Dodge Muscle Electric Vehicle, Lucid Air Sapphire, Fastest Charging EV, Tax Credit Eligible: The Week in Reverse
Which electric car has the lowest price in the US market?
Which American-made electric vehicles are eligible for the Clean New Car Credit?
Here’s our look back at Reverse Week — right here at Green car report—For the week ending August 19, 2022.
We have started a round-up week Cheapest EVs for 2023—All under $40,000, before any incentives or credits are charged.
President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act on Tuesday, immediately Overwrite previous EV tax credit and added North American assembly requirements, while pricing and earnings caps plus various raw material and supply chain requirements have yet to be included. We have reviewed How limited can the eligibility list be? in 2023 due to price restrictions and then after guidance from the IRS and DOE we found a list of less than 20 US-made electric vehicles and PHEVs eligible for rest of 2022.
2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe
Mainly because of Monterey car week events in California, this week has been packed with luxury electric car announcements. Acura has indicated the brand’s design future as it transitions to electric vehicles, with Exact EV concept. And then it confirmed the name of the production electric SUV that followed it: Acura ZDX.
Lincoln also showed how they think far into the future with Model L100 Concept EV. While it does offer some short-lived hints of Lincoln design, the rear-hinged doors and chassis, lack of handlebars or latches, and a “social seating” layout envision what the Quiet Flight brand might be like. in the automotive era.
Lincoln L100 Concept
Lucid reveals it Sapphire Air three engines. Aiming to take down the Tesla Model S Plaid, challenge the upcoming Dodge EV muscle car on the track, and maybe even go head-to-head with supercars from Rimac, the three-engine Air Sapphire will be a powerful sedan. best in the world, according to Lucid. Just spend about a quarter of a million on it, okay?
That Dodge also debuted this week – back in Michigan and in concept form. The Concept electric car Dodge Charger Daytona SRT very loud and proud, with its classic multi-speed transmission and “exhaust” that screams loudly to those outside. It is certainly polarizing.
Dodge Charger Daytona Concept
Polestar confirmed that it is building the O2 electric vehicle concept it unveiled earlier this year, as Polestar 6. The electric roadster will be built on a new aluminum platform and with Polestar’s own 800-volt engine, battery pack and architecture, and although it won’t arrive until 2026, it’s already a rival. closest to Tesla Roadster 2.0.
Polestar O2 . Concept
Mercedes-Benz offers a look inside the upcoming EQE SUVa model it won’t fully reveal until October. The five-seater SUV will be manufactured in the US and will be a counterpart to the S-sized EQE sedan, as well as a smaller replacement for the EQS SUV that will be available. released later this year.
Price has been released for 2023 Kia Sportage Plug-In Hybrid midweek, just miss out on the EV tax credit it was previously eligible for. As such, the Sportage PHEV costs slightly less than the Toyota RAV4 Prime compared to the Ford Escape and Hyundai Tucson PHEV.
2023 Kia Sportage PHEV
Rivian has drop the cheapest Discovery version of R1T and R1S electric trucks, citing supply chain issues, effectively raised the price by up to $6,000. It says the timing is not relevant to the promotion of the EV tax credit. The EV maker is giving those who pre-order until September 1 to pick up the pricier Adventure version or get a refund.
Longtime iPhone maker Foxconn will create a self-driving electric tractors for California’s Monarch at the same former GM plant where it would make Lordstown Endurance and Fisker Pear.
Chine’s Xpeng announced that their upcoming G9 flagship electric SUV will be The world’s fastest charging mass-produced EV. The five-seat G9 will be able to add up to 124 miles of range in five minutes; and Xpeng is rolling out a 480kw DC fast charger to help ensure that.
Xpeng G9
BMW announced that they are testing a four-motor system for future M Performance EVs. While this isn’t the first use of a layout — think Rivian, Lordstown, the upcoming Cybertruck, or the Rimac Nevera supercar — it could be the first time it’s offered on a popular performance car. widely variable. And then in terms of unofficial news, a new deal between BMW and China’s EVE Energy could confirm BMW’s wide variation on cylindrical cells According to an upcoming report, the mass-market launch of EVs will be in 2025 — and larger format cells like Tesla’s 4680 could be part of it.
An updated analysis from the Union of Concerned Scientists shows that an electric truck cut lifetime carbon emissions by 57% compared to gasoline. As with previous versions of the UCS study, your situation will vary depending on your local grid.
First BrightDrop EV600 truck delivered to FedEx
Court challenge by an industry group against California’s emissions regulation tightening allowed heavy-duty diesel emissions was abandoned. The move may have slowed the rollout of electric delivery vehicles that some of the group’s member companies are pushing, so it eliminates another industry bug that is already all too common.
As interest in the Ford Mustang Mach-E continues to grow, a report suggesting that the Ford Mustang Hybrid has been officially out for years may not be coming. But Entire Mustang lineup will be fully electric in five years.
2022 Ford Mustang Mach-E
And the Tesla Supercharger network is at the top again JD Power study on EV charging satisfaction. But the survey giant noted that there is growing dissatisfaction with charger reliability within the ranks. Where did the charger work this weekend?
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