Automakers continued to increase our choice of plug-in hybrid and all-electric cars and crossovers. Competition is heating up for the U.S. electric car leadership claimed by Tesla for the past few years. The Nissan Leaf, Chevrolet Volt are legacy players in the battle, now joined by dozens of new players. Consumers win because they have choice.
The ride was short, but provided the essentials—time split between the driver’s seat and the spacious back seat, the two defining spaces in the Lucid Air, the latest luxury electric car to arrive on the market.
If you needed a more definitive marker for the imminent end of the internal combustion engine, look no further than Wards 27th annual 10 Best Engines & Propulsion Systems.
The numbers tell the story—we’ve entered a new stage of long-range electric vehicles. This week the Lucid Air Dream edition had a model officially accredited by the U.S. EPA with a 520-mile range.
The first EV from the brand is the Genesis GV60, a compact crossover that rounds out the brand’s SUV lineup. It will land sometime next year, joining its larger, gas-powered siblings—the GV70 and GV80.
Senior leaders from the Department of Energy, Ford Motor Company and LG Energy Solutions are set to headline the upcoming jointly located Battery Show and Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Technology Expo that will take place in Novi, Michigan, September 14-16, 2021.
It’s been a confusing week for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Depending on the story you read, one might assume the market for light-duty FCEVs is either dying or booming.
Kia introduces the EV6 as its first battery-only model and Hyundai brings forward the Ioniq 5, part of recasting the Ioniq brand as an EV-only.
Tula Technology’s dDSF may take the already quite clean (especially compared with engines of just a little more than a decade ago) heavy-duty diesel engines to a level that reduces smog-producing emissions while increasing fuel economy and yet not losing any performance. The technology study was announced last month by Cummins, the largest heavy-duty engine manufacturer, and Tula, a technology innovator in Silicon Valley that has become a supplier to OEMs.
Mazda showed off a new electric version of its small MX-30crossover this week, promising that it would be available in Californiadealerships this fall.