Electric

As Mazda’s first fully electric vehicle, the MX-30 is the complete opposite of a hit in North America. The company’s U.S. division has in fact decided to axe the model after just two years. Sure, the MX-30 looks sharp, offers fun handling and boasts a cheap price, but it was …

General Motors this week announced a new 400,000 square-foot facility at CAMI Assembly in Ingersoll, Ontario to assemble modules for BrightDrop Zevo electric vans as well as additional Ultium EVs built at other GM plants. The project, to begin in the second quarter of 2024, will support nearly 300 CAMI …

BMW, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz and Stellantis announced on Wednesday they will form a joint venture to develop a new, high-powered charging network in North America in order to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles. Without specifying a timetable, they said their goal is to offer at least …

Rainer Zietlow, a German long-distance driver who holds multiple world records, is now attempting to add another one right here in Canada by traveling from coast to coast in an electric vehicle with the least number of charging stops. Instead of using an EV with industry-leading range, Zietlow picked a …

During a quarterly earnings conference today, GM Chair and CEO Mary Barra announced that the automaker met its target to produce 50,000 EVs in North America in the first half of 2023. More importantly, though, Barra confirmed what she hinted at last month: Chevrolet will introduce a next-generation Bolt EV …

In a conference call to discuss the company’s Q2 results this week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk called the current situation “turbulent times” and hinted at more price cuts in the future. As a matter of fact, the roller-coaster effect with pricing could last throughout the rest of 2023. “We had …

Adding to the domino effect, Nissan said on Wednesday it has reached an agreement with Tesla to adopt the North American Charging Standard (NACS) for its own electric vehicles—the first Japanese automaker to do so. Ford , GM , Rivian , Volvo , Polestar and Mercedes-Benz have all made similar …

Cadillac has planned to reveal three new EV models this year and one of them is an entry-level crossover slotting below the existing LYRIQ . Called OPTIQ, it will enter production and go on sale in China by the end of 2023. We already know what it will look like …

Ford ’s electric pickup has been hit with a couple of price increases since launching in Canada and the U.S., but this stops now. The automaker is indeed slashing prices across the lineup, a move that will please new customers and likely upset existing ones. The changes are effective immediately.

Tesla on Saturday announced that its first electric pickup -- a slick-looking silver Cybertruck -- had rolled off the assembly line at its huge plant near Austin, Texas. "First Cybertruck built at Giga Texas!" says a tweet from the company, accompanied by a photo of the futuristic vehicle amid a …