Reviews

It certainly comes as no surprise that the all-new Tesla Model S Plaid can blow away most cars  and there’s no need for it to be tuned in any way. It’s the quickest production car ever built, and its incredible torque and acceleration have been proven time and time again. If you’re not convinved about

On Friday, General Motors announced that its recall of the Chevrolet Bolt would result in a loss of $1 billion. But only after it expanded the campaign to encompass every electric vehicle it has produced. Rather than a single $800-million defect requiring fire-prone models to come back for repairs, GM is now confronting two problems

When planning its E-Tron GT model, Audi officials undoubtedly sat down with people from Porsche and settled upon the fact that the GT would not be quicker than the Taycan, even though it very easily could have been. It’s surely more of a marketing decision than anything else, but the fact is there is no

What makes one Tesla Model S Plaid video review better than another? It really depends on what you’re looking for. However, after watching way too many, we get burned out. There’s really only so much you can say, reveal, share, and show off before one video just starts to blend in with all the rest.

The passenger car registrations in Europe in the second quarter of 2021 amounted to 3,405,600 (up 66% year-over-year) from the challenging Q2 2020. Our attention focuses on the plug-in segment, which, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA), expands quickly and is gaining higher and higher market share. In total, some 574,565 (up 237%)

Plug-in electric car sales in China almost set another monthly record in July as the market is booming with multiple brands and models reaching high volume. In total, some 231,000 passenger plug-in cars were registered (just 4,000 behind June), which is roughly 143% more than a year ago. The plug-in market share expanded to 15%,

In July, new passenger car registrations in Germany decreased by 25% year-over-year to 236,393, but the plug-in segment continues to expand. The total number of new passenger plug-in electric cars amounted to 55,618, which is 55% more than a year ago and enough to maintain a high market share of over 23% for the third

J.D. Power has released today its inaugural J.D. Power U.S. Electric Vehicle Experience (EVX) Public Charging Study (in a collaboration with PlugShare), which measures BEV/PHEV owners’ satisfaction with public charging infrastructure. A total of 6,647 owners of battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles answered questions (between January and June 2021) about their charging experience at two

Subaru’s first real production electric vehicle will be a crossover twinned with the Toyota bZ4X. Called the Solterra, Subaru’s interpretation of the Toyota BEV high rider is apparently only the tip of the spear when it comes to the manufacturer’s plan to electrify its lineup; it plans to invest more in EV research and development

The Mini Strip is a custom-made one-off Cooper SE created by fashion designer Paul Smith with a focus on sustainable design. First announced in November 2020, the unique car debuted last week in London proposing several ideas for more sustainable automotive design. As the name suggests, the design team began by completely stripping down a three-door

The Long Range version of the Tesla Model Y recently has joined the Model 3 SR+, Model S, and Model X with an estimated delivery time (for new orders in the U.S.) in 2022. The Model Y Long Range is now expected in January 2022, just like the Model 3 Standard Range Plus. Both the

Rimac Nevera, the world’s quickest electric car, has arrived at the Famoso Dragstrip in California for some epic testing with DragTimes. After a few teasers here and here, finally we can take a look at the full experience of this quad motor, 1.4 MW beast on the track. DragTimes takes us through the overview of

You may have heard that Jay Leno recently bought a Model S Plaid, a car he’s really proud to own. But the Plaid isn’t the first Tesla to gain a permanent spot in Leno’s garage. In 2015, the former talk show host bought a brand-new Model S P90D, and he was very satisfied with the

The Xpeng P5 will enter production in Q3 of 2021, with customer deliveries starting in Q4. The P5 will be XPeng’s third vehicle offering, following the G3 compact SUV (December 2018) and the P7 long-range sports sedan (June 2020).  XPeng’s aggressively-priced P5 will cost between RMB160,000 ($24,700 US) and RMB230,000 ($35,500 US) will certainly attract budget-conscious

