Toyota has been catching a lot of flack for its long-standing stance on all-electric EVs not being the future on their own and its consequent lack of investment in them compared to most of its competitors. The bZ4X won’t be alone in the US market for long, though. Today Toyota has announced that it’s working on an all-new, three-row all-electric… Read more…

Remember when Elon Musk first unveiled the Tesla Cybertruck and tried to prove how impact resistant its “armor glass” windows were by having a member of his team throw a metal ball at them? It’s one of the most famous fails of all time. Here’s the video. Now that the Cybertruck is finally shipping, many years later, it’s no surprise… Read more…

Europe has its own fair share of ups and downs in 2023 and the sales numbers reflect the overall EV rather subdued picture. There were over 3 million plug-in vehicles sold in the Old Continent between January and December 2023 representing a 14% increase when compared to the previous year. While most of the months last year saw EV and… Read more…

Hertz is doing away with 20,000 EVs in the US and pausing any further purchases from Polestar, and now another huge fleet owner is turning away from some EVs. We’re talking about German software giant SAP, which decided not to purchase anymore Tesla EVs for its fleet starting next year. So far SAP has bought thousands of Teslas, but it… Read more…

If you’ve been eagerly waiting for Volvo’s first electric minivan, then we have some good news for you. The first units of the EM90 have already rolled off the production line, with deliveries scheduled to begin next month. Although the 7-seat Volvo goes on sale initially in China only, there’s a sliver of hope that it will reach other markets… Read more…

About 25% of the buyers opt for the additional range-extending battery pack when ordering their Cybertruck, according to community-sourced data from Cybertruck Owner’s Club. One thing to keep in mind here is that the data is collected only from website visitors, so actual numbers may vary a bit. Still, the results from the poll show high demand for the range-extending… Read more…

Last month through a filing with the Laguna Beach, California City Council, Rivian unwittingly revealed that it was going to unveil the R2 on March 7. Today the company has finally acknowledged this and made the date official in a post on X, which you can see below. The ocean-themed soundtrack to the quick video heavily hints at the location… Read more…

Back in 2022, Polestar announced a deal with Hertz for the car rental company to buy 65,000 EVs in five years starting from that point. Throughout 2022 and 2023, Hertz already purchased 20,000 of them, but now the deal is on hold. According to Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath, Hertz CEO Stephen Scherr contacted him last year to ask whether the… Read more…

BYD’s luxury brand Yangwang is inching closer to officially launching its second electric vehicle – the U7 sedan (or should we say supercar?). Luckily plenty of details became available before the unveiling of the beast, either due to regulatory procedures or the ever-active army of car spotters and internet sleuths. Yangwang already applied for a sales license last month for… Read more…

Tesla has hit a speed bump in its California stronghold. Registrations of Tesla vehicles in the state saw a surprising 10% decline in the fourth quarter of 2023, marking the first dip in over three years and this time there’s no pandemic to explain it. This decline is even more of a surprise in a market where EV adoption grows… Read more…

Consumer Reports’ annual owner survey is out, and Rivian takes the lead as the most loved brand of all car makers, scoring 5 out of 5 stars. The brand also pulls ahead in the “owner would buy again” ranking, with 86% of the owners saying they would buy another Rivian-made vehicle in the future. The results from the questionnaire are… Read more…

Tesla debuted the Model S some 12 years ago and ever since it has been known as one of the best EVs, playing a key role in driving the switch from ICE to EV. The Model S currently lives in its third generation, but there are almost no major differences on the outside, which is also the reason the model… Read more…

Geely Holding Group, not content with its growing portfolio of global EV brands, is spreading its tentacles into outer space. The Group’s own commercial satellite operator Geespace, launched a second batch of 11 satellites that eventually will create a dense constellation providing super precise positioning services. Geely confirmed the satellites were successfully launched from the Sichuan province in China on… Read more…

Out of the corner of the world we’d never expect to hear such news, comes an announcement with world-shattering repercussions. That’s by no means a hyperbole. While the world is struggling to embrace an efficient EV transition, with electric vehicle sales going up and down seemingly without much sense and with proponents and critics squaring off at any opportunity, Ethiopia… Read more…

Lancia decided that there’s no use trying to keep the new Ypsilon hidden away while most of its details have already leaked on the internet. While the official debut is still scheduled for the Valentines, today the company unveiled the limited edition of its first-ever EV. The 2024 Lancia Ypsilon Cassina will come in a limited run of 1,906 units… Read more…

Porsche has taken the upcoming new Taycan for a spin between LA and San Diego, to demonstrate its “long-distance potential” with a range test. The pre-production car managed to go for 587 km, which Porsche praises as impressive. The improved efficiency of the new model (don’t call it a facelift) is one of its main advantages, according to its maker.… Read more…

BYD finished 2023 on a high note, nudging Tesla out of the first spot in EV sales for Q4. The January sales numbers are already in and reaveal the growth continues. In January BYD managed to shift 201,493 cars out of which 105,304 were battery-powered. the rest wete plug-in hybrids as BYD stopped making ICE cars back in 2022. The… Read more…

The Great Wall Motor group (GWM) is currently China’s eighth largest automaker, but it plans to grow, and of course these days that can only be achieved by launching new EVs. Or, as it seems to be customary in China these days, new EVs from new brands. GWM is reportedly doing just that. It will introduce a new brand, for… Read more…

The relentless teaser campaign for the upcoming Renault 5 EV continues. So far, we’ve seen a prototype at Roland Garros, some design details along with pricing and battery capacity, as well as a teaser video. Today, it’s time for colors. Renault revealed the three “flagship colors” for the upcoming car. The use of the word “flagship” implies there may be… Read more…

A recent report broke out that the most recent Cybertrucks are shipped without the aerodynamic wheel covers and now we know why. Their unorthodox angular design causes severe wear and tear on the tires. Even though the tires have a recess that accommodates the seven pointy angles of the covers, they rub against the side wall of the tire. This… Read more…