Toyota is hinting strongly that there will be an all wheel drive Prius for 2019, a first for a U.S. version of the world’s best-selling hybrid. The caption for a photo teasing the Nov. 28 debut of the 2019 Prius…
Hyundai Group said it soon will begin offering solar panels – some of them substantial – on select Hyundai and Kia models. The company is in talks with a solar energy equipment supplier and developing three types of panels, for…
Tesla’s good fortune at being the top-selling electric car maker in the U.S. also means that the $7,500 federal EV credit that has helped fuel its sales success is about to start fading away. The company sold its 200,000th qualified…
The 2019 Hyundai Nexo Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle, a replacement for the aging Tucson FCEV, will go one sale in California before the end of the year. The crossover fuel cell vehicle made its U.S. debut in January at the…
The EPA says Hyundai’s 2019 Kona Electric will deliver up to 258 miles of range on a fully charged battery. That puts it ahead of Chevy’s Bolt, Nissan’s Leaf, the base Tesla Model 3 (whenever that’s available) and everything else…
When the Mercedes EQC electric crossover was unveiled last month, Daimler said it would have an 80-kiloWatt-hour battery pack good for approximately 200 miles of range. [Estimated Reading Time: 1 min.] Now the automaker is saying that the EQC could…
When the new line of VW EVs launches under the ID brand in 2020, Volkswagen expects to be able to offer batteries in each model lineup that can supply between 200 and 340 miles of range – depending on the…
California EV drivers will be seeing more highway-adjacent fast charger stations later next year as Electrify America begins its second round of work. The stations will extend EA’s network into Riverside and San Bernardino counties in Southern California, the Santa…
California regulators have posted the plan for plug-in and fuel-cell electric car owners to get a new single-occupancy HOV sticker – also called a Clean Air Vehicle (CAV) decal – after the present crop expires on Jan. 1. (Article updated…
Honda has joined the General Motors-Cruise venture to develop a fully autonomous EV for commercial use in Cruise’s shared-vehicle fleet. San Francisco-based Cruise is GM’s self-driving vehicle subsidiary. It is now testing autonomy systems in a fleet of Chevrolet Bolt…