This is Audi’s all-electric A6 e-tron concept. [credit: Audi ] It has been a bumper few days for new electric vehicle reveals. Traditionally the time of the New York International Auto Show, last week saw new battery EVs from Audi, Mazda, and Mercedes-EQ. This coming week, the Shanghai Auto Show will take place in corporeal […]
The Q4 is the first Audi to use Volkswagen Group’s new MEB platform for battery EVs. [credit: Audi ] Although it hasn’t announced plans to give up internal combustion engines completely, the future is definitely an electric one for Audi. In February, the company revealed its third battery electric vehicle, the e-tron GT, which joins […]
The reborn GMC Hummer EV truck is getting a sibling—this one is an SUV. [credit: GMC ] Last fall, after a long teaser campaign that included a high-profile Super Bowl commercial, GMC unveiled its new Hummer EV truck. Designed around General Motor’s forthcoming 800-volt Ultium batteries and Ultium Drive electric motors, it will lead GM’s […]
This is Volvo’s next battery EV. It’s called the C40 Recharge, and it’s a fastback version of the XC40 Recharge crossover. [credit: Volvo ] Calling climate change “the greatest safety test” it needs to pass, Volvo is vowing that half the cars it sells in 2025 will be battery electric vehicles, with a model range […]
Volkswagen says the ID.4 is as important to its future as the Beetle was to its past. [credit: Jonathan Gitlin ] The Volkswagen ID.4 is a big deal for its manufacturer. After getting busted six years ago for fibbing about diesel emissions, VW underwent a corporate transformation, throwing all its chips into electrification. As a […]
This handsome thing is the Ioniq 5, Hyundai’s latest battery electric vehicle. [credit: Hyundai ] On Tuesday morning in Korea, Hyundai premiered its newest battery electric vehicle. The company has resisted the temptation to start off with a bombastic SUV like General Motors’ reborn GMC Hummer or a handsome sedan like the Porsche Taycan, although […]
Enlarge / Yes, I am aware that photographing an electric car in front of an electricity power station is a cliché. Sorry. (credit: Jonathan Gitlin) I wasn’t expecting the Ford Mustang Mach-E to draw quite as much attention as it did. Over the past few months, I’ve driven some wild-looking cars, but more people pulled […]
Enlarge / Fisker now has a market cap of $4.1 billion thanks to a SPAC reverse merger in 2020. It says that the Ocean SUV will be the most sustainable vehicle ever sold. (credit: Fisker) With technology disrupting the automotive industry, investors have raced to secure exposure to potential winners—whether battery makers, manufacturers of other […]
Expand (credit: Getty Images) If you purchased a Tesla Model 3 rather than a BMW 3 Series or even Audi A4, you would likely save $15,000 within the entire life of the motor car. That is according to a new investigation from Consumer Reports, that assesses the entire cost of ownership for electrical vehicles–either battery […]
Expand / / A Nikola Badger pickup truck. (charge: Nikola Motors) The first layout for Nikola’s flagship truck has been bought by creator Trevor Milton by a designer at Croatia, based on two people who have knowledge of the problem, despite firm claims within an 2018 lawsuit which the automobile was originally made by Mr. […]