Author: news@greencarreports.com (Bengt Halvorson)
Which mass-produced, U.S.-available EV is getting put to the test in Europe with battery swapping? Why is Rivian reportedly reengineering its battery packs? That is our look back on the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Automobile Reports—for the week ending December 9, 2023. Green Automobile Reports named its 4 finalists for Best Automobile To Buy 2024. What are these 4 plug-in models recent for this yr, and that are the cleanest, greenest, and best for treading evenly? 2024 Fiat 500e Fiat revealed 500e pricing, range, and have details for the long-awaited U.S.-bound version of this second-generation electric minicar. The…
Some EVs do exceed EPA range figures at 70 mph. Britain’s Morgan splits the difference between a vintage sports automotive and an Aptera with its latest prototype. And Ample’s battery swapping tech is getting put to the test on a car-sharing fleet of Fiat EVs in Spain. This and more, here at Green Automobile Reports. Stellantis is testing EV battery swapping from Ample on 100 Fiat 500e electric cars which might be a part of the corporate’s Free2Move car-sharing service—and which means a completely charged battery in five minutes. With this trial, it’s seeing if battery swapping can scale up,…
U.S. sales of EVs and hybrids are each soaring, but there’s a key difference that distinguishes EVs: By and enormous, those which might be selling well remain priced as luxury goods. That’s one in every of the takeaways from an electrified vehicle sales update, released Monday by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Harnessing data from Wards Intelligence, the EIA found that hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and EVs combined added as much as 15.8% of light-duty vehicle sales through the third quarter of 2023, versus 12.3% and eight.5% for a similar periods in 2022 and 2021, respectively. 2014-2023 Sales of EV,…
The Volvo EX90 gets U.S. pricing. Plug-in hybrid reliability is the pits, finds Consumer Reports. And Hyundai and Kia bypass among the hurdles of in-wheel motors with their very own solution. This and more, here at Green Automotive Reports. Hyundai and Kia have shown an alternative choice to in-wheel motors that accomplishes among the same packaging goals. Called the Universal Wheel Drive System, or Uni Wheel, it moves a planetary gearset into the wheel, with downsized motors nearby, bypassing the necessity for CV joints. U.S. pricing for the 2025 Volvo EX90 electric SUV is out—and at $77,990 to begin, this…
Which legendary sports automobile brand is likely to be making in-wheel motors? Which automaker cut a hybrid from its consumer lineup to make more police-duty hybrids? That is our look back on the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Automobile Reports—for the week ending November 25, 2023. In a 2024 Audi SQ8 E-Tron review, we found this big, performance-oriented luxury SUV to flex the benefits of its tri-motor layout with perhaps one of the best handling of any SUV, gasoline or not—without sacrificing its class-leading comfort and quiet. 2024 Cadillac Optiq GM’s Cadillac luxury brand confirmed that its 2025 Optiq…
Just ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, Stellantis issued a recall that advises owners of some Jeep Wrangler 4xe plug-in hybrids to not plug in—and tells them to not park the SUV near buildings or other cars. In 32,125 Wrangler 4xe models—certain models from the 2021-2024 model years—a possible battery issue could lead on to a vehicle fire, in accordance with the automaker. Eight vehicle fires have occurred resulting from the problem, in accordance with the corporate. All of those models were parked on the time, with six still connected to chargers. 2021 Jeep Wrangler 4xe The affected Jeep Wrangler…
The electrical vehicle brand Polestar has announced that it plans to make the primary EV with extremely fast-charging, semi-solid-state battery cells from the tech firm StoreDot. The announcement was made as a part of a Polestar Day event held in Los Angeles on Thursday, where the businesses demonstrated each the charging of StoreDot’s “100-in-5” XFC cell in addition to a prototype Polestar battery module incorporating the cells, which mix layered points of solid-state and liquid lithium-ion batteries. StoreDot semi-solid-state batteries for Polestar Those cells, in line with StoreDot, will be charged to recuperate 100 miles of range in only five…
Because the introduction of its e-Power series-hybrid system seven years ago, Nissan has refined the tech and leaned on it as the trail toward a totally electric future for the brand. But there isn’t a single U.S.-market model yet with this tech. What’s the holdup? Partly, it’s that Nissan has focused its hybrids toward other markets. In Europe, where Nissan plans to go all-EV starting in 2030, it’s pushing ahead rapidly with the tech and seeing very strong demand for e-Power models there. Earlier this 12 months Nissan expected electrified models to make up 55% of the worldwide mix by…
Subaru signs on for the Tesla charge port. Polestar suggests it might be greener with an SUV. And don’t hearken to the doom talk; EV sales proceed to rise. This and more, here at Green Automobile Reports. In 2025, Subaru will start adopting the Tesla NACS charge port for its American-market electric vehicles. Further, Subaru EVs will get Supercharger access that very same 12 months with the supply of a CCS adapter for current models just like the Solterra, the corporate confirmed Wednesday. A life-cycle assessment released by Polestar suggests that the brand’s Polestar 4 has a lower carbon footprint…
Chevrolet has confirmed a number of more details regarding the upcoming Equinox EV—including more detail on its arrival timing, a price hike for the bottom version, and the attraction of around a 300-mile range for the version with an efficient cost in some cases of under $30,000. In a press call Monday afternoon, GM revealed that the bottom Chevrolet Equinox EV will launch in calendar yr 2024 with a starting price of $34,995—before the $7,500 EV tax credit that almost all buyers will likely qualify for and, starting next yr, have the option to say up front on the dealership.…
