2024 Acura ZDX Revealed: Acura’s First EV Has Premium Looks, Up To 500 HP
Acura’s been pretty busy reinventing itself over the last five years to get back to that “Precision Crafted Performance” approach to luxury cars that first made it a household name. First came the beautiful new TLX, then the return of the…
Next-gen LFP Battery Tech For EVs Adds 250 Miles In 10 Minutes
Chinese battery supplier CATL on Wednesday announced a new lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery that the company claims will enable super-fast charging. Called Shenxing, the new battery is scheduled to enter mass production later this year, according to a company…
Jeep Owner Stellantis Invests $100 Mn In US Lithium
US-European auto giant Stellantis, whose brands include Jeep, Fiat and Peugeot, said Thursday that it was investing more than $100 million to buy US lithium, essential for producing electric vehicle batteries. Under the deal, US-based Controlled Thermal Resources will supply…
Pioneering Solar Car Port Launched In The UK
The project which includes a covered parking area with a canopy made from photovoltaic (PV) panels, has been designed and built by UK Power Networks Services and will help provide clean energy to the council’s headquarters at County Hall in…
Charging An EV In The U.S. Still Sucks
We’re all supposed to be moving towards EVs in the coming decades, but there is a persistent problem that threatens this green revolution; charging cars sucks, like really sucks, especially if you rely on public chargers to get your juice. JD Power took its yearly…
Circle K Takes Electric Vehicle Charging To The West Coast
Circle K has opened its first electric vehicle charging stations on the West Coast, a spokesperson from parent company Alimentation Couche-Tard confirmed. The retailer held a grand opening event to commemorate its West Coast charging expansion on Aug. 11 at a…
ElectraMeccanica To Merge With Electric Truck Startup Tevva
ElectraMeccanica, the maker of the tiny three-wheeled Solo electric vehicle, will merge with U.K.-based truck manufacturer Tevva in a bid to grow their combined market share for electric trucks, the companies said Tuesday. The merger represents a pivot for ElectraMeccanica,…
Faraday Future Has Delivered One 381-mile FF91 Ultra-luxury EV
Five years after it was originally promised, and five months after the start of production was announced, Faraday Future has delivered one FF91 electric SUV. The first customer vehicle was delivered August 12 to a representative of dealership Private Collection…
Vietnamese Electric Car Maker VinFast Debuts On Nasdaq
Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) maker VinFast made its debut on the Nasdaq Tuesday after being merged into a publicly traded investment vehicle. Shares of VinFast, trading under the ticker “VFS,” jumped more than 31 percent to $28.90 shortly after midday,…
2024 Ford Puma EV Expected With Around 400 KMs Of Driving Range, €36k Starting Price
Named after the small coupe produced from 1997 through 2002, the Puma rolled out in 2019 with styling credited to a team led by Thomas Morel. The B-segment crossover indirectly replaces the Fiesta in Ford’s European lineup, boasting a selection of 1.0-…
