Electric

Toyota and Subaru yesterday made a very important announcement: using the former’s vehicle electrification technologies and the latter’s all-wheel-drive expertise, they will jointly develop a brand new, EV-dedicated platform. Said platform will be designed in a way that will make it broadly applicable to multiple vehicle types, including compact and …

In an effort to accelerate the deployment of new fast-charging stations for electric cars, Hydro-Quebec says it will apply a new hourly rate at Electric Circuit stations beginning June 12. As a result, owners who plug their electric car into a 400-volt fast-charging station will pay $11.50 per hour—including taxes …

Elon Musk is at it again. As you may have heard, Tesla plans to launch an electric pickup at some point in the future. And if we take the controversial CEO’s word for it, that vehicle is going to blow everyone away and turn the entire industry upside down. For …

The Tesla Model 3 hit the Chinese market a short while ago, with units built in California and shipped straight to China. This, of course, made it relatively expensive for customers over there. But now, Tesla has announced the launch of its first made-in-China Model 3, a Standard Range Plus …

Hyundai is starting to build quite a resume when it comes to electric vehicles. After launching the IONIQ , the first car ever to offer hybrid, plug-in hybrid and all-electric variants on the same platform, and impressing the entire world with the Kona Electric , which provides a range of …

Bolt Mobility, the new company started by retired Olympic champion Usain Bolt, yesterday unveiled in Paris a prototype of electric microcar that reminds us of the Renault Twizy. It’s called Nano. What? You expected a powerful supercar? Okay, we did, too. Much like the world’s fastest sprinter, this little two-seater …

Hyundai and Kia have announced that they will invest a combined 80 million euros (approx. $120 million) in Croatia’s Rimac Automobili to develop an electric version of Hyundai’s RM16 N mid-engine sports concept and a high-performance fuel cell electric vehicle. We could see the prototypes as early as next year.

The next-generation 2020 Kia Soul EV , which we tested a few weeks ago in South Korea, is scheduled to go on sale as originally planned, assures a Kia Canada spokesman. The Car Guide got this confirmation a couple of days after Kia’s American chief operating officer told journalists that …

Unveiled at the company’s design studios in California about two months ago, the all-new Tesla Model Y is already out on the streets. Technically, deliveries of this compact crossover will begin in the fall of 2020, but Tesla is currently busy with the testing phase. In fact, the team over …

As you’re well aware by now, Volkswagen is about to move on from Dieselgate in a big way by launching almost 70 new electric models within the next ten years. These will be led by the new ID. family, a name that stands for “Intelligent Design.” Today, we’ve found out …