Electric

Both the Tesla Model S and Porsche Taycan are global benchmarks in the EV segment, but they will soon have to contend with an all-new Chinese sedan called Nio ET7 which made its debut this past weekend during a special event in Chengdu. Why? You see, the ET7 will be …

Hyundai is said to have engaged in preliminary discussions with Apple to cooperate on electric cars and batteries, according to a report by the Korea Economic Daily . In a statement to Reuters and CNBC, the Korean automaker clarified that "discussions are at an early stage and nothing has been …

Six months after nixing plans to launch a Model Y Standard Range because it wouldn’t deliver at least 400 kilometres of range, Tesla has had a change of heart and is now adding this variant to the lineup. The company’s Canadian website indeed shows a single-motor, rear-wheel-drive Model Y with …

Volvo , which aims to sell at least one million electric vehicles by 2025 and stop offering gas-only cars and SUVs at the same time, will soon unveil the second piece of its EV offensive. The Swedish automaker indeed plans to debut on March 2 a new electric car to …

Battery technology for electric vehicles is progressing at an increasingly fast pace, with several companies and academic institutions having announced major breakthroughs in the past year. While not an EV leader (it currently prefers to focus on hybrids), Toyota plans to launch the first working prototype of a vehicle powered …

Mercedes-Benz , which plans for full battery electric vehicles to account for more than half of its total sales by 2030, has announced where exactly it will build its new lineup of EQ-branded models. The two that we’re the most interested in are a pair of SUVs derived from the …

The Car Guide ’s 2021 New Car of the Year is finally hitting the streets. Deliveries of the Polestar 2 in Canada have just begun. “Polestar 2 is our first fully electric car, which makes the deliveries in Canada a substantial milestone for the company,” said Hugues Bissonnette, Country Manager …

Battery manufacturer LG Chem will more than double production capacity at its factories in South Korea and China in 2021, according to a report by Reuters . The main beneficiary will be Tesla , which plans to ramp up production of electric vehicles in the next few months and years, …

Expect to see a lot of changes at Toyota and Lexus . The Japanese automaker and its luxury brand will launch 25 all-new or redesigned products in North America within the next 16 months. The most anticipated is arguably the electric SUV being developed with Subaru . According to Bob …

The controversial Tesla Cybertruck made its global debut a little over a year ago with the promise of entering production in late 2021, but just like they’ve done a few times in the past, Elon Musk and his team are now delaying plans. While production is still on track for …