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It didn’t take long for the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) to go on the offensive following California Governor Gavin Newsom’s Executive Order…
BY STEVE THOMPSON
Somewhat unexpectedly to many, Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order on Sept. 23, 2020, banning the sale of new internal-combustion passenger cars by 2035…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Tesla’s highly anticipated “Battery Day” on Sept. 22, 2020, while met with great interest by the company’s and Elon Musk’s die-hard fans, landed with a thud…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Electrified vehicles contesting the challenging Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is not only no joke, it’s becoming commonplace…
BY BRIAN STARK
Did you know that the first Porsche was electric? Looking for more electric vehicle history packaged in brief form? For that, there’s ABB Formula E’s recent video…
BY BRIAN STARK
This week, Ford held a groundbreaking ceremony for an addition to its Rouge assembly complex that will assemble the upcoming all-electric F-150…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
General Motors unveiled the next step in the development of its Ultium powertrain family. This week it showed five drive units powered by three drive motors…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
It’s said that racing begets superior street cars, but rarely do we witness blatantly obvious examples, especially amongst EVs…
BY BRIAN STARK
The Lucid Air reveal on Sept. 9 was simultaneously anti-climactic and astounding. Prototypes of the Air were shown as early as December 2016, and outwardly, little has changed…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
I admit it, I figured Extreme E would disappear. The off-road racing series that’s slated to traverse the globe with teams competing in sprint races using electric trucks seemed so grandiose…
BY BRIAN STARK
Sept. 8, 2020, Nikola and General Motors announced a “strategic partnership” in which GM would “engineer, validate, homologate and build the Nikola Badger…”
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
You may have read Phil Royle’s post recently, “2021: The Year of Hydrogen-Powered Vehicles.” In it, he makes the case that hydrogen has the potential to be a ubiquitous, localized fuel…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Let me clarify this article's title: 2021 is not the year of hydrogen-powered vehicles. Confused? Hang tight and I'll explain why it makes more sense than you think…
BY PHIL ROYLE
The March 2020 Geneva Auto Show was one of the first automotive victims of the coronavirus. Slated for early March, the show’s vehicle unveilings were canceled in short order, leaving auto manufacturers in a pickle…
BY PHIL ROYLE
California has a long history of social activism and progressive politics. These have cumulatively resulted in one of the highest-cost, highest-tax states in the U.S…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
This week, the near-production-intent version of the Cadillac Lyriq EV was virtually unveiled to media and journalists worldwide. The basic concept is not earth shattering…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
On July 22, 2020, Tesla finally put an end to the mystery of where the next U.S.-based Gigafactory would be built…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
GM recently released its 2019 Sustainability Report, and within it, gives greater detail on its electrified future and the models that will comprise it…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
It seems like EVs have lately become somewhat of a motoring culture touchstone. Much like wearing masks during the COVID-19 pandemic has unfortunately become politicized…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Electric vehicles are by no means new to the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. In fact, an EV currently holds the overall record for the race to the clouds…
BY BRIAN STARK
