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All in electric
This week was the official debut of the 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning EV pickup, which may prove to be the most monumental EV model to date. That statement might sound hyperbolic…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
This month, the Hyundai Group announced a $7.4 billion investment in its U.S. manufacturing footprint to build electric cars. The exact details of the plan were not revealed, but…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Canoo, some might say, is adrift – and things could get worse. The company began its existence by teasing an ambiguously intriguing people pod that boasted “membership, not ownership”…
BY PHIL ROYLE
Today, Canoo announced actual pricing for its three models, a rounded people-hauler model, a pickup, and a slab-sided commercial cargo van. To be fair, it’s a price range, from $34,750 to $49,950…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
A BloombergNEF (new energy finance) forecast reported by The Guardian, claims that EVs will reach price-parity with ICE vehicles by 2027. Among many of the forecasts out there…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Following in the footsteps of the Toyota bZ4X, Subaru has announced its first entry into the EV space, the Solterra. The company says it will be based on the e-Subaru platform…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
This week, electric vehicle startup Arrival announced its collaboration with ride hailing giant Uber on the collaboration of the two companies in the development of a purpose-built electric vehicle…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Williams Advanced Engineering has just announced its EVX electric vehicle platform developed in conjunction with Italdesign…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
One of my first posts for The Watt Car was one advocating for universal interoperability with EV charging. This concept has been long talked about by EV advocates and charging providers…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Hino Motors, it was announced today, is partnering with REE to provide “new value to society through next-generation commercial mobility”…
BY PHIL ROYLE
Cadillac released detailed specifications this week on its upcoming Lyriq crossover EV, but the bigger surprise came with the announcement by Cadillac brand vice president Rory Harvey…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
What’s most noteworthy about the A6 e-tron Concept is how close its specifications are to what most consider the unspoken standard in the premium EV space: The Tesla Model S…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
With the announcement this week of an electric version of the G80 sedan, Genesis is now poised to join other premium brands with a full electric model…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Here at The Watt Car, we’ve typed out plenty of pixels commenting on, criticizing, and armchair-quarterbacking Toyota’s reluctance, token effort, and sandbagging on the future of battery electric vehicles…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Over the weekend, Volkswagen unveiled its largest member of the ID family yet, the ID.6 crossover, at Auto Shanghai in China. The seven-passenger crossover…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
With the introduction of the 2022 Q4 e-tron, Audi is making it clear that it is looking to become a more serious contender in the mid-premium EV crossover space…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
For a period, the premium EV segment was a class of one: The Tesla Model S. As the years have progressed, there have been a few contenders, and a few interesting, but niche and peripheral models…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
In an effort to grow autonomous tech through university student involvement, General Motors and SAE International are partnering for the AutoDrive Challenge II…
BY PHIL ROYLE
Polestar has announced the impending expansion of its Polestar 2 lineup, adding a single-motor variant to its dual-motor stable. The move isn’t quite that straightforward, though…
BY PHIL ROYLE
Mazda North American Operations officially announced the availability of the company’s first production EV, the MX-30, for the North American market starting in fall 2021…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
