California is considering new regulations that would ban sales of new diesel semi trucks by the 2040 model year, accelerating the timeline for a shift to zero-emission trucks. The requirement was laid out in a proposed rule released by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) August 30 and is scheduled for consideration by the regulator October… More…

Tesla last week finally released a “CCS Combo 1” adapter for the North American market that will enable some recent models from the automaker to be charged at up to 250 kw on third-party stations, such as those from Electrify America or EVgo. In compatible models, it will allow owners to take advantage of a vast network of… More…

General Motors and the Environmental Defense Fund earlier this week announced jointly-developed recommendations aimed at making all new passenger vehicles electric by the middle of the next decade. In a press release, GM and the EDF asked the EPA to develop emissions standards that require at least 50% of new passenger vehicles sold to be… More…

Faraday Future has confirmed an official EPA range of 381 miles for at least one version of its FF 91 electric SUV, although production timing is still uncertain. The 381-mile rating applies to the FF 91 Futurist model, the company said in a press release. Faraday also confirmed to Green Car Reports that the rating is for models with a 142-kwh… More…

On Monday, Tesla issued a recall for more than a million vehicles, including recent versions of the Model 3, Model Y, Model S, and Model X, due to an issue with the vehicles’ automatic reversal system for their power windows. The NHTSA recall notice lays out that in the affected 1,096,762 vehicles, the window’s safety system may not react… More…

Californians will vote later this year on whether to tax the wealthy to fund EV incentives and charging infrastructure. Proposition 30 would increase taxes on California residents who make over $2 million a year by 1.75% and direct the state to use that added revenue—estimated at $3.5 billion to $5 billion annually, according to a voter… More…

Volvo’s flagship electric SUV will debut November 9 and will be dubbed EX90, CEO Jim Rowan confirmed Wednesday in a media presentation. Doubling down on its reputation for safety, Volvo also claims the EX90 will be its safest model yet, thanks largely to next-generation sensors and software that can reduce crashes that result in serious injury or… More…

Hertz and General Motors announced Monday that the rental-car giant plans to order up to 175,000 electric vehicles from GM over five years. Deliveries of the EVs are expected to start in the first quarter of 2023 with the Chevrolet Bolt EV and EUV, and will continue through 2027 with vehicles from the Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, Cadillac, and… More…

Fisker on Tuesday announced Wallbox as its official partner for home charging equipment. The two companies will start by offering Fisker Ocean electric SUV owners Wallbox home chargers for purchase through the Fisker website in the United States, Canada, and Europe, Fisker said in a press release. Wallbox will market its Pulsar Plus charger to… More…

German startup Sono Motors plans to launch the Sion solar-assisted electric car, but it’s also looking at commercial-vehicle applications for its solar tech. Sono demonstrated several such upfits at the 2022 IAA Transportation Show in Hannover, Germany, that the company claims can improve the efficiency of buses and refrigerated trucks. Sono plans… More…

Chevrolet won’t follow sibling General Motors brands Buick and Cadillac in offering buyouts to dealerships that don’t want to sell electric vehicles, a GM executive said in a recent interview with The Verge. In fact, the dealerships that take buyouts for their Buick and Cadillac franchises could end up selling Chevys exclusively, GM global vice… More…

Volkswagen unveiled an ID.Buzz paramedics’ van at the 2022 IAA Transportation commercial vehicle show in Hannover, Germany, showing the upfit potential of the new electric van for government fleets and businesses. VW didn’t offer much detail on the ID.Buzz emergency vehicle, only noting that it was built in collaboration with German upfitter… More…

Colorado Teardrops announced earlier this month that it has completed the prototype version of “the world’s first camper trailer designed to extend the towing range of electric vehicles.” What might sound like a strange product niche could answer a dilemma for some Americans with luxury budgets: While an electric vehicle might… More…

Nearly half of Californians “are likely to choose an EV the next time that they’re in the market for a vehicle.” That’s the very uplifting takeaway from a survey released last week and commissioned by the electric vehicle advocacy group Veloz. But in more nuanced questions, the survey reveals lots of room for improvement… More…

A new type of sensor could improve the accuracy of EV range estimates, which could effectively unlock more range for drivers, IEEE Spectrum reports. Scientists in Japan are experimenting with diamond quantum sensors that can help improve battery-monitoring accuracy a hundredfold, addressing an issue with current battery-monitoring sensors. Average… More…

Wind-tunnel testing has proven that the Lightyear 0 is the most aerodynamic production car in the world, Lightyear claims. Testing conducted at the FKFS wind tunnels in Stuttgart, Germany, under WLTP protocols confirmed a 0.175 coefficient of drag (Cd) for the solar-assisted electric car, Lightyear said Thursday in a press release. That figure… More…

Michigan-based startup Our Next Energy (ONE) this week unveiled a prismatic anode-free battery cell it claims will lay the foundation for 600-mile EVs. The prototype cell will be integrated into a BMW iX prototype later this year as part of a dual-chemistry battery pack. ONE said in a press release that it’s aiming for a volume-produced version of… More…

President Biden, in a speech at the Detroit Auto Show Wednesday, confirmed that the federal government is releasing a first round of funding to 35 states to start installing EV charging hardware on the way to a 500,000-charger U.S. network. As Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg pointed out in a release, the 35 states given the green light are… More…

During its annual dealership meeting in Las Vegas, Ford unveiled new rules for selling EVs under its Model E business unit that could put an end to markups and haggling—although they require significant upfront investment by dealers. Ford earlier this year split itself into three business units, with Model E focused on electric passenger… More…

Tesla needs a more affordable model, an executive said at a recent invite-only investor conference. But it’s unclear if that will be in the form of the much-discussed $25,000 Tesla or something different. Martin Viecha, the automaker’s head of investor relations, spoke at the invite-only Goldman Sachs tech conference in San Francisco Monday… More…