Author: news@greencarreports.com (Joel Feder)
Ferrari will move forward with its EV plans in 2025 despite the electrification contraction at many low-volume luxury automakers. The primary electric Ferrari is about to debut on Oct. 9. Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna confirmed the date of the automaker’s first EV date during its Q4 and 2024 earnings results on Tuesday. Vigna called the upcoming EV the elettrica, which is Italian for electric. Elettrica will not be expected to be the EV’s name. The EV will probably be one among six latest Ferraris set to reach in 2025, a few of which is perhaps electrified. Ferrari revealed in the…
Mercedes-Benz has its eyes on solid-state batteries with its partnership with Factorial for battery cells, however the automaker’s already pondering one step beyond that. In the longer term, Mercedes envisions mixed battery packs with several types of cells all wired in parallel relatively than today’s series arrangement. The enabling factor to it is a recent micro-converter the automaker’s developing in-house to exchange today’s electrical inverter systems. In Germany, Mercedes engineers showed working prototypes to Green Automotive Reports of the programmable micro-converters. The converters are concerning the length of a stick of gum and twice the width. They looked light and…
Ford’s aiming to make life easier and fewer confusing for EV buyers. On Monday, Ford CEO Jim Farley posted on LinkedIn that the automaker can be providing a free home charger, together with installation, to its buyers that buy or lease a Mustang Mach-E, F-150 Lightning, or E-Transit. Farley said the complimentary Level 2 home charger will either include the vehicle or might be delivered when buyers are ready. Ford will arrange to have a skilled install the charger for buyers at no charge. The free charger install must be considered a “standard install, which Ford said means accomplished at…
The 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV should make shopping lists We dig the Blazer EV’s design, efficiency, and construct quality Blazer EV rear seat comfort varies by person, and the iOS app needs a redo Unlike soap-bar-styled EVs eking out that extra range the Chevy Blazer EV charts its own distinctly American path. The 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV sports a special, eye-catching design that’s wrapped around a spacious, well-built cabin. After recently living with one for per week and taking it on a road trip, we found it to be surprisingly efficient. But with a rear seat that won’t fit everyone…
An electrical iteration of Mercedes’ compact sedan is just across the corner. On Friday, Autocar reported Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Källenius said the Mercedes-Benz C-Class EV will arrive in two years. The electrical sedan was confirmed throughout the automaker’s second-quarter earnings call. Källenius said the electrical C-Class will arrive alongside the electric GLC-Class SUV. Each the electrical C-Class and GLC-Class SUV will follow immediately after the upcoming electric CLA-Class and CLA-based Crossover SUV, the latter of which is predicted to enter production in October 2025. The CLA-based Crossover SUV, which carries the interior codename of X174, is alleged to be aiming…