Watching videos of very dirty cars being cleaned is a weirdly satisfying experience, at least as far as this editor is concerned. How can it not be when the end result looks like the working of a miracle? That’s exactly the case with the “dirtiest Tesla Model X ever,” a car that looked like it had

The 2023 Cadillac Lyriq all-electric SUV is getting one step closer to production as the luxury brand has announced it is opening reservations on September 18. Starting at 4 p.m. EDT/1 p.m. PDT, prospective customers will be able to place reservations online for Cadillac’s first production all-electric model, which is also the brand’s first model

The Opel Mokka-e (in the UK known as the Vauxhall Mokka-e) range tested by Bjørn Nyland noted decent results. At the 90 km/h (56 mph) speed, it was able to go 290 km (180 miles), which is 90% of the 322 km (200 miles) WLTP rating. That’s down to zero estimated range, however, there was

Volvo reports its 14th consecutive month of year-over-year growth in the U.S. In July, the company sold 11,575 cars (up 19.4% year-over-year). 19.7% of the total volume falls on plug-ins. We can estimate that the number of plug-ins amounted to about 2,280. Just like in June, in California the plug-in share of Volvo sales was

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It’s been a few months since Ford opened the registration site for the all-electric E-Transit model in May 2021 and, according to the manufacturer, more than 20,000 units have been reserved so far. That’s a pretty high result and it’s getting higher every week, ahead of the market launch in late 2021 (in Europe it will

NIO reports that in July it sold 7,931 electric cars (up 125% year-over-year), which is near the record of over 8,000 in June. It appears that in recent months, the company operates at its maximum manufacturing capacity and that there is still potential for more. The sales of the ES6 model (a 5-seat SUV) are

Filling up your car’s fuel tank is a normal and familiar chore for almost every car owner, right? You’re all familiar with the idea of driving a few hundred miles – whether that’s all at once on a road trip or in starts and stops around town – then pulling up to your local fuel

The popular XPeng G3 compact SUV has been ranked top in quality in the compact battery-powered electric vehicle segment, based on owner experience, according to J.D. Power in its 2021 China New Energy Vehicle Initial Quality Study. With this designation, the XPeng G3 has become the first model to obtain the top rating in this

According to Luca de Meo, Renault CEO, the ZOE will not live to see a next-generation as the company is switching to a new all-electric platform. So far, the Renault ZOE was the best-selling all-electric model from Renault and one of the best-selling models in Europe. However, the ZOE platform is getting old. The car

Hyundai Motor Group and LG Chem’s LG Energy Solution announced an intention to establish a 50/50 joint venture to manufacture battery cells for electric cars in Indonesia. The South Korean partners have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Indonesia to build a gigafactory in Karawang, near the Indonesian capital Jakarta. The

Tesla updated its online design studio in China with a new price for the locally produced Model 3 Standard Range Plus version. It’s now noticeably less expensive. The entry-level Model 3 starts at 251,740 yuan ($38,960), which is about 14,000 yuan (2,166) or 5.3% less than in January 2021 (265,740 yuan). After including a subsidy

Hyundai has just released a short video teaser with the first shipment of the all-new Ioniq 5 in the UK. According to the company, the Silver Ray vehicle carrier has completed its journey of over 12,000 nautical miles with more than 3,900 cars on board. We assume that Hyundai mentions this number not accidentally and

While the electric vehicle market is becoming increasingly cluttered, many options have remained quite conventional. However, there is one brand looking to rewrite the rules for EV design language. Aptera Motors is a California-based EV startup producing a two-seater with just three wheels. With its streamlined design, the Aptera has an extremely low drag coefficient,

The writing has been on the wall for a while now, and Nissan’s decision to transition from CHAdeMO to CCS for the upcoming Ariya was seen by many as the final blow for the once-dominant DC fast charging standard in North America and Europe.   We now learn that buried deep on page 46 of Electrify