Electric Cars
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The U.S. hasn't seen a camper van from VW since about 20 years ago, in the Eurovan. Will it return, all-electric?
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Ford plans to triple production of Mustang Mach-E by 2023
As sales of the gasoline Mustang models fall, Ford plans to press the accelerator on Mach-E electric SUV production over the next couple of years.
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GM confirms Chevy Silverado EV will be built in early 2023
The affordable 400-mile electric-truck rival to the Ford F-150 Lightning will arrive earlier than expected—but nearly a year after the Ford.
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Report: Market for recycling used EV batteries won't heat up until 2030
A shortage of battery packs to recycle will leave companies trying to build a business model "scrambling" for them until early next decade.
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Biden targets all light federal fleet vehicles to be electric by 2027
Cars and light truck procured for federal duty will all go electric, while the government might buy some larger internal combustion trucks until 2035.
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Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2022: What didn't make the cut
Some of this year's most buzz-worthy models, including the GMC Hummer EV and Tesla Model S Plaid, didn't make the shortlist. Here's why.
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GM is starting to roll out its sales network for electric delivery and logistics vehicles, and they follow a familiar franchise model.
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Alaska is getting its own electric vehicle charging network
A planned route calls for nine stations less than 100 miles apart, and will partly use funds from the Volkswagen diesel settlement.
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Polestar 2 Single Motor achieves 270-mile range, performance upgrade coming for Dual Motor
The Single Motor Polestar 2 has earned 270 EPA miles of range—better than the performance-oriented EV brand had previously estimated.
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Report: Acura will make EVs a bigger piece of its future, sooner than Honda
The Acura brand is going to bypass hybrids going forward—unlike its mainstream Honda counterpart—and instead focus on EVs.
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Hyundai Ioniq 5, Kia EV6 top 300 miles of EPA range, beat all rivals but Model Y in efficiency
The first models built on Hyundai's E-GMP next-generation platform for electric cars top the 300-mile barrier but don't yet measure up to Model Y on efficiency.
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Ford plans a full-size electric truck with "incredibly high volume"
The successor to the F-150 Lightning due later in the decade could be set for the sales volumes gasoline F-150 models occupy now, Ford's CEO hinted.
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Batteries produced at a Toyota battery plant in North Carolina will go toward hybrids and plug-in hybrids first, but will help enable the scaling up of EVs.
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Battery storage allows more flexibility for DC fast-charging station locations
Battery-based energy storage is increasingly what charging networks are turning to in order to avoid utilities' cost-prohibitive demand charges.
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Tesla Cybertruck gains 4-motor version, 4-wheel steering crab mode
Cybertruck specs have evolved, confirmed CEO Musk last week—and a full update on what's different is coming soon.
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Nissan Leaf lives on: Will its EV successor look like this?
Nissan hasn't yet told us what's coming after the Leaf, but last week's announcements plus previous hints suggest that the Chill-Out concept shown last week is part of it.
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Lexus teases RZ electric SUV due in 2022
The first U.S.-bound EV from Toyota's Lexus luxury brand is a crossover, due in 2022 and likely with more range and performance than the Toyota bZ4X.
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Nissan concept translates Ariya electric crossover's performance to a single-seat race car
Although obviously not a production-bound model, the Single Seater shows the design language for future electric performance cars from Nissan.
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The Polestar 3 is due to arrive in 2022, and it will be followed with two more models by 2024, a Polestar 4 crossover coupe and a Polestar 5 flagship based on the Precept concept.
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Future Toyota Prime plug-in hybrids: How much range and performance?
More Toyota plug-in hybrids will follow the excellent RAV4 Prime, but don’t count on new levels of range or performance, Toyota suggests.
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Mercedes goes Mad Max lux with Project Maybach off-road EV coupe concept
Bearing rugged post-apocalyptic themes mashed up with the excess of long prestige luxury coupes, this electric coupe goes where none have before.
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Stellantis CEO: EVs cost company 50% more, "beyond the limits" of what industry can sustain
The CEO of the company that includes Jeep and Ram says that there's "no way" the additional cost of EVs can be passed along to consumers. So how are Tesla and Rivian building a model around it?
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Battery material plant will feed GM's North American EV supply chain
GM announced plans to form a joint venture with Posco Chemical to supply cathode material and cost reductions, critical for achieving EV production at scale.
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Report: EV battery costs hit another low in 2021, but they might rise in 2022
Rising battery costs rising from a 2021 low of $132/kwh could slow EV adoption as well as push back the price parity with internal combustion, BNEF warns.
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