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Review: 2024 Chevy Blazer EV sets a new heartbeat for America

2024 Chevrolet Blazer EVThe 2024 Chevy Blazer EV is different. That’s because compared to the Ford Mustang Mach-E, the Hyundai Ioniq 5, the Kia EV6, the Volkswagen ID.4, and various others—anything you might compare it to directly—the Blazer EV is primarily a U.S.-bound product, conceived specifically with the U.S. in mind. After spending a few hours in...
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Porsche Macan EV advances Taycan tech for the mass market

Porsche Macan EVWhile it’s been four years since first deliveries of the Porsche’s first electric car, the Taycan, something even more revolutionary for the brand is about to happen: transforming Porsche’s bestseller to an EV, with tech from the Taycan. That bestseller would be the gasoline-powered Macan SUV, which surged for the front of the...
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Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy 2024: What didn’t make the cut

2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV WTLast week we named four Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2024 finalists. Between the Hyundai Ioniq 6, Kia EV9, Nissan Ariya, and Toyota Prius Prime, one will earn the annual distinction. While in upcoming days we’ll take a deeper look at why those models are on our shortlist, it’s worth first taking a look at what arrives this year...
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EPA: Tesla Cybertruck qualifies for the $7,500 EV tax credit

2025 Tesla Cybertruck  -  Courtesy of Tesla, Inc.In updates Friday, the U.S. EPA confirmed that some versions of the Tesla Cybertruck will qualify for the EV tax credit—at least for those models delivered in 2023. As revealed just over a week ago, the Tesla Cybertruck will arrive in $79,990 All-Wheel Drive (dual-motor) form, with a $99,990 Cyberbeast (tri-motor) performance model. A...
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Fiat 500e gets 5-minute charging with battery swapping trial

Fiat 500e at Ample battery swapping stationPublic charging can be an EV dealbreaker, especially for those who don't have home charging. But the global automaker Stellantis is working on quelling that reason for EV rejection with tech that can give you a full charge in less than five minutes. Starting next year, a fleet of 100 Fiat 500e electric minicars from parent company...
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First stations of Pilot-GM EV fast-charging network are open

GM and Pilot Company's EV charging networkGeneral Motors and Pilot Travel Centers announced Tuesday that the first 17 locations of their national EV charging network are up and running. The initial locations span 13 states and include multiple stalls at each site with chargers that can deliver up to 350 kw. As the companies note, many of the locations include canopies, pull-through stalls...
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2024 Fiat 500e: 149-mile electric mini returns to US cities at $34,095

2024 Fiat 500eFiat has revealed that for the U.S., the 2024 500e will start at $34,095, including the mandatory $1,595 destination fee, and it will arrive to U.S. dealerships—and focused on urban areas—starting in the first quarter of 2024. In U.S. spec, the 500e delivers 118 hp and 162 lb-ft of torque from its single permanent-magnet motor, and it...
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EVs are more than one-third of the US luxury vehicle market

2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5U.S. sales of EVs and hybrids are both soaring, but there’s a key difference that distinguishes EVs: By and large, the ones that are selling well remain priced as luxury goods. That’s one of the takeaways from an electrified vehicle sales update, released Monday by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Harnessing data from...
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Powershare in Tesla Cybertruck can power home, charge other EVs

2025 Tesla Cybertruck  -  Courtesy of Tesla, Inc.With the rollout of the production 2025 Cybertruck on Thursday, Tesla included a couple of battery-related surprises—including a long-awaited turnaround on the ability to use its EVs for home-energy backup in power outages. While one of those battery surprises involved a separate range-extender, mounting inside the pickup’s bed and...
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Tesla Cybertruck can’t go 500 miles even with extra battery

Tesla CybertruckIn an event Thursday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk presented a production version of the Tesla Cybertruck. It looks much like the stainless-steel genre-bender Tesla premiered in 2021, but the electric truck doesn’t come any where close to the $39,900 starting price or range of up to 500 miles that had been suggested at that time. Musk said very...