Electric

Car manufacturer Stellantis said Thursday it will test a system to swap batteries in a fleet of electric cars in Madrid next year. The test using technology from California startup Ample will allow users of a car sharing fleet of Fiat 500e subcompacts in the Spanish capital to switch out …

Honda today announced that an all-new global electric vehicle series will make its world debut at CES 2024 in Las Vegas on January 9. This will be one year after the premiere of the AFEELA concept developed in a partnership with Sony. Other than a new global brand slogan (“The …

General Motors CEO Mary Barra yesterday told journalists in Detroit when the Chevrolet Bolt EV will return, as announced back in July. Unfortunately for shoppers interested in a small and cheap electric vehicle, we won’t see it at any point next year. Rather, the next generation is slated to arrive …

During a special Cybertruck delivery event held at its Austin, Texas headquarters on Thursday, Tesla provided many official specs as well as additional information about the controversially designed electric pickup. In particular, the tri-motor Cybertruck, nicknamed “Cyberbeast” and capable of sprinting from 0-100 km/h in just 2.7 seconds, can drive …

Four years after the unforgettable reveal of the concept, the production-ready Tesla Cybertruck today met its first customers during a special delivery event held by the company at its Austin, Texas headquarters. We also got the official specs that we had been waiting for, as well as additional information about …

The first stretch of road in North America enabling wireless charging of electric vehicles was inaugurated in Detroit, Michigan this week. This is all thanks to Israeli company Electreon, which has already implemented its SAE-standardized technology back home as well as in Europe. The electrified road is located in Detroit’s …

U.S. magazine Consumer Reports today published its annual auto reliability rankings and one of its major findings is sure to add more fuel to a hotly debated topic: fully electric vehicles are said to be far less reliable than hybrids and those with an internal combustion engine only. Consumer Reports’ …

The electric variant of the completely redesigned 2024 Hyundai Kona will go on sale in Canada this winter as initially planned. Two trim levels are available, and we now know how much customers will pay. The base Kona Electric Preferred starts at $46,399, while the more upscale Kona Electric Ultimate …

Is there anything the Ford F-150 Lightning can’t do? Well, probably a lot of things, but here’s an interesting story about the Blue Oval’s battery-powered truck. A longtime F-150 owner, Max Rastelli started selling electric scooters in Halifax four years ago and immediately placed a deposit when Ford introduced the …

Potential electric car buyers are more concerned about the impact to their wallet than range anxiety or charging times, not only in North America but also globally, according to a new survey by S&P Global Mobility. In other words: pricing is still very much the biggest barrier to EV adoption.