Electric

The Canadian auto industry has the expertise and resources to build all sorts of vehicles and parts for dozens of automakers, but what if we had an all-Canadian engineered, supplied and built, lightweight electric vehicle ? At the beginning of the year, the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association (APMA) challenged industry …

Unveiled in September, Volkswagen’s all-new electric SUV, called ID.4 , will arrive in Canada early next summer (in very limited numbers at first), but there are still a few details to clarify. Most importantly, are the 400 kilometres of range promised by the automaker an accurate estimate? We now have …

Two years ago, a BMW M5 obliterated a Guinness World Record for the “Greatest distance vehicle drift” with a mark of 374 kilometres. No one had ever attempted to do the same thing in an electric car, however. Until now, that is. The Porsche Taycan is the new king of …

As it turns out, the new 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E isn’t just more powerful than initially advertised . The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has just completed its own series of tests, and we can now tell you the electric crossover offers more range than everyone thought, as well. In …

During its presentation at the virtual Barclays Global Automotive Conference on Thursday, General Motors made several important announcements regarding the development of its next-generation electric vehicles. Chairman and CEO Mary Barra was joined by Doug Parks, Executive Vice President of Global Product Development, Purchasing and Supply Chain, but a couple …

General Motors announced on Thursday it will offer 30 all-electric models globally by the end of 2025 and 40 percent of the company’s entries in North America will be battery electric vehicles by that time. To make this a reality, GM will increase its financial commitment to EVs and autonomous …

Forget about Samsung and SK Innovation with their proposed batteries supplying 800 kilometres of range. A new battery cell manufacturing technology developed by German and Dutch scientists apparently has the potential to make electric vehicles travel up to 2,000 kilometres with a full charge. Instead of inventing new cell chemistry, …

While Ferrari admits it doesn’t intend to get rid of combustion engines, Bentley made the opposite statement this week with plans to become an EV-only car brand by 2030. More specifically, the British luxury automaker’s “Beyond100” strategy calls for switching its model range to offer exclusively plug-in hybrid or battery …

Kandi, a Chinese car company that sells electric vehicles, has just announced that both its models have received the required clearance from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) via Certificates of Conformity. What this means is that Kandi is ready to start sales of the Kandi K27 and Kandi K23 …

Another week, another electric pickup is making headlines. Admittedly far less futuristic and mind-blowing than the recently unveiled 2022 GMC Hummer EV , the Hercules Alpha is not a completely unique product like most of the contenders in this infant market segment. The young company founded in Detroit in December …