2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N makes crossovers coolDREW PHILLIPS The Hyundai Ioniq 5 N is the brand’s first electric car to sport the performance-oriented N badge. The 4,861-pound midsize crossover offers 641 horsepower and all-wheel drive for a starting price of $67,475, a big jump from the Ioniq 5’s starting price of $41,800. It is… Read More »
Salt lake city.Jeremy Poland/Getty Images Ownership of electric vehicles is increasing: 1.2 million cars were sold last year. Realtor.com and Kelley Blue Book ranked the top 20 U.S. cities where EV owners can live. Cities that score high have more homes that can accommodate electric vehicles and more public charging ports. 2023 was a banner… Read More »
At EarthDay.org, which bills itself as the global organizing center of the “world’s largest environmental movement,” an announcement declares the theme of this year’s Earth Day: “Planet versus Plastics.” The organizers demand “a 60% reduction in plastic production by 2040 and the ultimate goal of building a plastic-free future for generations to come.” Earth Day… Read More »
Nikola’s HYLA stations are the Supercharger momentDan Edmunds – car and driver HYLA, a merger of HYdrogen and NikoLA, is a subsidiary of Nikola focused on building a “robust hydrogen supply chain.” HYLA’s first station can refill a typical commercial vehicle in less than 20 minutes. It is located near numerous warehouses in Ontario, California,… Read More »
Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) Good morning! It’s Monday, March 18, 2024 and this is The Morning Shift, your daily digest of the most important car news from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. First gear: we need to sell many more electric vehicles Slowly but… Read More »
How Electrify Expo ensures you buy an electric carElectrification Expo Electrify Expo is entering its fourth year as a new way to get customers into electric vehicles. The show will stop in eight cities across the country through November, starting this weekend. Admission costs $20, or $15 each for a family of four. How do… Read More »
Volvo Polestar To hear him speak, you would think Volvo Cars’ Scottish CEO Jim Rowan is a true electric vehicle crusader. As he unveiled the Swedish carmaker’s annual results on Thursday, Rowan said alongside the company’s new EX30 that Volvo was leading “a paradigm shift for us and for our entire industry”, boasting that only… Read More »
DETROIT (AP) — U.S. consumers looking to get a tax break on an electric vehicle purchase will have fewer models to choose from under new rules that limit the countries where automakers can buy battery parts and minerals — a potential blow to efforts to combat global warming of the planet to reduce car emissions.… Read More »
These EVs even have a longer range than advertisedManufacturers For many, buying a new electric car involves a lot of retraining on how to approach car ownership. Charging is often at the top of the list of concerns that new and enthusiastic EV owners have, but just because you’ve decided to go electric doesn’t mean… Read More »