General Motor’s CEO, Mary Barra, went on an official visit to Samsung’s headquarters in South Korea and met with three high-ranking officials – the head of Samsung Display, Samsung Electro-Mechanics and more importantly, Samsung SDI (the company’s battery arm). Mary Barra discussed with Samsung SDI’s head Choi Yoon-ho the prospect of building an EV battery plant in Indiana, USA and… Read more…

The Chinese automakers have absolutely no chance of keeping their upcoming vehicles secret. Every new vehicle has to be approved for sale by the MIIT, and part of the process requires the details to be published for the public to voice any concerns. Courtesy of the MIIT’s monthly publication we have a sneak peek at the updated Zeekr 001, and… Read more…

Porsche took the wraps off the updated 2025 Taycan earlier today. The best-selling EV from the performance brand has brought a host of improvements – more power, more range, faster charging being key among those. Meanwhile, the infotainment got its own refresh – Taycan is now the first vehicle to sport the newest version of the in-car infotainment, dubbed Apple… Read more…

Ford is currently working on developing a low-cost EV, using a startup-like skunkworks project that’s led by Alan Clarke, an ex-Tesla exec whose team also includes Anil Paryani, who also used to work at Tesla before founding AMP, an EV power company that Ford acquired in November last year. During the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call yesterday, Ford CEO Jim Farley… Read more…

Porsche just announced its updated Taycan for the model year 2025 and it comes plenty of new features and under-the-hood changes. The new Taycan gets more range, more power thanks to the new rear-moutned motor and faster charging. A couple of in-cabin tweaks make the user experience better too. 2025 Porsche Taycan The RWD model is snappier than its predecessor,… Read more…

The BMW 5-series Touring has been the vehicle of choice for decades when it comes to carrying loads of stuff in style. From the very first generation, it has been setting the benchmarks against which other premium wagons were measured. Understandably then, the arrival of its first fully electric version is a big deal. The all-new BMW i5 Touring is… Read more…

Just yesterday Rivian finally announced the date for its grand unveiling of the R2 – its more affordable SUV that should be much cheaper than its first SUV, the R1S. The R2 will be getting official on March 7, most likely in Laguna Beach, California, where Rivian’s flagship store is located. Today the company has started the teaser campaign for… Read more…

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…