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The program will provide its $2.5 billion over five years to get community charging to schools, parks, public buildings, and travel corridors.
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Fires aren't an EV safety concern but weight is, warns IIHSBattery fires aren't an issue in crashes, tests have shown, but the extra weight from EV battery packs is a hazard to others on the road.
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2024 Kia EV9 3-row electric SUV squares off with luxury makesA new flagship for Kia, the 2024 EV9 three-row crossover is the largest vehicle to use parent company Hyundai's E-GMP electric vehicle platform.
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Porsche electric SUVs, VW batteries from Canada, Hummer EV as power bank: Today’s Car NewsMultiple large electric SUVs are on the way to the Porsche lineup. The VW Group chose Canada for building batteries for North American EVs. And the Hummer EV’s gigantic battery can be put to use charging other EVs. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The upcoming 2024 model year GMC...
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2024 GMC Hummer EV truck and SUV can charge other EVs at 6 kwWith the Power Station generator accessory and new 19.2-kw onboard charger, the Hummer EV family will be able to crank out up to 6 kw to other EVs or up to 3 kw to 120-volt appliances or tools.
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VW picks Canada for first American PowerCo EV battery plantThe PowerCo facilities are due to make a new cell format headed into EVs built on VW Group's next-generation EV platform, termed SSP.
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The announcement confirms that Porsche will effectively add two new electric luxury SUVs above the compact Macan SUV—which is also going electric in 2024.
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Lexus RZ EV review, Mitsubishi electric truck, Hertz EVs in Houston: Today’s Car NewsAn electric pickup is in the Mitsubishi product plan. Hertz is pushing its EV expansion into oil country. We drive Lexus’ first electric vehicle for the U.S. And which states have the most registered EVs per capita? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. In a first drive of the 2023 Lexus...
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Hertz will triple EV fleet at America's Big Oil nerve centerHouston, an epicenter for the American oil and gas industry, is increasingly embracing renewable energy—and a series of moves by Hertz will help accelerate that.
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Mitsubishi electric pickup, multiple EVs teased in product planThe automaker plans to shift to electrified models by 2035, although many of them may still have tailpipes.
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Review: 2023 Lexus RZ 450e tests the electric watersMuch about Lexus’ first EV for the U.S. feels like a hedge, although it already outperforms much of the luxury brand’s lineup.
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These 7 US states lead the nation in EV registrationsOutside of California and Hawaii, which are the other five topping more than 10 EVs per thousand people?
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Which electric truck maker might stop production at 500 vehicles? Why oh why are steering wheels falling off EVs? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending March 10, 2023. Are EVs like the Ford F-150 Lightning useless in the extreme cold because they lose all their range? We took a look at F-150 Lightning range, charging, and everything in between in subzero weather to give you a more realistic view of what living with an EV might be like in the extreme cold. Ford also on Friday confirmed a battery-related recall on the 2023...
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Ford recalls 18 F-150 Lightnings for battery fire concernFord's issuing a recall for 18 2023 F-150 Lighting electric trucks to replace their high-voltage battery packs due to a fire concern.
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Frozen: Sorting F-150 Lightning cold-weather fact from fictionAre EVs useless in the extreme cold? I took on subzero Minnesota weather in a Ford F-150 Lightning to separate fact from fiction.
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Study finds EV owners are less satisfied with dealership serviceCompared to owners of gasoline vehicles, EV owners aren't nearly as satisfied with dealership service. That's mostly due to the high rate of recalls for EVs in recent months.
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Nissan seeks to cut EV costs, considers hybrid trucksNissan aims to share a new set of modularized components for its EVs and e-Power hybrids—and it's hinting that this may allow a wider range of models to go hybrid.
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EV-optimized Airstream, range-boosting Lightship, utility-funded EV charging: Today’s Car NewsAirstream goes small with an EV-optimized travel trailer for SXSW. A mammoth RV travel trailer claims to maintain the 300-mile range of an electric tow vehicle. And should utility ratepayers foot the cost of a charging network? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. A U.S. startup called...
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In Minnesota, Xcel Energy has proposed to build, own, and operate its own network of 730 charging sites by 2026, with $27 million of the expense coming from ratepayers.
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EVs won't lose range towing Lightship L1 electric RV, company claimsLightship aims to be the Tesla of RV makers, with a clean-sheet approach, and its L1 electrified travel trailer packs 80 kwh and its own propulsion system.
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Airstream rethinks the travel trailer for EVs and urban garagesMade with Studio F.A. Porsche and drawing from the design playbooks of both brands, the Airstream concept keeps it small and aerodynamically efficient.
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Mercedes EQE SUV price, EV air suspensions, loose steering wheels for Model Y, Ariya: Today’s Car NewsSteering wheels are falling off EVs. Air suspensions are going to help with range, one supplier claims. And the Mercedes EQE SUV has been priced to squeak under the EV tax credit max. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Mercedes-Benz has priced its U.S.-made EQE SUV, and at just below $80,000...
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$79,050 2023 Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV makes EV tax credit cutThe made-in-Alabama EV is due for first U.S. deliveries this spring—and for the first time rear- and all-wheel-drive versions cost the same.
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NHTSA investigating Tesla Model Y steering wheel detachmentNo incidents or injuries were reported with the two instances the agency is aware of, but it’s looking at the possibility that there may be a wider group of potentially affected vehicles.
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