Jaguar Recalls I-Pace EV’s Due To Fire Risk In Batteries, Tells Owners To Park Outside
DETROIT (AP) — Jaguar is recalling more than 6,000 I-Pace electric SUVs in the U.S. due to the risk of the high-voltage battery catching fire, and it’s telling owners to park them outdoors. The recall is the latest in a…
Toyota’s U.S. Production Takes On GM And Ford In EV Race
In the battle for electric vehicle dominance, Toyota Motor North America is making up for lost ground. The automaker said in a news release Wednesday it will build an all-electric SUV on U.S. soil starting in 2025 and it is…
How Norway Came To Lead The Charge In The EV Revolution
Norway is ending the sale of new petrol and diesel cars in two years, a decade ahead of the European Union. The country leads the world when it comes to electric vehicle (EV) adoption, and its roads offer a glimpse…
Stellantis Considering Even More U.S. EV Battery Factories
Stellantis is pondering more electric vehicle battery facilities in North America, in addition to the two it currently owns in the U.S. and Canada. Speaking to reporters during the opening of a facility in France, CEO Carlos Tavares said the automaker was…
U.S. And Canada To Develop Electric Vehicle Charging Corridor
Transportation officials from the United States and Canada have announced plans to develop the first-ever U.S.-Canada EV Corridor, which would place fast DC chargers at 50-mile intervals along routes from Michigan into Quebec, Canada. The heavily traveled 870-mile corridor “will shape international commerce…
Poll Shows Half Of Americans Unlikely To Choose Electric Vehicles
Despite the Tesla Model Y becoming the world’s best-selling car, nearly half of Americans aren’t ready to embrace electric vehicles as their next ride. According to a poll from the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago and the Associated Press-NORC…
France To Open Its First Electric Car Battery Factory
France will launch its first battery factory for electric cars on Tuesday, taking a big step in its race to build up a sector dominated by China. Building up the battery industry is at the heart of President Emmanuel Macron’s…
Kia Aims To Sell 93,000 EVs In Europe This Year
SEOUL, May 30 (Yonhap) — Kia Corp., South Korea’s second-biggest carmaker, said Tuesday it aims to sell 93,000 all-electric vehicles (EVs) in Europe in 2023 by launching the flagship EV9 SUV later this year. The EV target figure accounts for…
Smart Charge Hawaiʻi Launches In Effort To Help EV Drivers Optimize Charging
Hawaiian Electric is partnering with global electric vehicle software provider ev.energy to offer customers a smart charging mobile app that will enable EV drivers to optimize their charging sessions while helping inform Hawaiian Electric’s development of future charging programs and…
About The Electric Micro-Cars, NEVs, LSVs And Golf Cars
As American cars and trucks continue to bloat, growing longer and wider decade over decade while roads and parking spaces stay the same size, there may be hope glimmering on the horizon: tiny electric vehicles. I’m not talking about small…