Review of Lexus RZ, Kia EV9 debut, affordable VW EV, peak oil timeline: The Week in Reverse
Which large electric truck can give other electric vehicles a range of 20 miles or more per hour?
Why are electric vehicles a traffic safety threat, according to one of the major US safety agencies?
Here’s our look back at the Reversal Week—right here at the Green Car Report—for the week ending March 17, 2023.
in one First time driving a Lexus RZ 450e 2023We found the luxury brand Toyota’s first all-electric vehicle for the U.S. market to be a cautious entry testing that water with its limited driving range but luxurious cabin. Wire control technology—and a yoke—is finally rolling out.
Lexus RZ450e 2023
Kia provides first look at upcoming product Electric SUV EV9 2024and it borrows heavily from the 2021 concept car of the same name—including that the second row seats will swivel 90 degrees to the side for easier access, or swing around to face the third row. Full details on the luxury EV9 will be available later this month.
The Biden administration on Tuesday officially opened $2.5 billion program focused on community electric vehicle charging. Part of the $7.5 billion designated for the national charging grid under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act of 2021, the program balances out a highway-focused NEVI program that provides funding in state level and has received interest from Tesla, among other programs.
V2V charger GMC Hummer EV SUV 2024
Upcoming 2024 model year GMC Hummer EV can charge other EVs at 6 kW using a 240-volt vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) charging cord coming soon. That’s enough to send a meaningful charge to a smaller EV—more than 20 miles of charge in an hour to a Chevy Bolt EV, for example.
Volkswagen has revealed the ID.2all concept car, a preview affordable VW electric cars under $30,000—one of a number of compact EVs the automaker is preparing for the European market and perhaps beyond.
Concept Volkswagen ID.2all
Convenience store chain 7-Eleven has an ambitious electric vehicle charging network plan, the company revealed on Thursday. It aims to become one of the largest charging networks in North America, with charging stations in multiple locations in the United States and eventually Canada, along with support for CHAdeMO and CCS charging—as well as Tesla with an adapter .
Mitsubishi aims to produce all electric, plug-in hybrid or hybrid vehicles by 2035 and plans to launch nine electrified models over the next five years—including EVs due to alliances with Renault and Nissan. plus one Mitsubishi electric pickup truck.
Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV 2023
Have Two large electric SUVs on the way to Porsche: an electric version of the Cayenne and another built on VW’s Scalable System Platform (SSP) and positioned above the Cayenne. Both will follow a 718 electric sports car and an electric Macan compact SUV.
by Volkswagen PowerCo EV battery company chooses Canada for the first factory outside Europe. PowerCo, which represents VW’s goal of vertical integration, as it expands its electric vehicle footprint, could from this Ontario facility be able to supply VW plants in the US and Mexico by the end of the decade. , as well as a factory in South Carolina for the new Scout brand of trucks.
Concept BMW i Vision Dee
BMW has confirmed that its Neue Klasse electric car, which will launch starting in 2025, will feature a much simplified dashboard and full windshield. panoramic head-up display—like what the brand introduced in the i Vision Dee concept earlier this year.
Hertz is helping to make Big Oil, the epicenter of the US, use more electricity, with the announcement that it plans to tripled its electric vehicle fleet in Houston. The effort will add 2,100 electric vehicles to Houston’s fleet and an electric vehicle charging center at the city’s Hobby Airport.
2022 Rivian R1T IIHS crash test
When it comes to electric vehicle crash safety, crash tests and real-world crashes have shown that battery fires are not a major concern. The the extra weight of electric vehicles is a threat to the safety of others On the road, however, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety argues.
The owner is sue Tesla and seek class action status for alleged violations of antitrust laws, in which the company restricts competition and forces owners to use Tesla service centers and obtain parts directly from the automaker.
EV owners are less satisfied with their home charging experience compared to last year. While there are some reasons to shed light on these latest results from survey giant JD Power, the 9% increase in the cost of living electricity is likely to be the most to blame—especially the 23% increase in costs for people in New England, year after year.
Charge Tesla
We looked at seven US States lead the country in plug-in vehicles by 2022, each has more than 10 registered electric vehicles per thousand people according to a recent DOE summary.
And according to a recent report, the worldwide internal combustion vehicle market is in a state of “structural decline”, with ICE car sales are down 20% from 2017 peak. Peak oil demand for transportation has now been shifted to 2027—much earlier than was predicted several years ago.
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