BYD-backed Denza gave its stylish N7 SUV a makeover today. Additionally, the 2024 Denza N7 got a new price that’s substantially lower than the outgoing version. Denza’s initial N7 launch in July 2023 didn’t make the splash the company hoped for. Now the updated N7’s starting price of RMB 239,800 (€30,900) represents a massive 20.5% savings over the current model.… Read more…

The electric vehicle battleground just got a lot more interesting, courtesy of Xiaomi. The Chinese tech giant launched its first EV, the SU7 midsize sedan. With impressive specs rivaling industry leaders, it was just a matter of time before actual road tests would answer the question – could Xiaomi be a new force to be reckoned with? In what looks… Read more…

A new month has started, and so BYD has come out with its sales numbers for last month – March, that is. They are impressive, to say the least. BYD says it sold a total of 302,459 “new energy vehicles” or NEVs (which means battery electric EVs but also hybrids, keep in mind), of which 301,631 were passenger vehicles. At… Read more…

Love it or hate it, the Tesla Cybertruck is rarely away from the spotlight. Its futuristic, wedge-like design has drawn both admiration and criticism. One central talking point has been its aerodynamics. Tesla promises a solid drag coefficient of 0.34, helping the beastly truck maximize range. Independent testers at the i1Tesla YouTube channel set out to find out if that… Read more…

It may be April Fools’ Day today, but Xiaomi SU7’s buyers have little to laugh about. Xiaomi’s first foray into electric vehicles is turning out to be a major success, but obviously manufacturing struggles to catch up with demand. The overwhelming early orders pushed delivery wait times to between three and seven months—that’s mid-October for the high-end SU7 Max. While… Read more…

Volvo has a reputation for making safe and reliable vehicles, which are more luxurious than the average car but more boring than what the premium makers offer. Yet the newest addition to its lineup – the EX30 – aims to shake things up. If ever there was a car to challenge the boring Swedish manufacturer notion – it is certainly… Read more…

During an investor event, BYD shared its plans for this year and 2025. The company was previously aiming to ship 4 million NEVs this year, including plug-in hybrids and battery-powered cars. Yet, following the below-expectations performance in January and February it adjusted expectations to 3.6 million sales, which is still 20% higher than what it managed in 2023. A big… Read more…

Xiaomi’s SU7 sedan had a very successful launch in China yesterday, but it looks like the company isn’t resting on its laurels and is already working on the next model. According to a new report from China, citing unnamed sources, Xiaomi’s second EV will be an SUV. That in itself is hardly surprising – SUVs have taken over the world… Read more…

The Kia EV9 is already on sale in the US but units are shipped over from South Korea. That’s about to change as soon as Kia and Hyundai’s Metaplant in West Point, Georgia starts production this May. This will make the EV9 eligible for at least part of the $7,500 tax credit because the EV will be assembled in the… Read more…

The Kia EV9 was voted the car of the year at the World Car Awards for 2024. The large SUV narrowly beat the Volvo EX30, while the BMW i5 was a close third. The EV9 also won the award for the world’s best EV. BMW’s i5 also won an award. It beat out the Mercedes-Benz E-Class and EQE SUV as… Read more…

Xiaomi just officially launched the SU7 EV in three versions, with an impressive starting price of about €28,000. The company has also made a very special Founders Edition, limited to 5,000 units. Deliveries for this special edition are set to start on April 3, and it’s priced at the exact same level as the standard and Max versions. Additionally, Xiaomi… Read more…

Today, Xiaomi finally announced what is arguably the most hotly anticipated EV of the year – the SU7 sedan. During the launch event we got the full list of features and the company unveiled three configurations, which is one more than the initial “Tech launch” event back in December 2023. We will start with the base model, which offers a… Read more…

Ahead of its launch that will take place between July and September, today Volkswagen has announced the ID.7’s trims for the US market. There will be two of them: Pro S and Pro S Plus. Both get an 82 kWh battery, as well as RWD and AWD powertrain options – the former with 282 hp and 545 Nm of torque,… Read more…

The Polestar 4 has now been officially launched in the US. You will be able to order one in late April, starting at $54,900 for the entry-level model called “Long range Single motor”. The AWD version called “Long range Dual motor”, with “standard Pilot Pack” will start at $62,900. Deliveries will start in the fourth quarter of this year, so… Read more…

Fisker, the embattled Californian EV startup, is entering what might be the final chapter in its turbulent history. Facing mounting debt, production halts, and threats of bankruptcy, the company announced unprecedented price cuts across its entire Ocean SUV lineup. In a bid to move inventory and address its immediate cash crisis, Fisker announced it will slash prices on its 2023… Read more…

The XPeng P7 and the XPeng G9 have been on Chinese roads for some time now and last year they started roaming the streets of Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands and most recently Sweden. Now, the two BEVs are reaching their largest European market yet by entering Germany. Let’s start with the G9. The SUV received a refresh along with a… Read more…

The long-awaited Xiaomi SU7 is finally having its official debut. Despite the company taking the wraps off its first electric vehicle at the end of last year, the official premiere date was set for March 28. The event will take place at noon central European time and you can watch it with us, right here: What can we expect? The… Read more…

In a move that could reverberate through the global electric vehicle market, China has officially challenged the United States’ Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) at the World Trade Organization. Beijing claims that the act’s EV subsidies unfairly benefit US companies and give them a competitive edge in a fast-growing market. The crux of the dispute centers around the IRA’s generous tax… Read more…

The long-awaited Ford Explorer electric SUV has finally arrived on European shores. After production delays led to an extended wait, this redesigned EV now boasts significant enhancements — most notably, a much-improved range that promises to lessen ‘range anxiety’ for drivers making the switch to electric. But can this family-focused EV, built on a European platform yet channeling Ford’s American… Read more…

The Toyota Hilux is iconic. The “indestructible” (in the words of old Top Gear) pickup truck can be seen across the world, and one of Toyota’s key markets for it is Thailand. Thus it’s important to listen when the president of Toyota Thailand, Noriaki Yamashita, says the all-electric battery powered Hilux EV could arrive by the end of next year.… Read more…