As automakers continue to introduce more EVs, public charging is proving unreliable, according to the latest J.D. Power Electric Vehicle Experience Public Charging study. The study found that 20% of EV drivers who visited a charging station did not charge their vehicles. Reasons for this ranged from chargers being inoperable to long lines… More…

Acura on Thursday officially revealed its first fully electric vehicle, the 2024 Acura ZDX. Initial specs show this inceptive EV effort for the Honda luxury and performance brand to enter the fast lane with some impressive specs, including up to 500 hp and a projected range up to 325 miles. If it feels like Acura already revealed the ZDX, it… More…

Official EPA range ratings for Dual Motor versions of the Rivian R1S electric SUV and R1T electric pickup truck are in—with both models maxing out at 352 miles. The maximum range rating is achieved with the 135-kwh Large Pack and 21-inch wheels. Opting for 22-inch wheels drops range to 341 miles for both the R1S and R1T. Either way, that… More…

Chinese battery supplier CATL on Wednesday announced a new lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery that the company claims will enable super-fast charging. Called Shenxing, the new battery is scheduled to enter mass production later this year, according to a company press release. CATL claims it can recover 250 miles of range in just 10 minutes of… More…

Fisker on Thursday revealed a full gallery of images of its upcoming Alaska electric pickup, along with a few new details for this eagerly anticipated and relatively affordable EV. As Fisker claimed at the product’s intro a couple weeks ago, as part of its Product Day, the Alaska will be both the world’s most sustainable pickup truck… More…

Electric vehicle battery costs soared in 2022. But that doesn’t seem to have slowed the pace of automakers planning to adopt ever larger battery packs to satisfy ever-higher EV driving range claims. As Bloomberg recently calculated, using EV models from the U.S., Europe, and China, the average pack size is now around 80 kwh, from in the… More…

Rivian claims its R1S electric SUV is the first EV to tackle the Rubicon off-road trail, long considered a yardstick for hardcore off-road vehicles. Located in El Dorado County California due west of Lake Tahoe, and approximately 80 miles east of the state capital of Sacramento, the Rubicon Trail is often listed at 22 miles long, but about half of… More…

Fisker is joining a growing cadre of automakers offering Tesla Supercharger access and making plans to add Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) port. An agreement with Tesla will allow access to the Supercharger network, the company explained in a press release. Customers with EVs that have the current Combined Charging Standard (CCS)… More…

Tesla on Monday added lower-priced versions of its flagship Model S sedan and Model X SUVs. In new Standard Range form, the Model S and Model X now start at $80,130 and $89,880, respectively, including a mandatory $1,390 destination fee, representing a $10,000 price drop versus what had up until now been the lowest-price versions of the two… More…

Phasing out fossil fuels is still a controversial issue for Americans, a recent Pew Research Center poll found. Overall, 31% of Americans surveyed said the U.S. should completely phase out fossil fuels, while 68% said the country should continue with a mix of fossil fuels and renewables. Younger respondents seemed more willing to phase out fossil… More…

Five years after it was originally promised, and five months after the start of production was announced, Faraday Future has delivered one FF91 electric SUV. The first customer vehicle was delivered August 12 to a representative of dealership Private Collection Motors at the latter’s facility in Costa Mesa, California, according to a Faraday… More…

Look below the $25,000 price point for new vehicles, going purely by sticker prices, and you’ll find plenty of options in smaller gasoline-fueled cars and crossovers—some of them hybrid. But none in that price range are EVs. According to Automotive News, citing Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares, this is a price point the Fiat and Jeep… More…

A recent Ford patent filing hints that the automaker is investigating ways of charging EVs while driving. Published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on July 20, 2023, and originally filed Jan. 20, 2022, the patent application in question is titled “Roadway Charging Coil Alignment and Monitoring” and deals with wireless… More…

Automotive supplier Magna this week unveiled a new piece of hardware for decoupling EV drive motors that the company claims can boost range by up to 9%. Disconnecting drive motors when their power is not needed reduces energy consumption and drag-torque losses from the motor and its gearbox, Magna said in a press release. That helps boost overall… More…

Ford CEO Jim Farley embarked on an EV road trip in an F-150 Lightning pickup truck to gain insight into the experiences of Ford’s EV customers. Farley and his party set off this week from Silicon Valley, driving south to Los Angeles and then west to Las Vegas, traversing parts of the iconic Route 66 along the way, the Ford CEO wrote in a LinkedIn… More…

Electrify America is changing its pricing structure for EV charging, moving to station-specific pricing and adding idle fees as of August 17. First reported by Autoblog, the changes were announced in a recent email to customers. The timing for the pricing change was subsequently confirmed in an email to Green Car Reports by Electrify America… More…

Cadillac’s icon has gained an electric variant. On Wednesday, the 2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ debuted with a GM-estimated 450 miles, 200-plus-kwh battery pack, 55.0-inches of screens on the dashboard, and trademark design. Cadillac estimates the electric luxury SUV will cost about $130,000 when entering production in the summer of 2024 at GM’s… More…

The Lucid Gravity, the electric SUV sequel to the automaker’s Air luxury sedan, will be revealed in November and start production in late 2024. That confirmation, which is in line with Lucid’s previously discussed timeline, came Monday in an announcement of the automaker’s second quarter 2023 financial results. Lucid said it delivered 1,404… More…

General Motors on Tuesday announced that it will make bidirectional vehicle-to-home (V2H) charging capability available on all EVs using its Ultium component set by the 2026 model year, allowing more EVs to serve as home backup power sources. The V2H feature will roll out as previously announced on the 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV RST, followed by… More…

Cadillac was serious when it said pricing for the Celestiq EV flagship would start above $300,000. In a LinkedIn post last week, Cadillac chief marketing officer Melissa Grady Dias announced the start of customer commissions for the hand-built hatchback, and confirmed the base price is approximately $340,000 before destination. That base price is… More…