Electric Cars

  • Porsche Taycan prototype testing

    The long awaited electric Porsche is making its final rounds at worldwide sites before it goes on sale later this year. Followup models are reportedly also in the works.

  • Smart Forease+ concept
    Future Smarts to be built in China in joint venture with Geely

    Daimler and Geely will form a 50:50 joint venture in China to oversee development and production of future cars from Smart, the first of which are due in 2022.

  • Faraday Future completes first pre-production FF91 on August 28, 2018
    Faraday Future's latest lifeline: a Chinese video game company

    Faraday Future, the California-based electric car startup, has been in limbo since the middle of last year due to financial woes, but the company has received a new lifeline. It comes from a rather unlikely place: a Chinese video game company. The startup announced it has signed a joint-venture...

  • Marc Lichte
    Audi design boss confirms A4-sized electric sedan

    The Volkswagen Group is committed to launching 70 new EVs by 2028 and many of these will come from Audi. One we can look forward to is an electric sedan similar in size to the A4.

  • Teaser for Canoo concepts
    Evelozcity changes name to Canoo as it readies first EV for 2021

    Evelozcity, an electric car startup based in Los Angeles and formed by ex-Faraday Future staff, announced Monday that it has changed its name to Canoo. The odd name was picked because of its connection with the word “canoe,” which the company hopes will conjure up thoughts of both...

  • 2019 Tesla Model 3 Performance
    Tesla referral program returns, but with a twist

    Tesla's new referral program for buyers rewards word-of-mouth but at a different rate than the old system. Getting a free Tesla is still possible, but the rules have changed.

  • 2019 Chevrolet Blazer

    The General Motors Orion Township plant in Michigan will be home to a new Chevrolet electric car, the automaker announced Friday. GM will invest $300 million in the facility, to build the new Chevy electric vehicle and bring 400 new jobs to the plant. The announcement did not address specifics on the new electric car, but GM shared it will be based on an "advanced version" of the current Chevrolet Bolt EV platform. It's widely suspected to be the boxier, Bolt-based crossover that GM has teased on its product map. The Bolt EV is the only current vehicle to ride on GM's BEV2 platform, which can...

  • Left to right: Volkswagen ID, ID Buzz and ID Crozz concepts
    Volkswagen looks to develop European batteries for EVs

    Last week Volkswagen Group announced plans to double-down on building electric cars with 20 new models and an additional 7 million cars over five years. So far it's said that the battery cells for its MEB vehicles will come from four different global suppliers: CATL, LG Chem, Samsung, and SK...

  • Teaser for Porsche Taycan debuting in September 2019
    Porsche to only use dedicated EV platforms for electric models

    Porsche is open to turning every model it sells into an EV, bar the 911, which CEO Oliver Blume said last fall would never be a pure electric car. But any EV that Porsche launches won't be offered with an alternative powertrain utilizing an internal-combustion engine, Blume told Auto Express during...

  • Faraday Future completes first pre-production FF91 on August 28, 2018
    Faraday Future sells headquarters in leaseback deal

    Faraday Future has sold its headquarters in Gardena, California, and is leasing it back for now. Real estate company Atlas Capital purchased the site on March 8 and is leasing it back to the electric car startup, which originally bought it in 2014 for $13.2 million, The Verge reported on Wednesday...

  • First Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R rolls off the line at Flat Rock Assembly Plant in Michigan
    Flat Rock plant will be home to Ford's next-gen Mustang, EVs

    Ford on Wednesday announced a shakeup in production plans for future electric and self-driving cars. Under the latest plans, the Flat Rock Assembly Plant south of Detroit will become a production hub for Ford's electric cars, though the site will also continue to build Mustangs—including a...

  • Bugatti Divo
    Bugatti Royale to return as electric super sedan?

    Now that it is no longer chasing the production car speed crown, there are whispers Bugatti will add a more comfortable, more practical model to its lineup. It may even be a battery-powered model, Bugatti CEO Stephan Winkelmann suggested in a March 6 interview with Bloomberg. “There, I would...

  • Fisker EMotion

    It was in 2017 that revived electric car startup Fisker announced plans for the EMotion, stating at the time that the svelte sedan would enter production in 2019 and feature next-generation batteries developed in-house. Fisker has since pushed back the launch of the EMotion until sometime after 2021, as the company refocuses on more accessible models using existing battery technology. The company on Monday announced plans for three “affordable” models, the first of which will be a small SUV to rival the Tesla Model Y. It's said to be coming in the second half of 2021 and feature a...

