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We told you yesterday, after the Tesla Model Y Standard Range RWD was removed from the online design studio, that there is nothing to worry about. And here it is, the SR RWD is still alive! EDITOR’S UPDATE: Friend and contributor at InsideEVs, Daniel Zorrilla shared the following details with us today. This is a

New details emerged about the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) most recent supply deal for up to 165,000 Next Generation Delivery Vehicle (NGDV) from Oshkosh. As it turns out, despite the fact that postal services are a perfect application for mass electrification, only about 10% of the NGDV is expected to be all-electric. It’s quite shocking

Hyundai will be recalling 82,000 electric vehicles sold around the world due to a presumed fire risk and its getting a little ugly, though that’s nothing new for the industry. Reports of the brand’s Kona Electric going up in flames (often while charging) started springing up in 2019, causing the manufacturer to call them back for a

If you ever wondered how many Air units had been reserved so far, Lucid never told us anything about that until it published the Lucid Investor Deck after it went public with the help of Churchill Capital Corp IV. Thanks to that document, we now know that the Air has over $650 million in reservations.

Lordstown Motors announced on Monday that they had exceeded 100,000 pre-orders for their Endurance light-duty, all-electric pickup, slated to begin production in September. While we covered the Endurance previously, we didn’t pay homage to where it’s being assembled. Lordstown has a long history as the place where Chevrolet and Pontiac vehicles came together. The Vega,

Cupra brand (part of the SEAT) celebrates its third anniversary with an announcement that its first all-electric model, based on the Cupra el-Born concept, will be named Cupra Born. This all-electric hatchback is a derivative of the Volkswagen ID.3 and SEAT el-Born concept, but looks sportier and more premium. “The name comes from the fashionable

  General Motors has rolled out BrightDrop, moving them further into the business of first-to-last-mile products, software, and services for delivery and logistics. “BrightDrop offers a smarter way to deliver goods and services,” said Mary Barra, GM Chairman and CEO. To lower costs, maximize productivity, improve safety, increase security, and support sustainability, Barra said, “We

Nikola has recently started a new video series about its upcoming battery-electric Nikola Tre semi-truck. The series presents work on the project. Already two episodes were released. The first video, above, documents the journey of the first out of 14 Alpha prototypes, from the Port of Baltimore in Maryland to Arizona. Let’s recall that the

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today has issued a final rule, all 147 pages of it, designed to roll back numerous Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) and clarify what they termed as ambiguities in current occupant protection standards, for vehicles equipped with automated driving systems (ADS). These are

Ford Mustang Mach-E, in its top-of-the-line Long Range, All-Wheel Drive version, was recently range tested by Bjorn Nyland in winter conditions. The range results on the 19″ wheels with Continental VikingContact 7 winter tires, at a temperature of -5°C, were much lower than the WLTP rating of 540 km (336 miles) or EPA combined rating

Kia, no longer content to occupy the second tier among carmakers, yesterday held a virtual press conference to announce their plans for world domination. Dropping Motors America from their name was the first indicator, as the company now known as just Kia moves forward. We reported the other day on Kia’s new logo, a bold

Rivian recently released an interesting video with a mix of short clips recorded during the development and evaluation of the upcoming Rivian R1T electric pickup. The prototypes of this exceptional, proprietary electric adventure vehicle were tested in all kinds of conditions, including extreme cold and extreme heat, on off-road trails, in the laboratory and, of course,

According to macheclub.com, the arrival of your Ford mock ‘Stang may be delayed, although no reason had been given until now, when the enthusiast site reached out to Ford for comment. “As part of our commitment to delivering high-quality vehicles, we are conducting additional quality checks on several hundred Mustang Mach-E models built before dealer shipments

The Alpha EV charger is the latest in a lineup of high-powered EVSE from United Chargers that are all built Canadian-tough and deliver a lot of value at reasonable prices.  The Alpha is a 40-amp, WiFi-connected smart charger that has features and functions currently not available on any other home EV charging equipment. Perhaps the

Jaguar was one of the first automakers to jump on the electric SUV/crossover train shortly after Tesla. Its i-Pace is now three years old and it has been given its midlife cycle refresh, but nowadays it has more than just Tesla to worry about – the Mercedes-Benz EQC and Audi e-tron are more than capable

