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Amidst last year's presidential elections and all the political and cultural firestorm that came with it, it was easy to ignore the quiet revolution that was underway in the U.S.: a battery manufacturing blitz.

Dongfeng might be one of the biggest car brands you’ve never heard of. Based in China, this conglomerate is a joint venture partner with both Nissan and Honda, using their learned expertise over the past two decades to eventually craft its own line of cars. In the EV era, the…

Minis have traditionally been small and fun front-wheel drive cars characterized by their nippy go-kart-like handling. All Minis, both before and after the BMW takeover in 2000, have been front-wheel drive, but a new report suggests that may change in the future as Mini models adopt the new Neue Klasse…

The Chevrolet Equinox EV offers a lot of bang for the buck, but it has a big drawback. Despite its high-voltage battery being described as a 400-volt pack, it’s actually under 300 V when the state of charge is low, and it never goes over 400 V even when it’s…

At long last, a refreshed Tesla Model Y has arrived. For 2026, the electric crossover gets its first meaningful update since it went on sale way back in 2020. The big question is: Is it enough? You can interpret that in a few ways.

I'm becoming more optimistic about EV battery longevity. Research shows batteries rarely fail, and most of what I've seen has convinced me that battery degradation is not a major concern over the typical lifespan of a vehicle. But Out Of Spec's testing on this 250,000-mile Tesla Model S is tempering…

Tesla is recalling 376,241 2023 Model Y and Model 3 vehicles due to an issue that could cause them to lose power steering assistance, the company said in a filing with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Eighteen months ago, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA)—which manages facilities and logistics support for the federal government's sprawling network of office buildings—was openly celebrating its efforts to get more fleet and employee vehicles to go all-electric. But 2025 is a very different time in the federal government, and now the…

Genesis may be toning down some of the aggressive design cues of the GV60 Magma Concept for production. One camouflaged prototype recently spotted undergoing cold-weather testing looked a lot like the standard GV60. However, it still retains the concept’s rear wing, which we could make out through the camo, and…

There are many reasons to be cautiously optimistic about Rivian's future. The startup said on Thursday that it turned its first quarterly profit at the end of last year. It has streamlined production and its plans to launch the affordable R2 are moving at full speed. And let’s be honest, Rivian…

Over a month after virtually unveiling the refreshed Model Y, Tesla is finally telling us exactly what has improved and by how much. The most obvious changes are what we can see, but Tesla has done a lot of under-the-skin work whose improvements aren’t clear just by looking at the…