Now that it’s rolling out adapters that allow its electric vehicles to charge at Tesla Supercharger stations, Ford is streamlining things for Apple iPhone users that want to navigate to them. The automaker on Monday announced that Mustang Mach-E and F-150 Lightning drivers using Apple Maps EV route planning, via Apple CarPlay, can now specify … Continue reading “Ford EVs getting Tesla Supercharger route planning via Apple Maps”
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Spring is just around the corner and the EV deals are heating up. Right now, several electric models are available to lease for under $300 a month, making it a great time to make the switch (or upgrade). Here are the cheapest EVs you can lease this March. Cheapest EVs you can lease this March … Continue reading “These are the cheapest EVs you can lease in March at under $300 a month”
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Mercedes will use the designation “with EQ technology” rather than naming its EVs with separate “EQ” model names, to focus on treating them more like normal models – in what this author considers an overdue move. For many years now, Mercedes has added “EQ” to the model name of its electric models, as in the Mercedes … Continue reading “Mercedes will stop treating EVs as a separate lineup and thats a good thing”
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Scout Motors CEO Scott Keogh appeared on the YouTube channel Jay Leno’s Garage with prototypes of the Terra truck and the Traveler SUV. He revealed the two different battery types on the fully electric models and the extended range versions. The fully electric models will get 350 miles of range, whereas the EREVs will get … Continue reading “Scout's EVs And 'Harvester' EREV Will Use Two Different Battery Types”
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Report suggests GSA may be forced to pull the plug on thousands of EVs and chargers GSA’s biggest fleets are USPS, Dept. of Defense; 20% of its 2024 light-vehicle orders were EVs Could affect chargers at national parks, VA hospitals, other venues The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), which manages all federal government buildings and … Continue reading “Feds purge EVs, chargers: Does Musk still believe EVs cost less to run?”
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In a rollercoaster turn of events, Hyundai and Kia EVs are expected to again qualify for the full $7,500 federal tax credit. With new models rolling out this year, the Korean auto giants expect another big year in the US in 2025. After opening the doors to its new manufacturing plant in Georgia, Hyundai said … Continue reading “Hyundai and Kia EVs are set to regain the $7,500 US tax credit”
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Bigger battery packs bring an inflated carbon footprint Solution is higher efficiency and reeling range in to a real-world 300 miles Six upcoming Neue Klasse EVs will follow this philosophy BMW aims to grow its electric-vehicle momentum with its next-generation Neue Klasse family of vehicles, but it won’t be doing that with big battery packs. … Continue reading “BMW R&D boss: Bigger batteries in EVs "don't make sense"”
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General Motors is looking at different ways to utilize electric-vehicle bidirectional charging capability and multiple charge ports, a newly surfaced patent filing shows. Published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Dec. 26, 2024, after being filing by GM Jun. 22, 2023, the document deals less with specific hardware and more with usage … Continue reading “Future GM EVs might be able to juggle two charge ports at once”
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Revero PHEV production continues now, limited-edition Invictus arrives in 2025 Gyesera in 2026 debuts new look, composite body Kaveya supercar in late 2026 goes fully electric, embraces Intel architecture Karma’s push to power fleets and commercial vehicles has faded It’s been more than ten years since California-based Karma Automotive initially formed with funding from the … Continue reading “Karma claims these EVs and PHEVs are coming in 2025 and 2026”
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Audi announced Monday that it will upend a naming scheme announced last year and have internal-combustion and electric vehicles share nameplates. In an effort to fit more electric models into its traditional alphanumeric format, Audi previously said it would assign odd-numbered designations to combustion models like the A5 and Q5, and reserve even numbers for … Continue reading “Audi shifts strategy: EVs and gas-powered cars to share nameplates”