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The plant isn’t expected to start building vehicles until the first half of 2025, but it's more than a niche operation and has a location good for export.
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GM patent: Electric trucks could charge other EVs during fast-charging, with dual ports
A GM patent filing points to a potential future setup that could charge at 800V with one port, at 400V with two ports simultaneously, or charging on one while connecting a load to the other.
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GM-based Prologue electric SUV teased: First Honda EV for widespread US availability
Honda calls the Prologue its “first volume Honda EV,” and notes that Honda-engineered EVs will start arriving in North America in 2026
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Review: 2022 Ford Escape Plug-In Hybrid lacks Lightning allure
The plug-in hybrid crossover might not add up for four-season commuters—but it also lacks the design- and tech-savvy of Ford's other recent plug-in models.
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Review: 2023 Genesis GV60 EV is trimmed down and boosted up the luxury ladder from Ioniq 5
The 2023 Genesis GV60 offers up a luxurious, tech-savvy EV experience, but a big price tag and wobbly suspension give us pause.
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2023 Cadillac Lyriq starts at $62,990, with estimated 312 miles of range
The first electric vehicle from Cadillac also promises to be exceptionally quiet, luxurious, and fast-charging.
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Electric RVs are going to need high-power DC fast-charging, in some quite different places than electric cars, pickups, and SUVs.
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F-150 Lightning review, Scout electric SUVs, Fisker Pear and Lordstown Endurance: The Week in Reverse
Which electric trucks got a surge of new reservations after a big price hike? Might future electric cars go without friction brakes as we know them? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending May 13, 2022. In a long-anticipated first...
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2023 Chevrolet Bolt EUV bows in Redline Edition, while rest of Bolt EV lineup carries over
The Bolt EUV Redline Edition gets gloss black 17-inch wheels with red accents, a black and red Bolt EUV badge on the rear hatch, and other accents.
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Fisker provides first look at $29,900 urban EV, confirms Ohio production
With the iPhone maker Foxconn as contract manufacturer, Fisker is aiming for a minimum of 250,000 a year at the Ohio factory that used to crank out Chevy small cars.
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Rivian has received 10,000 more reservations, at an average $93,000, since its March price hike
Rivian has made a total of 5,000 trucks cumulatively. But it has 10,000 new preorders, for trucks costing an average $93,000, since raising prices on its trucks by as much as $12,000 in March.
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Volkswagen harvests Scout as an electric SUV brand
What Thing? VW is bringing back the Scout SUV badge as a fully electric SUV brand, with models due in 2026.
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The F-150 Lightning outdoes its gasoline counterpart in many respects—and charts new territory as a power broker.
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2022 Ford F-150 Lightning: 320-mile EPA range beats Rivian R1T, efficiency meets it
With the 131-kwh extended-range battery pack, the Lightning gets up to 320 miles of EPA range and delivers 70 MPGe combined.
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2025 BMW electric sedan could split 3-Series, while i5 and i7 preserve ICE form
SUVs aside, BMW will start truly diverging its EVs from the rest of its traditional lineup in 2025. But in the meantime, it sees no hurry in forfeiting its share of gasoline sales.
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No brakes! Will the EVs of the future omit friction pads entirely?
The E Tense Performance aims for a future in which brake dust and brake-pad replacements might be a thing of the past, and brake regen handles it all.
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Long before Tesla or the Leaf, this Nissan electric car claimed a 155-mile range
A low 0.19 coefficient of drag, aluminum-intensive construction, low-rolling-resistance tires, fast-charging, a solar roof, and a heat pump were among the many innovations in this concept.
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Lexus RZ and Kia Sportage Hybrid reviews, Ioniq 5 and EV6 charging, Lucid and Polestar price hikes: The Week in Reverse
Which big automaker confirmed an 800-volt EV architecture in the works? How much does the F-150 Lightning’s home-backup system cost? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending May 6, 2022. This week we brought you a couple of...
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Lucid has more than 30,000 reservations, and still plans to make 12,000 to 14,000 vehicles at its Arizona plant in 2022.
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Hyundai Ioniq 5 road-trip charging: Don't seek out 350-kw connectors, 150 kw might be just as fast
You'll get consistent road-trip fast-charging in about a half-hour with 150-kw CCS hardware—most of the time not much slower than the finicky performance on 350-kw hardware.
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Fisker 550-mile electric sports car teased, due in 2024
The electric startup will show a prototype form of the sports car in August 2023, with production due in the second half of 2024.
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Lexus engineering boss: 800-volt system done, electric is the future
More innovation, faster charging, and longer range are coming, but Lexus hints of a long-game approach, and different U.S. priorities, in rolling out EV tech.
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Test drive review: 2023 Lexus RZ 450e steers for China, and a US niche
The 2023 Lexus RZ 450e will compete with the likes of the Tesla Model Y, Genesis GV60, Kia EV6, and Hyundai Ioniq 5.
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Test drive review: 2023 Kia Sportage Hybrid makes the most sense
The first Sportage hybrid proves to be the best Sportage, and is a better value than compact crossover rivals.
Robert Duffer