Like other automakers, Volvo’s walking back its plan to only sell electric cars by 2030. On Wednesday, in Sweden at the debut of the 2025.5 XC90, the automaker revised its electrification ambitions. By 2030 Volvo now aims for 90-100% of its sales to be…
Author: Joel Feder
Electric Volvo ES90 sedan teased
On Wednesday, in Sweden at the debut of the refreshed 2025.5 XC90 the Volvo briefly teased the upcoming ES90 midsize sedan. The teaser displayed a midsize sedan featuring a windshield rake that’s completely different from the gas-powered S90 sedan. The…
Electric Scout concepts debut Oct. 10
Scout lives. On Tuesday, Scout Motors teased its electric vehicles announced electric SUV and truck concepts will debut on October 10. Scout Motors returns from the history books thanks to Volkswagen. The iconic brand is part of Volkswagen Group, but i…
Electric Porsche Panamera to live alongside gas-powered model
Product strategy continues to shift at Porsche as market winds blow. In an interview with Autocar, Porsche’s research and development boss Michael Steiner said the gas-powered Panamera will exist alongside the next-generation electric model in showroom…
Porsche won’t make EVs with simulated shifts
Porsche EVs won’t pretend to be gas-powered cars The automaker explored the idea of programmed shift points Porsche has two EVs in its lineup and a third en route Porsche isn’t likely to follow Hyundai’s lead in EV powertrain programming, at least when…
Honda CEO on EVs: “Can’t force the customer to change their mind”
Honda’s CEO doesn’t believe consumers can be incentivized to change to EVs Honda’s spending $700M to retool plants and $3.5B to built a battery plant for mass EV production The exec believes the future is electric, but it’ll take time Electric cars and…
Honda CEO on EVs: “Can’t force people to change their minds”
Honda’s CEO doesn’t believe consumers can be incentivized to change to EVs Honda’s spending $700M to retool plants and $3.5B to built a battery plant for mass EV production The exec believes the future is electric, but it’ll take time Electric cars and…
Lucid CEO: EV market softening “a temporary blip”
Lucid’s CEO Peter Rawlinson believes the future is electric. Rawlinson told The Verge at 2024 Monterey Car Week in California that “I think we’re seeing a temporary blip. I think any talk of retrenchment into hybrids is a blind alley. I think hybrids o…
2025 VW ID.Buzz costs $61,545, up to 234 miles of range
The 2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz will cost $61,545 Single-motor models will have 234 miles of range, dual-motor models have 231 miles of range The ID.Buzz will arrive in U.S. dealers later this year The two most pressing pieces of the VW Bus’s return have f…
Cybertruck becomes “Apocalypse ready” with Sting packages
The Cybertruck can now ordered with a frunk-mounted generator Archimedes Defense and UP.FIT will install uprated armor on the Cybertruck Pre-orders for the packages are open, but pricing hasn’t been announced. A more insane version of the Tesla Cybertr…
