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The F-150 Lightning outdoes its gasoline counterpart in many respects—and charts new territory as a power broker.
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2022 Ford F-150 Lightning: 320-mile EPA range beats Rivian R1T, efficiency meets itWith the 131-kwh extended-range battery pack, the Lightning gets up to 320 miles of EPA range and delivers 70 MPGe combined.
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Lordstown deadline, hacking EV chargers, BMW won’t give up gasoline: Today’s Car NewsBMW believes in electric versions of its gasoline sedans. EV chargers are a security concern. And is this a new start or the beginning of the end for Ohio’s Lordstown Motors? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Will Lordstown survive? This is the week we’ll likely get a better...
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2025 BMW electric sedan could split 3-Series, while i5 and i7 preserve ICE formSUVs aside, BMW will start truly diverging its EVs from the rest of its traditional lineup in 2025. But in the meantime, it sees no hurry in forfeiting its share of gasoline sales.
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Report: EV charger vulnerabilities might leave them open to hackersOne of the most obvious targets for hackers might be fleets, which they could potentially disable by disrupting nightly charging for delivery vehicles.
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Lordstown Endurance electric truck production needs more cash, even if Foxconn deal doesn't fizzleA deal with Foxconn to produce the Endurance electric pickup is just days away from timing out. But even if it advances, Lordstown needs more cash. From where?
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California dives deeper into bidirectional charging. Bollinger announces how its electric trucks will be made. We take a look back at a Nissan electric vehicle that could have been more than a point on would-be EV history. And might EVs go without brakes as we know them in the future? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. While some of us have grown accustomed to strong regenerative braking and the one-pedal driving modes it can enable, cranking up the brake regen and removing the pads entirely is a bold next step at least one automaker is considering. Could the EVs of the future omit...
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Roush will assemble Bollinger Motors’ electric trucks in MichiganThe relationship does not include the B1 electric SUV and B2 electric pickup, which were indefinitely postponed as the company pivoted to larger commercial electric trucks.
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No brakes! Will the EVs of the future omit friction pads entirely?The E Tense Performance aims for a future in which brake dust and brake-pad replacements might be a thing of the past, and brake regen handles it all.
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California utility expands bidirectional EV charging pilotsHundreds of residential and commercial customers will now be eligible to see how EVs might provide backup power during outages or help stabilize the grid.
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Long before Tesla or the Leaf, this Nissan electric car claimed a 155-mile rangeA low 0.19 coefficient of drag, aluminum-intensive construction, low-rolling-resistance tires, fast-charging, a solar roof, and a heat pump were among the many innovations in this concept.
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Lexus RZ and Kia Sportage Hybrid reviews, Ioniq 5 and EV6 charging, Lucid and Polestar price hikes: The Week in ReverseWhich big automaker confirmed an 800-volt EV architecture in the works? How much does the F-150 Lightning’s home-backup system cost? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending May 6, 2022. This week we brought you a couple of...
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California’s Lucid is raising prices, and ramping up production. The apps from automakers aren’t entirely delivering on charging functionality. And Volta, with its futuristic-looking trucks, is coming to the U.S. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Lucid, the EV maker based in California and making its cars in Arizona, announced a price hike of up to $15,000 on its vehicles. Unlike Rivian and that company’s recent blunder, Lucid extended the original pricing to all of its current (more than 30,000) reservation-holders plus anyone reserving before June 1. Volta Trucks...
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Study: EV owners use automaker smartphone apps often but aren't so happy with themDespite their high-tech image, Rivian and Lucid fell short in charging functionality, app speed, and general content, according to J.D. Power.
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Volta plans to build its futuristic-looking electric trucks in the US, teases truck-as-a-service offeringVolta plans to deploy a pilot fleet of 100 trucks for U.S. customer evaluation, starting in Los Angeles in 2023, then will make trucks in the U.S. with a partner in 2024-2025.
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Lucid raises prices effective June 1, but no price hike for reservation-holdersLucid has more than 30,000 reservations, and still plans to make 12,000 to 14,000 vehicles at its Arizona plant in 2022.
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Tesla swivel, Hyundai Ioniq 5 and 350 kw, electrified Volvos, Fisker 550-mile EV sports car: Today’s Car NewsTesla may be adding swiveling screens to Model S and Model X. The Volvo lineup is entirely electrified—sort of. Fisker is working on a 550-mile electric sports car. And is it worth seeking out a 350-kw fast-charging connector with a Hyundai Ioniq 5 or Kia EV6? This and more, here at Green Car...
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Hyundai Ioniq 5 road-trip charging: Don't seek out 350-kw connectors, 150 kw might be just as fastYou'll get consistent road-trip fast-charging in about a half-hour with 150-kw CCS hardware—most of the time not much slower than the finicky performance on 350-kw hardware.
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Tesla recently gave the Model S (and Model X) a significant interior update that included a steering yoke, but it hasn't confirmed the swiveling screen.
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Entire US Volvo lineup for 2023 is mild hybrid, plug-in hybrid, or EVVolvo sees it as a step toward offering only pure electric vehicles by 2030 and being carbon-neutral by 2040.
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Fisker 550-mile electric sports car teased, due in 2024The electric startup will show a prototype form of the sports car in August 2023, with production due in the second half of 2024.
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Polestar prices up, Fisker sports car, DOE battery funding, Stellantis invests in car-sharing: Today’s Car NewsPolestar prices go up. The DOE invests big on batteries. Electrify America charger use surged last year. Stellantis mops up car-sharing ventures from BMW and Mercedes. And Fisker teases a sports car. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The 2023 Polestar 2 lineup got a price hike, bringing the...
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Stellantis buys Share Now car-sharing venture from BMW and MercedesThe proposed purchase agreement would add 14 European cities and 10,000 vehicles to Free2Move's existing 2,500-vehicle fleet.
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2023 Polestar 2: Single-motor up to nearly $50,000, 260-mile range expected for dual-motorPolestar claims range improvements and a lower carbon footprint from the use of renewable energy in the manufacturing process.
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