It seems the rumors about Lucid going public will become news this month. After Bloomberg reported that this would happen thanks to a SPAC (Special Purpose Acquisition Company) called Churchill Capital Corp IV (CCIV), Reuters said people close to the negotiations expected the deal to be announced soon. Lucid’s market cap would start at about

Markus Duesmann would be a perfect fit for Mazda. Although he is the CEO at Audi, he also believes electric cars should have smaller battery packs. In an interview with Roadshow, he said he believes future electric cars will offer less range instead of more. Currently, the more, the better. His reasons to believe that

After accusing Volkswagen of not making enough efforts to sell electric cars, Greenpeace has a new claim against the automaker. According to the environmental NGO, the company would have lowered its emission fine in 2020 by €140 million by selling EVs to dealerships and even to itself, which is quite a paradox. Did Volkswagen want

Nissan announced its future plans for small vans in Europe. A next-generation model will be built on the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance platform and produced alongside Renault Kangoo/Renault Kangoo Z.E. in Maubeuge, France. The Japanese manufacturer intends to offer both an all-electric and an internal combustion engine powertrain, and both delivery van and passenger versions in multiple

BorgWarner announced a new High Voltage Hairpin (HVH) electric motor – the HVH 320 – envisioned for the commercial vehicle segment. First of all, this new model is equipped with “800-volt capabilities”, which means that it will work directly with 800 V battery systems (nominal voltage), used in general to increase power density, efficiency and reduce

  InsideEVs is proud to present the forty-fifth episode of its weekly podcast. Available on the InsideEVs YouTube channel and all the best podcast platforms – Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, iHeart Radio, and Tune In  – the show covers the top stories and issues of the week with insight added by our special guests. This edition is hosted by InsideEVs editor and InsideEVs Forum moderator, Domenick Yoney. He is

Actor Will Farrell describes Norway’s EV leadership in one of the more amusing Super Bowl commercials, and how General Motors is looking to change all that here at home. According to a Forbes.com article, in March 2019 almost 60 percent of new cars sold in Norway were electric vehicles (EV), in a country bent on

Let’s find out if a cheap Harbor Freight gasoline generator can charge up a Tesla Model Y. If in need of an emergency charge, will this work? There’s only one way to find out. As the video explains, you’ll likely have to secure the correct adapter to connect the generator to your Tesla charger. Once

Rivian Automotive is seeking to go public in the fall and targeting a valuation of at least $50 billion, according to the latest reports. The all-electric startup company, supported by Amazon and the Ford Motor Company, has already amassed around $8 million from investors and was valued at $27.6 billion less than a month ago.

Wow! While we’ll be completely honest to tell you that we haven’t been following this entire Bjørn Nyland, Tesla decision-making process, we’re still quite entertained by the recent developments. Nyland has been an EV evangelist for years, he’s owned several Teslas, many of which he actually won (four to be precise). As the story goes, Nyland has

Kia announced today that its dedicated electric cars, based on the E-GMP platform, will be named EV1∼EV9. That mirrors the naming strategy of the sister brand – Hyundai, which decided to name the new models: Ioniq 1- Ioniq 9. The first will be the Hyundai Ioniq 5. The name of the first “CV” model is not

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Here is a very interesting episode of Autogefühl, which tested the all-new Suzuki Across PHEV (officially known as Suzuki Across Hybrid), which is a rebadged and slightly changed Toyota RAV4 Prime plug-in hybrid. It’s a large and spacious all-wheel-drive SUV with a substantial all-electric range of 75 km (46.6 miles) WLTP, using an 18.1 kWh

The Silicon Valley motto “move fast and break things” may be great for software or even smartphones, but it is not going well when it relates to cars. Jarle Kvalheim, from Tek.no, wrote that he is fed up with electric cars being delivered to customers without being fully tested. That implies customers are paying to

There’s been a ton of talk about Tesla’s massive Giga Press machines and its megacasting process. While we’ve seen how large the machines are – about the size of a small house – and have some idea of how they work and what they’re capable of, no official footage has come directly from Tesla, until now. Once