Solely 12 minutes in with the Revuelto and there I used to be, parked on the left shoulder of Montreal’s ultra-busy Freeway 20. Police cherries have been flashing in my rearview mirror, motorists have been flipping me off for inflicting site visitors, and my buddy Max, who was the chosen candidate to help me with … Read more
Should you owned the Chevy Volt, you will have my respect. Not as a result of the Volt was a unprecedented hybrid. It wasn’t. It wasn’t even a hybrid, contemplating how we take into consideration them. As a substitute, it was what’s generally known as a collection hybrid, or an extended-range EV. Sadly, the acronym … Read more
Fiat has launched battery-swapping to the 500e in Europe. The expertise is restricted to a fleet of autos in Madrid, Spain which might be used within the automaker’s Free2Move car-sharing program. The primary battery-swapping station is presently operational, and 40 autos are already within the fleet. Based on Motor Commerce Information, Fiat intends to have … Read more
Up till now, Toyota has taken an nearly frustratingly disinterested method to EVs. Except for the off-and-on manufacturing of an all-electric RAV4, the corporate didn’t make a severe entry into the EV market till it launched the bZ4X in 2023. Nevertheless, with no fanfare in any respect, the Japanese automaker launched the solid-state battery revolution. … Read more
It’s not an exaggeration to say that at present’s autos have extra in frequent with computer systems and different private digital gadgets than they do with vehicles and vehicles constructed only a few a long time in the past. Fashionable autos are powered by untold thousands and thousands of traces of software program code, and … Read more
Electric vehicle sales are growing in the U.S., but probably at a far slower pace than automakers had hoped given the years of development time and billions of dollars invested in the technology. Thanks to customer preferences, and ongoing regulatory uncertainty, many manufacturers are working overtime to introduce hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles, something that … Read more
During its recent fourth-quarter earnings call, Ford CEO Jim Farley made an honest – and totally unexpected admission about electric vehicles. His critique is obvious to anyone that’s ever used the company’s battery-powered F-150 Lightning pickup truck to do real, honest-to-goodness work, not just visiting local big-box stores or commuting to work, tasks the Lightning, … Read more
GM is looking to patent a feature that will turn its electric vehicles into gigantic power strips, four-wheeled, multi-thousand-pound versions of the beige gang of outlets tucked behind your TV or computer monitor. The reason behind this innovation is simple but clever. The automaker is aiming to increase the versatility of its battery-powered vehicles by … Read more
Every hybrid car, like most EVs that have followed them, has two batteries. There’s the ordinary battery, which is the same as what will be found in any ICE car. It powers all the electrics. Then there is a much larger battery that actually powers the electric motor that drives the wheels. The standard-issue 12-volt … Read more
We’ve been waiting for some proper electric sports cars in the U.S. so knowing that Porsche is working on battery-powered versions of the 718 Boxster and Cayman gives enthusiasts something to look forward to. With the brand’s electrification plans getting a rethink, however, it’s not unreasonable to harbor some anxiety about Porsche’s dedication to the … Read more