Toyota is upping its game with the 2019 Prius, giving it a facelift, part-time all-wheel drive option and a new naming scheme to bring the hybrid into sync with the rest of Toyota’s lineup. The all-wheel drive Prius has been…
(UPDATE: Parts shortages in Japan have slowed 2019 Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid production. Deliveries to U.S. dealerships, originally slated for late December or early January, won’t start until late February or March, the company says.) The Subaru 2019 Crosstrek Hybrid –…
The first of several hundred California fast charge stations from Electrify America will be installed in the city of Torrance, the non-profit organization said. Electrify America said it will have nine of the fast-charge stations in the state by the…
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…