China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Tuesday released its 15-year EV plan. The “draft development” plan sets a target for EVs to account for 25% of annual new light-vehicle sales by 2025 — with no targets specified beyond that y…
Author: Bradley Berman
What GM’s battery plant means for EVs you can buy: Cadillacs, trucks, and Hummers
When Reuters broke the news last night about GM’s $2.3 billion battery gigafactory, it made little mention of what vehicles the company will build with those batteries. We know there will be GM electric pickup by 2021. But CEO Mary Barra said there wi…
Kia solves EV supply problems, can deliver on 3,000 Niro EV pre-orders in Europe
Kia Motors UK this week announced that it has sufficient supply to clear an existing waiting list for 3,000 Niro EVs in Europe. It will take the company six months, through the middle of 2020, to make those deliveries.
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Nissan shifts EV strategy to premium vehicles, not ‘discount cars’ like Leaf
Under new leadership, Nissan wants to reclaim its leadership in electric vehicles. But it’s going to downplay affordable electric cars like the Leaf hatchback. Instead, newly minted CEO Makoto Uchida wants Nissan EVs to have robust features, long rang…
Ontario parliament’s red-hot debate over $125 fee for ICE cars blocking EV charging stations
Canada’s Ontario province makes for a fascinating case study of EV adoption. On one hand, Ontario’s center-right government in July 2018 killed an EV rebate of up to $14,000 — and electric-car sales plummeted by 50%. The situation went postal in Novem…
In Tesla’s shadow, Audi and Mercedes electric SUVs get no love
A couple of weeks ago, Mercedes-Benz quietly announced the price for its all-electric EQC sports-utility vehicle. A $67,900 starting price for a luxurious, 200-mile, 402-horsepower luxury crossover is a good start for the EQC brand. But the announceme…
Strange bedfellows: Fiat-Chrysler and Faraday Future working together on electric vehicles
Fiat-Chrysler (FCA) is in discussions about using EV technology from Faraday Future and Seres (formerly SF Motors), according to a report last week by The Verge. Current and former FCA employees said that Faraday Future retrofitted FCA vehicles with i…
Rapid EV adoption brings queues at some EV chargers on Thanksgiving weekend
As expected, throngs of Thanksgiving holiday travelers pushed highways and airports to their limit this weekend. With the ranks of Tesla drivers growing by about 150,000 vehicles in the past year, queues also formed at some of the most popular Superch…
Video: Canoo begins road-testing of its EV compact van, fast-tracking production
The Canoo electric urban van doesn’t get much attention, but it is moving apace along an accelerated production schedule. The company, led by former BMW EV leaders, put the beta version of its EV into road testing this month. Could it be a sleeper hit…
VW CEO says ID CROZZ electric crossover will sell for around $40,000
Scott Keogh, CEO of VW of America, said this month that the ID CROZZ will sell in the low- to mid-$30,000 range after a $7,500 federal tax credit. That suggests a pre-incentive sticker price of around $40,000 for the brand’s first high-volume, ground-…
