NASCAR surprised attendees at its Chicago Street Race on Saturday with the debut of a fully electric SUV prototype. It’s so surprising, perhaps, because the race series hasn’t even gone hybrid yet. NASCAR remains a race of thirsty, loud V-8 engines and rear-wheel-drive cars with rear-mounted manual transmissions. And while the...
NASCAR surprised attendees at its Chicago Street Race on Saturday with the debut of a fully electric SUV prototype. It’s so surprising, perhaps, because the race series hasn’t even gone hybrid yet. NASCAR remains a race of thirsty, loud V-8 engines and rear-wheel-drive cars with rear-mounted manual transmissions. And while the...
72 Bolt EV and EUV models missed software to signal a bad battery Those models need to return to dealerships for the software Affected owners should park outside, not charge above 90% A small subset of Chevrolet Bolt EVs previously recalled for potential battery fires have once again been recalled for the same. While this isn’t a new issue...
Nissan plans to bring its e-4orce AWD tech into Formula E Formula E may in turn become a testbed for performance AWD Battery tech will stay divergent between production and racing Nissan’s Formula E race car is wearing the e-4orce badge for the first time this 2023/24 season. Yes, that’s the same badge you might find on a 2024 Nissan...
As more data rolls in from the insurance industry, an unfortunate trend has persisted for electric vehicles: They cost more to insure. And there are enough of them in the vehicle fleet now to underscore that it’s no longer a matter of insurance companies covering themselves for the unknowns of a new vehicle type. Based on calendar-year...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, in Thursday’s annual shareholder meeting, called himself “a helpful accelerant” to the company’s future, as shareholders approved a pay package for Musk valued at $46 billion based on current stock prices. Meanwhile, one aspect that was due to change the company’s trajectory, cut costs, and enable...
Honda, Mitsubishi Corp. to partner on battery-lease business It's a Japan-only experiment, for now Company would also manage second and third battery lives—up to recycling Vinfast tried this model—and reconsidered Battery leasing has long been considered as a way of helping make EVs more affordable, and it appears that Honda is...
AI makes its way into Volkswagen's maiden electric car VW says it'll be used as a voice assistant VW also says your data won't be at risk from in-car use Volkswagen confirmed Thursday that it’s carrying over its refreshed lineup of VW ID.4 EV models to the new model year essentially unchanged—and with most of the lineup now offering...
Tesla’s recent pullback of Supercharger operations doesn’t appear to have affected the plans of Ionna, the charging network for the U.S. and Canada directly funded by seven automakers. The charging network on Tuesday re-upped its commitment to build a network of more than 30,000 high-power urban and highway-adjacent fast-charging...
The Chevrolet Blazer EV electric SUV will arrive at a lower base price in its existing LT and RS versions as they’re renewed for the 2025 model year, the company revealed Monday. For 2025, the Blazer EV LT AWD costs $48,995, while the Blazer RS AWD costs $54,295, both including mandatory destination fees. Going by the starting price for both...
The federal government on Friday revealed vehicle efficiency standards for 2027-2031 that improve the fleet fuel efficiency of new cars and trucks—slightly. The final rules for Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE), announced Friday by the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), set the...