The Latest Breaking News on Electric Vehicles

The latest statistics show that just 1.85 per cent of all callouts in 2024 for the AA were related to flat batteries for electric cars

All-solid-state batteries promise more driving range, faster charging speeds and potentially lower costs. They have been promised by battery manufacturers and automakers alike for at least a decade, but as it stands today, you still can’t walk into a showroom that sells electric vehicles and buy a car with a…

Workers hired for an electric vehicle battery production complex in Kentucky have launched a campaign to join the United Auto Workers

Here's a glimpse of the future we seldom see. Stellantis on Wednesday unveiled what it calls the STLA Frame, the platform its large body-on-frame vehicles will soon begin using. It's a flexible architecture designed from the ground up to accommodate fully electric powertrains, range-extended electric powertrains, internal combustion powertrains, and…

The Genesis Electrified GV70 doesn't get as much attention as some of the Hyundai Motor Group's other electric models, but it's always impressed us with its combination of style, performance and comfort. Now, a lot more people might notice it soon, as it's found at Tesla Supercharger stations. 

The $7,500 EV tax credit—the key to America's growing interest in electric cars—is on life support. President-elect Donald Trump has signaled interest in his incoming administration's desire to pull the plug on the time-of-sale credit made possible through the Inflation Reduction Act, and alarm bells are ringing for analysts who…

Volkswagen Group's crisis in Europe could result in several manufacturing plants shutting down, but VW's works council thinks that can be avoided. The employee-led group recently proposed a sweeping cut in wages across blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Works council leader Daniela Cavallo believes this would be enough to avoid mass…

The cuts will happen over three years and are part of a plan to cull 4,000 jobs in Europe.

Charging an electric vehicle that has a trailer attached has always been problematic. You either have to take up multiple charging spots or do what is arguably an annoying dance: detach the trailer in another part of the parking lot, charge up the EV and then reattach the trailer.

In recent years, we’ve noticed an annoying trend. Automakers have developed a bad habit of revealing new models they don’t intend to have on sale for a long time. In some cases, it takes more than a year from the moment a vehicle is revealed until it actually hits the…

Stellantis is under increasing pressure to deliver. The European conglomerate, with as many as 14 brands under its umbrella, including Jeep, Dodge and Ram, has struggled to keep pace with the fast-growing electric vehicle industry. Just over the past year, it has laid off hundreds of employees, its workers have…