Consumer advocate and former Presidential candidate Ralph Nader is calling on federal regulators to remove the Tesla “Full Self-Driving” driver-assist system from all vehicles. In a statement Wednesday Nader, whose 1962 book “Unsafe at Any Speed” laid the groundwork for automotive safety regulations in the United States, called Tesla’s deployment… More…

The reborn Meyers Manx company on Monday unveiled an electric version of the classic dune buggy scheduled to begin customer trials in 2023. The Meyers Manx 2.0 Electric is the product of a new company founded by automotive designer Freeman Thomas and venture capitalist Phillip Sarofim, who bought the rights to the Manx from creator Bruce Meyers… More…

The 2023 Ford F-150 Lightning extends its range for its second model year, and Ford juices its starting price by at least $7,000, the automaker revealed Tuesday. The range for the F-150 Lightning Pro with the standard 98-kwh battery pack increases from an EPA-estimated 230 miles to 240 miles, and the price increases from $39,974 to $46,974… More…

The Lucid Air electric luxury sedan darkens under a new Stealth Look trim option, the EV startup announced on Monday. Available on the Air Grand Touring Performance, Grand Touring, and Touring models, the Stealth Look treatment involves 35 different exterior changes, Lucid said in a press release. Most of those changes involve swapping out the… More…

All the stories about sensible types who waited in line or jumped through hoops to pay huge price premiums on a new electric vehicle? Call them outliers for now, as a new study verifies that EV buyers less likely to take on outsized levels of debt than those purchasing traditional gasoline-powered vehicles. The study, from the credit giant… More…

The EV startup Arrival is dropping plans for an Uber electric car and electric buses to refocus on electric vans, the Financial Times reported Friday. The project to build a dedicated EV specifically for Uber’s ride-sharing service could be revived if sales of Arrival’s electric van start generating revenue, according to the report. U.K.-based… More…

Price caps included with a proposed revamped federal EV tax credit could put pressure on automakers to produce more affordable electric models, argues a new Bloomberg report. An extension of the $7,500 credit reportedly has a good chance of moving through the Senate. In its current form, legislation would add price caps of $55,000 for cars and… More…

A launch edition of the Fisker Ocean is already sold out, and pre-orders for a second version of the Ocean will start November 18, the day after the planned start of production, the company confirmed in its second-quarter financial results. Just 5,000 units of the Fisker Ocean One launch edition are planned, and customers gave the company a $5,000… More…

Toyota is offering some owners of its BZ4X electric crossover a whole range of potential remedies, including buybacks, in response to an ongoing wheel recall. Although it doesn’t yet have a solution to the issue. Complete buybacks were mentioned as a possibility in a letter recently mailed to U.S. BZ4X customers and posted on the Toyota BZ Forum… More…

Volkswagen has confirmed pricing for the U.S.-made 2023 ID.4 electric SUV, which includes a smaller-battery base model. The lower starting price doesn’t make it one of the EV market’s price leaders, but with today’s higher prices, it’s competitive. And likely due to inflation, American assembly of the rest of the lineup hasn’t made it… More…

High demand for certain new EV models has led to dealer markups which, in California at least, could be preventing customers from getting purchase incentives, according to a new report. Due to lack of funds, California has placed EV buyers on waitlists for its purchase incentives, and while waiting some have found that dealerships have marked up… More…

California’s Lucid Motors on Wednesday reported continued supply-chain and logistics challenges, as it reported just 679 deliveries of its Air electric sedan for the second quarter and ratcheted expectations way down for the remainder of the year. The company now expects to deliver 6,000 to 7,000 vehicles in 2022—half the 12,000 to… More…

California drivers can now get behind the wheel of a Tesla Model Y without a long-term commitment with subscription service Autonomy. The company launched its subscription service in January with the Tesla Model 3, and according to a recent release it’s now adding the Model Y. For both vehicles, Autonomy aims to offer a more flexible alternative… More…

As Congress moves to extend and expand the federal EV tax credit for passenger cars, it’s also considering a bill that would add a first-ever tax credit for electric commercial vehicles. As described in a blog post from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), the current version of the bill includes a tax credit of up to $7,500 for vehicles with… More…

Most of the new electric vehicles arriving on the market aren’t cheap. But the two-door Mini Cooper SE is a rare exception, and one of the three cheapest electric vehicles. It’s arguably way more exciting and image-boosting than the Chevy Bolt EV or Nissan Leaf, all of which start around $30,000 or less—if you’re prepared to work with… More…

A new base model for the BMW i4 range is coming to the United States in the first quarter of 2023. When it does reach showrooms, the 2023 BMW i4 eDrive35 will start at $52,395 with destination, BMW confirmed Monday in a press release. The single-motor rear-wheel drive eDrive35 will be positioned below the existing eDrive40 (also with a single… More…

Think EVs are becoming normal? Turning heads inside and outside, and flaunting equal parts tech leading edge and design oddity, the 2023 BMW iX is anything but conventional. And, as I found in a recent week with the iX, this kind of weirdness grew on me. The BMW iX pairs some of the advanced material smarts and the battery and electric propulsion… More…

Startup EV brands Tesla, Lucid, Rivian, and Polestar have touted desirable products and a direct-sales business model that avoids dealership hassles. But they may not be connecting as well with prospective customers as traditional luxury brands, according to a recent study from consultancy Pied Piper. In a ranking of 25 brands, Rivian came in last… More…

Lightyear will borrow tech from Swedish supercar builder Koenigsegg for its upcoming mass-market solar-assisted EV. Koenigsegg is also investing in Lightyear, the two companies confirmed in a press release. The startup unveiled its first production car, the Lightyear 0, in June with a price tag equivalent to roughly $260,000 and an initial run of… More…

Global EV sales are steadily increasing with help from regulators, but that won’t matter if existing gasoline and diesel vehicles aren’t retired quickly, new research argues. “The slow speed of fleet turnover presents a substantial barrier to deep decarbonization,” researchers state in a new book on energy transition (via Axios). Researchers… More…