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- Toyota reportedly building battery plant for Lexusby news@greencarreports.com (Stephen Edelstein) on July 26, 2024 at 4:20 pm
A new Toyota battery plant is reportedly in the works The Japanese plant would make batteries for Lexus EVs Toyota is building a battery plant in North Carolina as well Toyota plans to build a Japanese EV battery plant for its Lexus luxury brand, the Nikkei business daily reported Friday. […]
- Volvo dealers: Have to sell plug-in hybrids or “we will die”by news@greencarreports.com (Stephen Edelstein) on July 26, 2024 at 3:57 pm
Volvo may need to lean on plug-in hybrids longer than originally planned Slower EV growth may extend Volvo’s forecast to go all electric by 2030 PHEVs expected to peak at no more than 10% of global new car market share by 2030 Volvo is reconsidering a goal of selling only EVs after 2030 amid dealer […]
- EV startup Karma to debut GT-UV concept in Montereyby news@greencarreports.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran) on July 26, 2024 at 12:00 pm
Karma Automotive still exists The automaker plans to unveil a concept vehicle in August The concept might be an SUV Karma this week said it will show up to next month’s 2024 Monterey Car Week with a new concept vehicle whose description suggests it will be an SUV of some sort. The concept is […]
- Study: Traditional brands’ EVs surpass Tesla in satisfactionby news@greencarreports.com (Bengt Halvorson) on July 26, 2024 at 11:00 am
J.D. Power’s 2024 APEAL study shows non-Tesla EVs higher in satisfaction than Teslas Buyers of traditional brands’ EVs are more satisfied than buyers of gas or PHEV models Value-minded mainstream Tesla buyers are more critical than the brand’s fans Tesla appears to be having a much harder time […]
- Ford CEO: Bigger isn’t always better for EVsby news@greencarreports.com (Stephen Edelstein) on July 25, 2024 at 3:13 pm
Ford’s CEO acknowledged small EVs are key to mass adoption and profitability Ford currently doesn’t make a small EV in the U.S. Ford was a proponent of pickup trucks and SUVs, killed its cars and small SUVs Ford is shifting away from large EVs like the F-150 Lightning pickup truck to emphasize […]
- GM-backed startup promises cheaper, longer-lasting EV batteriesby news@greencarreports.com (Stephen Edelstein) on July 25, 2024 at 3:11 pm
Addionics developed a new foil current collector General Motors’ GM Ventures backed Addionics with funding Addionics plans to build a factory in the U.S. A startup aims to make EV batteries cheaper by focusing on an oft-overlooked battery component. Addionics, which is backed by General Motors’ GM […]
- Report: PHEVs will peak at 10% of global market in 2030by news@greencarreports.com (Stephen Edelstein) on July 25, 2024 at 1:51 pm
EVs far outsell plug-in hybrids, and that’s not expected to change The sudden revival of plug-in hybrids is predicted to peak at 10% of the market Sales of PHEVs are predicted to fall as battery prices drop and EVs become less expensive Plug-in hybrids are experiencing a sales resurgence, but […]
- Electric Porsche Cayenne to live alongside gasoline-fueled modelsby news@greencarreports.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran) on July 25, 2024 at 1:25 pm
The next-generation Porsche Cayenne will be electric Porsche said the (plug-in) hybrid and non-hybrid third-gen Cayenne will live alongside the EV Porsche recently revised its EV timeline with plans to keep gasoline-fueled models longer Porsche has confirmed that its current Cayenne models, […]
- Election 2024: Where the candidates stand on EVs, climate science, and moreby news@greencarreports.com (Martin Padgett) on July 24, 2024 at 5:02 pm
On November 5, 2024, voters will head to the polls to choose the 47th President of the United States. To describe this election as unprecedented perhaps sells it short. In no other election in the past century have the stakes been so high for the automotive industry—and on a higher plane, for […]
- What are the fastest-charging EVs?by news@greencarreports.com (Bengt Halvorson) on July 24, 2024 at 3:31 pm
10-80% is typically seen as a benchmark for EV road-trip charging Peak charge power can be misleading, and in many cases it’s more about efficiency Relatively few of today’s EVs charge from 10-80% in less than 30 minutes There’s much ado about getting electric vehicle charging times closer to […]