$40,000 electric Scout SUV, Hyundai Kona Electric, F-150 Lightning winter testing: Reverse week
Which electric truck manufacturer can stop production at 500 vehicles?
Why oh why did the electric car steering wheel fall off?
Here’s our look back at the Reversal Week—right here at the Green Car Report—for the week ending March 10, 2023.
Are EVs like the Ford F-150 Lightning useless in extreme cold because they lose all their range? We’ve looked at the F-150 Lightning’s range, charging, and everything in between in sub-zero weather to give you a more realistic look at what’s going on. Living with an EV can be like being in the extreme cold.
Ford F-150 Lightning 2023
Ford also on Friday confirmed a Recall related to battery on F-150 Lightning 2023—to replace packages over 18 Lightning that have reached dealers or customers with a battery cell manufacturing defect.
Scout Motors, Volkswagen’s new electric vehicle brand, confirmed on Friday that its first model will be the an SUV in the $40,000 range, built at a new $2 billion plant in South Carolina. That model won’t arrive until 2026, but it will be followed by a larger electric pickup.
2024 Mercedes-Benz AMG EQE SUV
Mercedes-Benz has valuation of the US-made EQE SUV, and with a starting price of just under $80,000, the all-electric SUV cuts the EV tax credit. The luxury sedan will sit between the EQB and EQS SUV in its lineup, and go head-to-head with the likes of the BMW iX and Audi Q8 E-Tron.
Tesla once again Discounts on Model S and Model X. With these $5,000 to $10,000 cuts, Tesla is currently effectively bringing the Dual-Engine Model S right under the price of the Lucid Air Pure Dual Engine beating the comparable Model S in the range. It also brings the Plaid versions of the Model S and Model X down to their lowest prices—both for the same $111,380 price tag.
2023 Tesla Model X – Courtesy of Tesla, Inc.
Hyundai this week offers a first look at Kona Electric 2024. On its way to the US later this year, the Kona Electric will have a bit more battery and range, more space inside and V2L technology for backup power, as well as over-the-air updates and Significantly upgraded interface and active safety technology features.
Nissan is looking to share more components between electric vehicles and e-Power hybrid vehicles, in an effort 30% cut in powertrain costs for electric vehicles in just a few years—at the same price as hybrids by 2026. Electric hybrid trucks could be part of this plan, according to a report.
Production by Lordstown Motors Endurance electric truck still stalled, as the company addressed a recall of a truck’s high-voltage system. While it doesn’t see a clear financial path to building more than 500 trucks initially, the company is eyeing future models manufactured by Foxconn.
Fisker’s PEAR Render
Fisker is yet to offer its Ocean EV in the US, but as part of a company update last week, it revealed a little more about its second act, the Pear. In addition to a few other renders of the upcoming $29,900 Fisker Urban Tramthe company showed a truly revolutionary electronic architecture and the so-called Blade Computer.
Mercedes-Benz has created core focus on efficiency and flexibility for new generation of eSprinter electric trucks revealed recently. With LFP battery packs, heat pump technology and modular engine systems, these trucks will be ready for a host of upgrades, if not Vanlife already.
2024 Mercedes-Benz eSprinter
While air suspension has been a necessary compromise in some electric vehicles in the past to maintain comfort and performance, technology supplier Hyundai boasts that in next-generation form, they are can help. EV range support and battery protection.
Ahead of SXSW in Austin, starting now, an American startup called Lightship claims to want to be the Tesla of RV manufacturers with Additional solar power, self-propelled L1, a 27-foot travel trailer that the company claims will maintain the EV’s towing range. And Airstream and the design firm that is an extension of Porsche have worked together to create the first “servable” Airstream touring trailer in the company’s 90-year history. The concept of small footprints is also The first Airstream optimized for electric towing.
Lightship L1 . battery powered travel trailer
One of the nation’s largest utility companies, in Minnesota, wants to build a Electric vehicle charging network is partially funded by fee payers. The proposal was controversial from the start, as it would increase utility rates across the board, whether or not customers own an electric vehicle.
Whether it’s the price of fashion or practicality: SUVs are driving global oil demand and clogging CO2 targets, while both electric SUVs and electric vehicles in general are not doing enough to offset that, according to a new analysis from the International Energy Agency (IEA). Even so, miniaturized vehicles with smaller batteries, battery swaps, and other technological advancements are possible.
Nissan Arya 2023
Nissan is recalling some 2023 Ariya electric vehicles because steering wheel can be detached. And if this sounds familiar, that’s because it seems to coincide with several accounts recently made public on social media related to the Tesla Model Y. This morning, the NHTSA posted an investigation. open inquiry about Separate Model Y steering wheelbased on two recent incidents
And according to a wide-ranging study of owners and renters of 2020-2022 models from survey giant JD Power, Electric vehicle owners are much less satisfied with their dealers rather than gas car owners. All recalls are a big part of it.
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