Which EVs made the tax-credit shortlist in 2024?
Which company faced a $1.7 billion advantageous for diesel emissions cheating?
That is our look back on the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Automobile Reports—for the week ending January 5, 2024.
The Kia EV9 is Green Automobile Reports’ Best Automobile To Buy 2024. Amongst its many winning assets: It suits the shape that American households seek in a family vehicle, without the luxurious price tag, and it’s at the forefront in all facets of charging.
2024 Rivian R1S
A preliminary list of 2024 EVs qualifying for the tax credit was released early this week by the EPA, and as expected there are only a few models qualified for the total $7,500 amount. With tougher sourcing rules for battery components and significant minerals, plus a brand new “foreign entity of concern” clause—the China filter—some American-built EVs will earn a spot back on the list later within the 12 months but others can have a harder time of it. And a few made-in-America EVs like those from Rivian lost half of their credit amount.
Fourth-quarter sales results released this past week showed that while Tesla led in 2023 global EV sales, the Chinese automaker BYD pulled ahead of Tesla toward the top of the 12 months.
2024 Ford F-150 Lightning Flash
Ford once more raised prices on some F-150 Lightning electric trucks, while lowering them on top-trim versions. It also dropped the prolonged range version of the XLT, meaning that the entry point for the larger battery pack and 320-mile range is the $75,590 Flash version.
While it’d still be all-in on EVs for the long-term, GM struggled to make EVs in 2023. Despite a glut of hand-raisers for its EVs, the corporate delivered just over 75,000 EVs in 2023, of which only about 13,000 were its future-leaning Ultium EVs.
Fisker Ocean
Fisker will add franchised dealerships alongside its own company-owned showrooms, marking a pivot away from the purely direct-sales model it’s used up until now. The plan will include as much as 50 dealers within the U.S. and Canada, with no-haggle pricing “where permitted.”
With a partnership between Hyundai, Kia, and Samsung, the automakers plan to expand connectivity between vehicles and in-home devices—including allowing EV owners to “check the energy use of their home and vehicle and adjust the optimal charging times,” based on Hyundai.
Hyundai and Kia announce Samsung SmartThings connectivity
The truck-engine maker Cummins faces a $1.7 billion advantageous for emissions cheating, regarding 630,000 engines in 2013-2019 Ram 2500 and 3500 pickups.
Does selecting leather in an EV lower its carbon footprint? A bunch of leather suppliers recently made the case for real cow hides, claiming that it constitutes up-cycling of fabric from cattle reared for milk or meat that will otherwise be wasted. It’s nearly the other argument of some environmental groups and even automakers.
2022 Lucid Air Grand Touring
Despite a war within the Middle East, gas prices are as a consequence of drop in 2024. That’s going to be one in every of several complex aspects vehicle shoppers might want to process, as EVs themselves plug into emissions-free sources that may for the primary time add as much as 40% of total electricity generation.
And in case you missed it, we took a have a look at the highest EV stories of 2023. From the EV pricing roller coaster, to the shift to the Tesla charging connector and the continuing mess across the EV tax credit, it was a 12 months with many twists, turns, and tremors that will likely be felt for years.
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