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The name “Aptera” might ring a bell if you’ve been following the electric vehicle space for the past couple of years. The California-based startup has been working on a commercial solar EV or SEV for some time now. Its three-wheeled car is covered with solar panels that could, in theory,…

There's a weird relationship at the heart of car reviews. Dealers largely won't let us drive cars for more than an hour, and that's not enough for a review. We'd love to buy every car we drive, but anyone suggesting that's possible doesn't really understand the economics of the modern…

Ian Callum is most known for his 20-year stint as Jaguar’s chief of design, which lasted until 2019. Now he’s set up his own eponymous company, and its first ground-up new model is a very unusual-looking cross between a buggy and a sports car, which promises to be exceptionally light…

Electric vehicles are quiet, fast and packed with tech, and these advantages leave a lasting impression on owners. Very few of them, if any, would switch back to a combustion car after going electric, at least according to a new study published by the Global EV Alliance, which we also…

BMW’s sporty Motorsport division is preparing to launch its first fully electric vehicle, and it’s begun building the hype even though the first one doesn’t arrive until 2027. After confirming the quad-motor layout of its upcoming electric M cars and how it wowed executives during an internal drive event, BMW…

Tesla's CEO is no stranger to government regulation. He's talked ad nauseam about the sweeping fines his companies have received, the hoops Tesla's autonomy programs need to go through for approval, and the inefficiencies that he intends to correct alongside the incoming administration. And all that aside, Tesla still pushes…

Quick history lesson. Ill-fated car brand Scion sold the xD in North America for about six years before being discontinued in the second half of the 2010s. It was a subcompact crossover that was little more than a rebadged Toyota Ist. The Ist was also sold in Europe as the…

Earlier this year, SAE International (formerly known as the Society of Automotive Engineers) announced a new acronym that sounds innocuous but may just change the world: J3400. That formalized the U.S. auto industry's shift toward Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS for short) charging connector and began the long process of creating more…

The electric vehicle world is a graveyard of promises. A year ago, it seemed like General Motors might need to pick out a few burial plots of its own there.

To understand why the Chevy Equinox EV was named the inaugural Breakthrough Vehicle of the Year at InsideEVs, you have to understand what this award is about.

If the last year of bumpy electric vehicle growth has proven anything, it’s that Americans are done making big compromises just to buy an electric car. If what’s out there doesn’t have enough range, isn’t the right size or is too pricey, they’re probably just going to buy a hybrid…