Electric Vehicles, Hybrid Electric Vehicles
The hybrid idea is to re-charge the battery at home in about 2 hours every other day – or every 3rd day – and never use any gas until you go on a long trip of over 40 to 50 miles and then the gas engine will start up and take you 400 or more miles so that you are not dependent on finding charging stations along the way. Road. . . CONTINUE
From China: Geely’s biggest PHEV, the crossover Galaxy M9, bested some of our best big hybrid crossovers, while achieving a full 100 to 130 miles of driving on a 41 kWh battery on full electric power alone followed by 700+ miles on gas when necessary [on long trips]. The M9 sprinted to 60 mph in a very quick 4.2 seconds and in our 60-to-0-mph emergency braking test. It takes just. . . CONTINUE
The Toyota bZ has just now become America’s Favorite Non-Tesla Electric Car On Wednesday, April 1st 2026, Toyota reported selling 10,029 units of the bZ [formerly bZ4X] crossover from January through March, a 79% gain over the same period last year. Despite EV sales in the U.S. as a whole falling 28% in the first quarter, It is, hands-down, a better EV than it was last year, benefiting from a. . . CONTINUE
The Tesla Model S and Model X have been discontinued. The two EVs were the benchmark for modern EVs for the better part of a decade. The Model S, introduced in 2012, set the benchmark for what followed and put Tesla on the map as the biggest and most advanced EV brand. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on X that custom orders for both models have been closed, and that. . . CONTINUE
Factorial Energy, a US-based company making solid-state batteries, provided cells for a Mercedes test vehicle that drove over 745 miles on a single charge in a real-world test in September. The company says it plans to bring its tech to market as soon as 2027. CONTINUE
22022-09-22 By Consumer Reports Updated September 9, 2022 dozens of pure electric models are set to debut by the end of 2024. Headlines: Jaguar Goes Fully Electric in 2025 Ford to go all electric in Europe by 2030 as emissions mandates tighten Norway wants to prohibit the sale of new petrol and diesel cars as early as 2025. Britain, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands have similar plans for 2030. Japan. . . CONTINUE
April 26, 2021 First, note that Tesla has sold over 65,000 electric cars in the first quarter of this year. Mercedes-Benz USA Is to introduce 10 new EV models by 2022. Mercedes says the U.S. market can expect to see the EQS, an electric version of its opulent flagship S-Class sedan, in fall 2021. The EQS, which will be the first Mercedes EV in the U.S. when it goes on. . . CONTINUE
Ford expects to have the first all-electric model designed specifically for European customers roll out of the new Cologne facility in 2023. The announcement comes just weeks after Ford said it would double its investment in electric powertrains and vehicles to $22 billion by 2025. That will include the $1 billion the company will spend on a new EV manufacturing center in Cologne, Germany. “We successfully restructured Ford of Europe. . . CONTINUE
British automaker Jaguar Land Rover said its Jaguar marque will become an all-electric luxury brand starting in 2025. (Late last year, the U.K. announced a plan to ban the sale of new gasoline and diesel vehicles by the year 2030.) “By the middle of the decade, Jaguar will have undergone a renaissance to emerge as a pure electric luxury brand with a dramatically beautiful new portfolio of emotionally engaging designs. . . CONTINUE
Under Trump GM backed a Republican legal battle that could have neutered California’s longstanding right to set its own tougher carbon-emission rules. About two weeks after Trump lost, GM withdrew from that fight and two weeks after he left office, it pledged to match the state’s mandate to sell only electric vehicles starting in 2035 – and do that all across the U.S. Why the turnaround? Barra is getting a. . . CONTINUE
GM “aspires” to exclusively offer electric vehicles by 2035, ending production of its cars, trucks and SUVs with diesel- and gasoline-powered engines. The company’s “aspirations” are part of a larger plan for the Detroit automaker to be carbon neutral by 2040 in its global products and operations. GM’s plan comes a day after President Joe Biden signed a series of executive orders that prioritize climate change. The company plans to. . . CONTINUE
Dec 28, 2020 Japan has announced plans to halt the sale of vehicles relying solely on internal combustion engines after 2035. The move means the Asian nation will join a growing list of countries planning to phase out vehicles powered by gas or diesel, including both the United Kingdom and Norway. A number of other countries, including France and Germany, are considering similar bans. Vehicles with internal combustion engines won’t. . . CONTINUE
12-04-2020 The European Union will aim to have at least 30 million zero-emission vehicles on its roads by 2030 In a strategy due to be published next week, the European Commission will lay out measures to tackle the quarter of EU greenhouse gas emissions that come from the transport sector. “The EU’s goal of climate neutrality by 2050 cannot be reached without introducing very ambitious measures to reduce transport’s reliance. . . CONTINUE
