Electrify America is developing new chargers with robotic arms to plug into self-driving cars. That led us to wonder: Is that really more helpful than wireless charging pads? Wireless chargers lose efficiency if cars don’t line up over them precisely, …
Author: Eric C. Evarts
VW ID R Nurburgring lap sets efficiency record too
As the Volkswagen ID R electric race car blistered around Germany’s famous Nurburgring-Nordschliefe race course in June, it broke another record too: for the lowest fuel consumption driving around the course. Volkswagen announced Friday that the ID R s…
Tesla brings back free Supercharging to juice high-end sales of Model S and Model X
Tesla announced Saturday it is bringing back free Supercharging on its high-end Model S and Model X. We’ve heard that before. What makes this time different is that the company isn’t just offering the incentive on a few cars or in a limited amount. Ins…
California, NHTSA lawsuit; Karma GT; Canada tax credits; self-driving mpg: Today’s Car News
California filed another lawsuit against the Trump administration over proposed fuel-economy rules, this time about fines. Karma plans to show off its GT by Pininfarina coupe at Monterey Car week this month. New federal tax credits in Canada have boost…
Volvo study shows driver-assistance, self-driving features will make cars more efficient
Self-driving cars are green cars, not just because they are usually electric. One of the biggest reasons engineers began working on self-driving cars more than a dozen years ago was for their efficiency, reducing stop-and-go driving and eventually even…
EV incentive credited for boosting Canadian sales by 30 percent (Updated)
Update: To clarify that the incentive is not a tax credit that requires filing federal taxes, and to correct Canadian Transport Minister Marc Garneau’s first name. After Canada introduced a nationwide $5,000 discount for electric cars, sales shot up by…
Tax credit credited for boosting Canadian EV sales by 30 percent
After Canada introduced a nationwide $5,000 tax credit for electric cars, sales shot up by 30 percent, the country’s Transport Ministry announced on Thursday. The government announced the tax credit in March, after a new provincial election in Ontario …
Pininfarina-kissed Karma GT plug-in hybrid heading to Monterey Car Week
Gone is the Joker grin, as well as the walrus mustache. The new Karma GT by Pininfarina will show off its much sleeker facelift at Monterey Car Week next weekend in California. The GT by Pininfarina, which made its first appearance at the Shanghai auto…
California sues Trump administration again over fuel economy fines
California launched another lawsuit against the Trump administration over fuel economy regulations Friday, this time over a federal decision to suspend planned increases in penalties for automakers who miss required targets. In announcing the lawsuit, …
BMW reveals steering wheel for self-driving iNext electric SUV
Once cars are able to drive themselves, drivers—er, occupants—shouldn’t need steering wheels to control them. Yet when BMW teased a new picture of its planned self-driving, electric iNext SUV last month, the photo showed nothing more than a…
