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The 2022 Ford E-Transit has officially started delivery to customers as production of the van and its batteries ramp up at the Kansas City Assembly Plant. In total, Ford Pro has 10,000 orders for its battery-electric commercial van from businesses of all sizes and is working to increase production capacity to meet demand. Like the […]

Jeremy Clarkson of Top Gear fame made a statement that you can’t be a true petrolhead unless you’ve owned an Alfa Romeo. That storied European brand hasn’t had much success in the United States, and currently has two cars in its U.S. lineup. Those two cars are the Giulia sedan and the Stelvio crossover. That […]

Pickup trucks are going all electric, and every major truck maker is working on its solution to the battery-electric conundrum. That includes the Ram Trucks folks in Auburn Hills. We now have our first glimpse of what an electric Ram pickup truck will look like, and the underpinnings that’ll give it power. The Ram 1500 […]

DS Automobiles is leading the electrification charge for Stellantis in Europe. Nearly every single vehicle it sells either has a plug-in hybrid or a battery-electric variant. From 2024 onward, every new DS model being introduced will have an electric variant. The DS E-Tense Performance is the next evolution of a concept car of the same […]

Volvo Car Group and Northvolt have announced that they have selected Gothenburg, Sweden as the site for a new battery manufacturing plant that will start production in 2025. This facility will create 3,000 new jobs and complement a planned research and development center that was announced last year. This is part of a larger investment […]

The Rolls-Royce Spectre is a big deal because it’s the brand’s first battery-electric vehicle. Due to go on sale late next year, the Spectre will be Rolls-Royce’s most aerodynamic vehicle, and to achieve that, it has redesigned the Spirit of Ecstasy hood ornament. This is one of the few times in 111 years that the […]

BMW and Electrify America have announced an agreement that owners of the former’s battery-electric vehicles will get two years of complimentary 30-minute charging. The free charging period starts from the date of the vehicle’s purchase and will launch with the iX xDrive50, i4 eDrive40, and i4 M50 this coming March. This will give drivers of […]

The 2023 Alfa Romeo Tonale was released one last time a few days before its release and we get to see a few more details. This 13-second video appears to be of the tailgate and in addition to the name of the crossover, two things stood out. One of those is the trim because at […]

Koenigsegg revealed its first in-house electric motor this week. This powertrain component is part of the brand’s technology development project that will be part of its electrified vehicle architecture. Named Quark, the electric motor is currently being used in the Koenigsegg Gemera and is a compact unit that’s intended for a broad range of applications […]

When Ford announced its 2022 F-150 Lightning, the company hyped up that it supported something called Intelligent Backup Power. Basically, when the power goes out, the truck functions as a generator to power the house. While it some parts of the country, the power seldom goes out, other areas are subject to frequent outages. That […]