Electric Vehicles

Making a plug-in hybrid vehicle is quite complicated. There’s a combustion engine and an electric motor that need to be meshed together. Different automakers employ disparate strategies for how to…

After years of saying that the next-generation 718 Boxster and Cayman will be electric only, Porsche reversed course on Monday. The sports car brand now says that “top” versions of…

Tesla’s “affordable” Model Y is set to launch later this year. Ahead of the launch, a Tesla hacker has found certain details suggesting what Tesla is stripping out of its…

When I went camping with some friends this past weekend, the conversation turned to cars, as it typically does. And when one asked me what my favorite electric vehicle was,…

Electric car sales continue to rise in Europe. In the first eight months of the year, EV sales increased by an impressive 26% year-over-year. However, not all automakers are enjoying…

Hyundai will join Scout Motors, Ram, Ford and many Chinese automakers in offering extended-range electric vehicles, or EREVs. EREVs use an EV platform with a large lithium-ion battery, but add…

Porsche’s upcoming flagship electric SUV, designed to sit above the Cayenne, is going on the back burner. The German automaker’s largest SUV will still be developed, but it will be…

A Chinese EV is now the fastest production car in the world. The YangWang U9 Extreme broke the 300 mph barrier earlier this month and dethroned the Bugatti Chiron Super…

BMW confirms the launch of a hydrogen fuel-cell-powered X5 version. The iX5 FCEV will arrive two years after the launch of the G65 X5, in 2028. BMW wants to encourage…

Tesla isn’t the only automaker chasing robotaxi dreams with the help of cameras and AI. Chinese automaker Xpeng, which became the world’s first automaker to install lidar into electric vehicles…