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On Tuesday, Toyota Motor Corp. announced a commitment of 8 trillion yen ($70 billion USD) toward the goal of achieving carbon neutrality someday. Though the concept of any multinational manufacturing entity totally nullifying their carbon footprint seems kind of laughable, so we’ll be referencing this as another electrification strategy — which is still a big deal considering

A group of 15 automakers, including 6 from the Volkswagen Group, sent a letter to the US Secretary of Transportation, Pete Buttigieg, urging him to prioritize ultra-high-speed DC fast charging equipment along the nation’s highway corridors with the money available in the National Electric Vehicle Formula Program.  The group believes we have a unique opportunity,

Hyundai announced pricing for the upcoming Ioniq 5 model in the U.S., which allows us to compare the basic numbers with similar electric models. In this post, we will start with the all-wheel-drive version (base SE trim), with 77.4 kWh. It starts at an MSRP of $47,150. There are also more expensive, better-equipped versions like the

The Ultium Cells‘s first battery gigafactory, under construction in Lordstown, Ohio, appears to be in the final stage of construction. In a new flyover video, recorded on November 23, and shared by Ray Noneya, we can see a basically complete building, but there are still plenty of things that have to be completed around. It’s

According to a new unofficial report, Rivian might soon announce an official plan about its new manufacturing site for vehicles and batteries. We already heard several rumors about various locations, including Arizona, Texas and Georgia. The latest report from Automotive News is also about Georgia. According to undisclosed sources, the official announcement about a new

The new Tesla Cybertruck prototype was not the only finding in the latest Chile Al100‘s flyover video at the Tesla Factory‘s test track in Fremont, California. Also, a Tesla Model S test car was seen with a surprisingly big charging flap within the rear light segment, which appears to be similar to the one in

Ford has updated pricing of the 2022 Ford Mustang Mach-E model, which initially was introduced (in October) with the same prices as the 2021 model year version. This month – as reported by CarsDirect – the prices went up by about $1,000-$3,000, depending on tve ersion. That’s not a great news, especially since the general

It’s official. The reservations for the Ford F-150 Lightning all-electric pickup are closed in the U.S. and the option was removed from the manufacturer’s website. There is still an option to reserve one through the Ford Canada website, but we assume that it will soon disappear as well. Additional info, provided by F150gen14.com forum users,

Elon Musk has continued bashing the Biden administration’s tax credit legislation designed to spur electric vehicle adoption, this time suggesting that the entire bill be scrapped. Included as part of the Build Back Better Act that’s focused on addressing various social, infrastructure, and climate issues, Musk suggested the entire text simply be done away. “Honestly, I

This test is for all those who really do care about their bananas and would like to see whether the Mercedes-Benz EQS is ready for the job of hauling the boxes from point to point in true luxury. All the rest who would simply want to see the result of Bjørn Nyland’s humorous banana box

Toyota announced that its first automotive battery plant in North America will be located at the Greensboro-Randolph Megasite in North Carolina. The $1.29 billion battery pack plant, hinted at in October, is a part of the $3.4 billion investment in the U.S. related to batteries. The remaining $2.1 billion might be for a battery cell

A few weeks ago, we shared a video with you of a Tesla Model S Plaid racing a Porsche 918 on an abandoned airstrip. It also featured a Ferrari LaFerrari, though the car didn’t compete in the drag race. The video (linked at the bottom of the text) was produced by The Triple F Collection,

This raw video, recorded at the Ford F-150 Lightning‘s demo event and shared by the Internet Brands Auto Group, gives us glimpses of how fast the all-electric pickup really is. It starts at about 15:00 with the view from the preceding vehicle, while at 16:23 we can see the view from the cabin. We must

The EPA range and efficiency ratings for first three Kia EV6 versions has been officially released and they are slightly better than the corresponding Hyundai Ioniq 5 versions (see here). The entry-level Kia EV6 Standard Range RWD – with a 58 kWh battery and single motor, rear-wheel-drive – can go up 232 miles (373 km) on

At the recent LA Auto Show, E for Electric‘s Alex Guberman had an opportunity to talk about EV efficiency with Sandy Munro and ask him about Lucid. Lucid has recently achieved amazing efficiency, range (520 miles/837 km EPA) and fast charging results with its flagship Air model. Sandy Munro said that he considers the Lucid team

Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares has said that the growing pressures being placed on automakers to shift toward electric-vehicle production are unsustainable and run the risk of the public getting subpar products at decidedly higher price tags. While we’ve seen automotive executives lambast new energy vehicles before, it’s grown rarer as governments around the world have

The Tesla Model S Plaid, in the opening segment of the Wham Baam Teslacam video, was just one month old when it was crashed in Washington Township, New Jersey. As we can see in the Teslacam video, an oncoming car crossed the double yellow lines and drove into the Tesla driven with Autopilot engaged. Fortunately, the

They say variety is the spice of life, and when it comes to the Porsche Taycan, we couldn’t agree more. With the introduction of the Taycan Gran Turismo Sport, or “GTS”, Porsche has managed to create another version of its extremely popular electric sedan that has its own unique place in the vehicle’s lineup.  In

BMW began teasing the Concept XM over a week ago and at first it showed a dark photo of its front fascia and it was not particularly well received due to the size of its kidney grilles in relation to the rest of the front end. Well, now that the XM study has finally been

Here we report on a recent crash involving a Tesla Model S that fell off a cliff left the car in pieces and totally destroyed, yet the occupant suffered only a few minor scratches. Even more impressive, the battery appears to have remained intact or mostly intact, as no fire damage is seen at the scene.

NIO and Shell announced that they have entered into a strategic cooperation agreement related to electric vehicles and energy industries globally. It’s not the first time for NIO to sign a deal with oil giants, as it already partners with Sinopec and CNPC. The first NIO battery swap stations are already installed at Sinopec and

The Kia EV6, in the all-wheel-drive GT-Line version with a 77.4 kWh battery, has achieved a very good result in the Bjørn Nyland 1,000 km challenge. The car was able to cover the distance in 9 hours and 55 minutes (after deducting some time losses), at an average speed of over 100 km/h (62 mph),

Join us as we test out the all-new Kia EV6 in this point of view test drive. The Kia EV6 is based on the e-GMP that Hyundai and Kia have developed. It is one of the most exiting EVs to come out and is garnering a huge amount of attention. Both the IONIQ5 and the

During the first nine months of 2021, the overall light-vehicle registrations in California amounted to 1,484,862 units, which is 23.8% more than in the challenging year of 2020. According to the California New Car Dealers Association (CNCDA)’s report, plug-in vehicle registrations during the period increased roughly 82% year-over-year to 172,244, which is 11.6% of the

Here is probably the first video that presents a production Lucid Air Dream Edition drive experience on the highway and in the city, shared by EV Nomads – Branden & Kalie from Nebraska. The test drive starts with a basically fully charged car at a parking lot. We can see how the driver sets a

Cadillac announced that its engineers recently completed the “80 percent” validation drive for the upcoming 2023 Cadillac Lyriq, ahead of production start in Q1 2022. More than 80% of all components and technologies are confirmed as ready for production and as the ration increases toward 100%, engineers can now focus on fine tuning of the

The Yara Birkeland, an 80 m long battery-electric container ship, on November 18, 2021 took its first and only trip to Oslo before it is put into regular operation in Norway. It’s a groundbreaking project, as it not only electrifies transport of containers, but is focused on achieving full autonomous operation over a two-year test

Kia presents at the 2021 Los Angeles Auto Show the Kia EV6 model which is expected to enter the U.S. market in Q1 2022 and will be offered in all 50 stats (at least at some point after the initial rollout). The price of the Kia EV6 First Edition limited edition version (all-wheel drive with

Ford ditches the plans to jointly develop electric vehicles with Rivian, and both companies will focus on their own EV projects. Ford invested some $500 million in Rivian in 2019 (later increasing the amount to $1.2 billion), but in the end they will not introduce a jointly developed EV. By the way, shortly after the

Tesla Giga Berlin in Grünheide near Berlin continues to wait for the final permit approval and a green light to start series production of electric cars, but it does not mean that there is no progress. Actually the work at the site – both construction, as well as inside the buildings (installation of manufacturing equipment)