Bengt Halvorson, Senior Editor
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- Honda Ohio EV Hub will start making EVs in late 2025 on 0 Series platform
- Production will include Acura RSX, Honda 0 SUV, Honda 0 Saloon, and Afeela 1
- EVs, hybrids, and gas models will be mixed on...
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Intel claims it can simplify EVs, boost range—with help from KarmaThe chip giant once helped simplify PCs with flexible loads and USB connectivity; could it do something similar for EVs?
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Lucid dumped Alexa, aims for EV context with new voice assistantSoundHound tech taps into AI if you’re connected, works if you aren’t, and aims for context.
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2025 Volvo EX30 EV has arrived, $36,245 version due laterVolvo's most affordable EV and smallest vehicle for the U.S. is available on a limited basis—but the wider lineup is still on the way.
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2026 Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid set for fall 2025 US arrivalThe hybrid Crosstrek is likely to deliver much higher mpg with better acceleration and no sacrifice in capability.
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Toyota's Woven City goes beyond mobility but may help reinvent itWoven City will serve as an incubator for mobility-related ideas—with the capability to provide software or even manufacturing.
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- In U.S. form, ID.Buzz is larger, more powerful, with price over $60,000
- Up to 234 miles of EPA range, from 10-80% in as little as 26 minutes
- No bidirectional charging or camper van yet
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VW ID.4 set to resume sales, production with door-handle fixFlawed door handles have kept VW's EV for the mass market sidelined for months.
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Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy 2025: What didn’t make the cutWe looked for the best and most important EVs and plug-in hybrids of the year, and for many of them again it came down to timing and access.
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Tesla sales fell in 2024The era of double-digit sales gains appears to be over, as competition—and perhaps politics—affect Tesla's 2024 bottom line.
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Best Car To Buy 2025: Green Car Reports names 5 finalistsThe Chevy Equinox EV, Hyundai Kona Electric, Porsche Macan Electric, Rivian R1S, and VW ID.Buzz are the final contenders. One will be the 2025 Best Car To Buy.
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Free NACS adapters will soon enable Supercharger access for Hyundai EVsThose who own or lease a Hyundai EV by Jan. 31, 2025—and currently have the vehicle—will be eligible to receive the NACS adapter.
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- 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 is first with native NACS port
- NACS Hyundai EVs might charge faster—for now—with a CCS adapter
- Most Tesla Superchargers can’t charge at 800v at peak rates
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Rivian R1S: Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2025 finalistAhead of the mass-market R2, Rivian’s R1 lineup has been quietly remade for 2025.
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Review: 2025 Audi Q6 E-Tron charges ahead of the restBy focusing on range, charging, and the basics first, Audi has ended up with a better luxury EV.
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Porsche Macan Electric: Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2025 finalistThe Macan Electric broadens the greening of the performance vehicle landscape that Porsche started with Taycan.
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Hyundai Kona Electric: Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2025 finalistThe Kona Electric doesn’t have leading-edge tech, but it shows that less can be more.
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Chevrolet Equinox EV: Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2025 finalistThe Equinox EV hits the spot for value, and delivers on some of GM’s Ultium promises.
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- Lucid Gravity follows efficiency approach of Air sedan
- 450 miles of EPA range, 3.4-sec. 0-60 mph, available third row
- Grand Touring arriving soon, Touring coming later in 2025
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Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy: Past winnersThe thread connecting all our picks from all 13 years: Every single one was either a plug-in vehicle or offered a plug-in version.
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Sound check: 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona EV shakes like V-8 HellcatHere’s how high-power subs, big-block Hemi samples, and acoustic physics brought the V-8 back.
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Genesis SUVs going hybrid first, extended-range PHEVs on the wayGenesis has multiple hybrids and plug-ins that could help bridge the path to EVs—and they'll be distinct from Hyundai.
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Kia EV3 and EV4 EVs might both be US-bound, PV5 van a maybeLike what you see in the EV3 and EV4 compact EVs, or the PV5 electric van? Kia hasn't ruled any of them out for the U.S.
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Kia pickup for US might be gas or EV, won't be TasmanThe Kia electric truck related to the EV9 SUV still isn't a shoo-in for America—likely because of its potential price.
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