  • Teaser for Porsche Taycan debuting in September 2019
    Teasers suggest Porsche Taycan will look like Mission E concept

    Porsche plans to finally reveal its first electric car, the Taycan liftback sedan, this September, but it teased the car ahead of time with several new images. We can't say for certain these teasers reflect the production car 100 percent, but we sure hope they do. If they do, it's the first time...

  • 2019 Audi Q2 L e-tron spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    2019 Audi Q2 L e-tron spy shots

    Audi is out testing an electric version of the Q2 compact crossover sold overseas. To be badged a Q2 L e-tron, the electric crossover is based on the Q2's long-wheelbase body style sold exclusively in China and will be launched on the market there later in 2019. We know this is the electric version...

  • Tesla Model Y
    Tesla Model Y revealed with up to 300 miles of range, $41,200 price tag

    Tesla intends to keep the juice flowing with the addition of the Model Y, a small crossover SUV releated to the Model 3 and capable of fitting three rows of seats. The electric automaker's CEO, Elon Musk, took to the stage Thursday in Los Angeles to reveal the Model Y, first deliveries of which are...

  • Faraday Future FF91 prototype
    Faraday Future selling land purchased for proposed Nevada plant

    Faraday Future only a few short years ago planned to spend $1 billion to build a sprawling high-tech facility north of Las Vegas to churn out its electric cars. However a cash crunch in late 2016 meant the Chinese-backed, Californian EV startup had to scale back its plans, including abandoning the...

  • Teaser for Aston Martin Rapide E due in 2019
    007 going green: Next James Bond film to reportedly feature electric Aston Martin Rapide E

    James Bond, Agent 007, has been behind the wheel of his fair share of luxurious and cool cars. For his next mission, things may be a lot greener. According to a report from The Sun on Tuesday, Bond is set to slide behind the wheel of an Aston Martin Rapide E, the company's first battery-electric...

  • Audi Q4 e-tron concept

    As electric cars continue to slowly creep into the market, we certainly haven't reached the point at which any EV offers too much driving range. More often than not, the best EVs hover around 300 miles. Eventually, we'll find a sweet spot as customers discover how much range makes the most sense and engineers hone in on what's most cost-effective. That's what Siegfried Pint, head of Audi powertrains, told Autocar in a Tuesday report. He noted that electric car ranges won't continue to increase. Specifically, something like a 600-mile range doesn't make sense, he said. Longer ranges mean...

  • 2020 Volkswagen ID 3 spy shots
    VW Group commits to 70 EVs by 2028

    Volkswagen Group announced plans to launch 70 new electric cars by the end of 2028, up from a previous plan of only 50, at its annual press conference held Tuesday in Wolfsburg, Germany. The first of these 70 EVs is the 2019 Audi e-tron that's just gone on sale. Some of the others we know of...

  • Bugatti Baby II
    The Bugatti Baby gets a reboot to celebrate brand's 110th birthday

    Long before miniature cars for toddlers to drive around in were made popular, Bugatti had already done it in 1926. To celebrate the brand's 110th birthday, the French luxury brand decided to make another one. Taking a page from the original Bugatti Baby, the Baby II was revealed Monday at the 2019...

  • 2019 Tesla Model 3 Performance
    Tesla to raise prices after March 18

    Tesla announced Sunday that it will raise prices by about 3 percent on average across the board. The only exception will be the base Model 3, known as the Standard Range, which will keep its $36,200 starting price. The increased pricing will be introduced after March 18, so potential buyers have a...

  • Dendrobium D-1 XP-2 prototype
    McLaren F1 designer joins Dendrobium electric supercar project

    The man who penned the McLaren F1 has joined Dendrobium to work on the technology firm's electric supercar project. Dendrobium announced in February the appointment of Peter Stevens, revealing that the British designer had already enhanced the design of the latest prototype of the company's...

  • 2020 Porsche Taycan spy shots
    Porsche Taycan to debut in September

    Porsche announced on Friday that its Taycan will be revealed in September, which points to a debut at the 2019 Frankfurt International Motor Show on the same month. We'll remind you that it was at the Frankfurt show that the original Mission E concept was first shown four years ago. When Porsche...

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