The price of cars increased sharply, the application of charging electric cars and trucks Volta in the US: Today’s Car News
Lucid of California is raising prices and ramping up production. Apps from automakers don’t fully offer charging functionality. And the Volta, with its futuristic trucks, is coming to the United States. This and more, here Green Car Report.
Lucid, a California-based electric vehicle maker and Arizona-based automaker, announced raise prices up to $15,000 for his vehicles. Unlike Rivian and that company’s recent blunder, Lucid has extended the initial price to all existing pre-orders (over 30,000) plus anyone who pre-orders by June 1.
Volta Trucks, the Sweden-based company with some very futuristic commercial truck designs, announced the plans on Thursday. enter the US market with a manufacturing partner. That should lead to US production in 2024 or 2025, and in the meantime, it’s launching a pilot fleet of 100 trucks based in California.
And according to a study from JD Power, electric vehicle owners are increasingly using the automaker’s smartphone apps to manage their vehicle’s charging — but they not completely satisfied with how those apps work. And surprisingly, some tech-savvy companies including Rivian and Lucid have been missing what are considered some of the key features.
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