The Volkswagen MEB platform will underpin electric cars with a wide range of body styles, but could a convertible be among them? VW teased one on Monday, releasing renderings of an electric convertible while remaining vague on production prospects. The…
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Lucid delays production start of Air electric sedan to Q2 2021
Lucid Motors has delayed production of its Air electric luxury sedan by a few months, to the second half of this year. The company originally planned to begin deliveries this spring, but is now pushing the timeline back due to coronavirus-related delay…
Ford CEO wants more US battery production for stability, but it’s also good for CO2
Ford CEO Jim Farley is calling for more battery production in the United States to ensure stability of battery supplies, but that might also be good for carbon emissions, according to a recent report. “We need to bring large-scale battery production to…
EVs will be 10% of the US market by 2025—but San Francisco is already past that
Electric cars will surge to 10% of the United States new-car market by 2025, a new IHS Markit study predicts, but sales data shows that at least one part of the country is already there. EVs reached 1.8% of U.S. new-vehicle registrations in 2020—…
Tesla confirms it’s developing affordable global EV in China
Development of an affordable Tesla electric car will take place in China, the head of the company’s Chinese operations confirmed in an interview with state media. An entry-level Tesla will be designed at a new R&D center currently under constructio…
Electric-car rivalry heats up: Just 4% of Tesla shoppers will only choose the brand, survey finds
It’s taken almost a decade, but established automakers may finally be mounting a legitimate challenge to Tesla. Only a small percentage of electric vehicle shoppers are completely loyal to Tesla, according to a new J.D. Power study on EV buying trends….
Hyundai Ioniq Electric, Mini Cooper SE top Tesla on greenest cars list for 2021
Electric-car buyers have plenty of choices these days, but not all EVs have the same environmental impact. That’s where GreenerCars’ annual “greenest” and “meanest” ratings come in. Produced by the nonprofit American Council for an Energy-Efficient Eco…
Apple partner Foxconn might build Fisker electric car for global markets
Apple contract manufacturer Foxconn is partnering with Fisker Inc., a collaboration that could see the Taiwanese firm building Fisker electric cars for global markets beginning in 2023. On Wednesday the two companies announced a memorandum of understan…
2021 Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid: 24 electric miles, and quicker
While its gasoline counterpart gets a redesign and 2022-model-year designation, the 2021 Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid gets smaller updates, including powertrain tweaks that boost power and electric range. A 2.4-liter gasoline inline-4, rated at …
Lucid isn’t delivering electric cars yet, but it’s going public to accelerate growth
Lucid Motors is the latest EV firm to go public through a special-purpose acquisition corporation (SPAC) shell company before delivering any vehicles. The automaker on Monday announced plans for a “reverse merger” with Churchill Capital Corp IV, whose …
