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Every year, Jeep builds some crazy concepts to take out to Utah for the annual Easter Jeep Safari. Some of these concepts are wild, never-make-it-to-production one-offs, while others give us an indication on where the brand is heading in the future. This year, one of the concepts is called the Magneto. It’s an all-electric Jeep […]

Porsche’s ambitious electrification plan expects up to 80 percent of the brand’s sales to be made up of battery-electric vehicles. However, don’t expect the 911 sports car to make up part of that soon. According to a report from CNBC, Porsche doesn’t plan to make the 911 completely electric like the Taycan and the upcoming […]

Porsche has announced its Strategy 2030 plan to turn itself into a carbon-neutral company by 2030. This means that the whole vehicle production process must be done sustainably and also sees the brand doubling down on electrification as it expects battery-electric vehicles to make up a large chunk of its sales by the next decade. […]

Recently, Rivian announced that it was going to be building out a charging network to coincide with the launch of its R1T pickup and R1S sport utility EV. There are two types of chargers; the Rivian Adventure Network and the Rivian Waypoints. The Rivian Waypoints are a series of SAE J-1772 level 2 chargers that […]

Update: Rivian announced EPA-rated range for the R1S (316 miles) and the R1T (314 miles) Launch Edition models. To see the updated efficiency information, check it out here. Rivian just announced its Rivian Adventure Network, which is a series of DC fast chargers located throughout the country. Additionally, the company also showed off its Rivian […]

Rivian has announced that it will install EV charging stations at all 42 Colorado state parks. The brand will pay for all of the costs after the proposal was unanimously approved by the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission. Backers noted that this move is a big step toward achieving the state’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Roadmap, […]

Luminar Technologies has announced that it has partnered up with SAIC, the largest automaker in China to supply the latter’s upcoming R Brand battery-electric vehicles with advanced driver assistance and autonomous technologies. SAIC’s upcoming EV lineup is set to start production with the intent of making autonomous and driver assistance technologies standard across all vehicles. […]

Hyundai has released more details on the 2022 Tucson Plug-In Hybrid, the most powerful iteration of its popular compact crossover to date. Like the standard hybrid, the Tucson PHEV gets a 1.6-liter turbo-four paired to an electric motor, a six-speed automatic transmission, and a lithium-ion battery. The battery used in the Tucson PHEV is larger […]

The iX and i4 aren’t the only all-electric BMW models coming. At its 2021 Media Day Conference, the German brand has announced the full extent of its electrification offensive. By 2023, BMW plans to have an EV for 90 percent of the segment that it competes in. “We are consciously adopting a broad approach with […]

Mini will be the next brand to go all-electric by the 2030s. During BMW Group’s 2021 Media Conference Day, it was announced that Mini’s last internal combustion engine will be introduced by 2025. By 2027, Mini expects electric vehicles to make up at least 50 percent of its sales. Despite that, Mini will stay a […]