If an EV doesn’t need a conventional engine and transmission, then why does every electric car on the market pretty much look like a gas-powered vehicle? That’s the question being asked by Canoo, the EV company actively re-thinking vehicle design for …
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Automotive News predicts 2020 downturn in EV sales, despite coming wave of new electric cars
Dave Versical, chief of editorial operations for Automotive News, believes the 2020 outlook for electric vehicles is weak. In his commentary piece published yesterday, Versical reports that auto executives speaking with him privately are using terms l…
GM CEO: Yes to self-driving EVs, no to plug-in hybrids
GM was planning to introduce one or more new electric vehicles at CES next month. But the company said it failed to meet the deadline because of the United Automobile Workers’ (UAW) strike, according to Motortrend.
The delay is not stopping GM C…
Kona Electric will be first EV to Mt. Everest, but Indian EV sales are dismal
Hyundai Motor India today kicked off a drive of the Kona Electric to the base camp of Mt. Everest. The trip will cover 435 miles and reach an altitude of 17,000 feet. The Kona EV is the first electric car to reach this height at Mt. Everest. But the d…
Nissan switches SUVs from diesel to plug-in hybrid in Europe
Nissan sales in Europe fell 24% so far this year. To help make a comeback and meet stricter efficiency rules, Nissan is revitalizing its European SUV lineup with plug-in hybrid versions of popular crossovers. Diesel versions are going away. Meanwhile,…
8 lessons about EV battery health from 6,300 electric cars
A persistent concern among some EV drivers is the long-term health of the battery. All batteries lose some storage capacity over time. But how might that degradation affect your driving range a few years down the line? To help answer that question, we…
New electric Mini has 110 miles of range, and I still want it
We should have seen this coming. It’s been no secret that the heavy-but-compact 2020 Mini Cooper SE electric hatchback has a 32.6-kilowatt-hour battery pack. And that the lenient WLTP cycle pegs the 2020 electric Mini’s range starting at about 146 mil…
Used EV batteries will power Mitsubishi’s electric-vehicle manufacturing plant
EV critics often cast doubt about waste associated with used electric-car batteries. What they overlook is recycling efforts as well as the second use of batteries for stationary energy storage. The latest of many projects to deploy used EV batteries …
Why Europe will see the world’s biggest EV uptick in 2020
In Europe, sales of pure electric and plug-in hybrid passenger cars are expected to grow 35% in the first nine months of 2020, according to BloombergNEF. That’s a much faster rate than we’ll see in North America or China, the world’s biggest EV market…
Listen to VW’s just-released branded electric-car sound
Volkswagen released an audio file of the sound its ID3 EV will make. The sound, developed by composer Leslie Mandoki, will be used as an integral part of VW’s entire electric-vehicle brand.
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