Electric

Automotive journalists are currently divided into two camps. Some see the arrival of the electric car as a real blessing, a gift from the gods comparable to the invention of penicillin or electricity. The other, more prudent camp is waiting in the wings, claiming that today’s world isn’t ready to …

Once again, we’re witnessing the birth of a new automobile manufacturer that will seek to establish a presence in the luxury electric-vehicle market and rival Tesla Motors. This new automaker is called Lucid Motors, it too based in California. It recently unveiled a new fully electric sedan, simply called the …

General Motors is pursuing its electric-propulsion vehicle onslaught with the arrival of the plug-in hybrid version of the Cadillac CT6. The flagship sedan is equipped with a rear-wheel drivetrain, a turbocharged, 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine, two electric motors and an electric variable automatic transmission, for a combined output of 335 horsepower …

It’s The Car Guide ’s Best New Car of the Year, and General Motors has just opened their order books for the Canadian market. The Chevrolet Bolt EV, a fully electric vehicle that offers a driving range of up to 383 kilometres, will be on sale at a starting MSRP …

With the growing interest in electric cars, you might think that this type of technology is something new. After all, electric vehicles have only been made possible by recent advances in the fields of computers and batteries, right? Wrong! Miniature electric motors made their first appearances in the early 1800s, …

For many, the combination of General Motors and electric cars doesn’t conjure positive memories. They may remember the Saturn EV1, the first modern electric vehicle produced by GM, who later pulled the plug on the project and destroyed most of the 1,000 units that had been built, with the rest …

With the advent of electric cars, the Electric Circuit is a recent Hydro-Québec initiative (created in 2012, to be exact) to set up charging stations throughout Québec. Quite literally, it gives the province’s electric vehicles a place to recharge their batteries. What’s the scoop with public charging stations? There are …

Ever since the arrival of Tesla’s Supercharger network, buyers that took possession of a Model S or Model X could simply roll up to the charging station and quickly add some juice to their batteries. Furthermore, this service was completely free. With the imminent arrival of the Model 3, Tesla …

Last week, Tesla unveiled their latest product: the Powerwall 2.0, an update on their wall-mounted battery pack charged with the task of powering homes in the future. The new Powerwall 2.0 now has a capacity of 14 kWh, which is double what the old one had. According to Tesla’s CEO …

I won’t teach you anything by telling you that Tesla builds insanely quick cars. The immediate torque of an electric motor combined with all-wheel drive enables the sedan to go from 0 to 100 km/h fast enough to make more than one fuel-powered vehicle jealous. With the arrival of the …