concept teases future flagship four-door electric car
The Precept concept is much larger than the Polestar 2 that's soon reaching the market. It has all the makings of a flagship for the EV brand.
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Porsche builds highest-power charging station in Europe—and Teslas are invited
Porsche has installed DC fast charging, capable of Taycan charge rates, at its customer center in Leipzig, Germany.
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