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Bentley Pledges To Go All-EV by 2030, Rolls-Royce Still Reluctant
Nov 9

Nov 9 Bentley Pledges To Go All-EV by 2030, Rolls-Royce Still Reluctant

Edward A. Sanchez
electric

It may have taken Tesla going from a niche brand to fast-growing global juggernaut, as well as regulations and emissions targets coming fast and furious…

BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ

Ram Says It’s In On The EV Truck Game
Nov 3

Nov 3 Ram Says It’s In On The EV Truck Game

Edward A. Sanchez
electric

Since the mid-2010s, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) has doubled down on its strategy of appealing to enthusiasts with big horsepower…

BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ

GM Previews “eCrate” Powertrain in ’77 K5 Blazer
Oct 30

Oct 30 GM Previews “eCrate” Powertrain in ’77 K5 Blazer

Edward A. Sanchez
electric

General Motors unveiled a 1977 Chevrolet K5 Blazer for the 2020 SEMA 360 virtual event. Like the electrified C10 it showed last year…

BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ

GMC Hummer EV – GM’s Ambitious Premium EV Play
Oct 21

Oct 21 GMC Hummer EV – GM’s Ambitious Premium EV Play

Edward A. Sanchez
electric

GMC finally (virtually) unveiled the highly anticipated Hummer EV pickup this week. Other than more styling and feature details, a lot of the specs had already been revealed…

BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ

Series Review: “Long Way Up” Episodes 1-4
Oct 13

Oct 13 Series Review: “Long Way Up” Episodes 1-4

Edward A. Sanchez
opinion, electric

You may have heard about the Apple TV+ series “Long Way Up” starring Ewan McGregor and his friend Charley Boorman…

BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ

Fear of EVs’ Imminency Getting Palpable – ICE Enthusiasts Starting to Panic
Oct 8

Oct 8 Fear of EVs’ Imminency Getting Palpable – ICE Enthusiasts Starting to Panic

Edward A. Sanchez
opinion

Being in the automotive journalism field for the better part of 20 years, I’ve worked in just about every niche and focus of automotive journalism…

BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ

Formula E and Extreme E Founder’s Next Thing: EV Boat Racing
Sep 25

Sep 25 Formula E and Extreme E Founder’s Next Thing: EV Boat Racing

Brian Stark
electric

The announcement came from the Monaco Yacht Club, because where else would you announce the launch of an eccentric new electric boat racing series…

BY BRIAN STARK

SEMA Fires Warning Shot to California’s Gavin Newsom
Sep 24

Sep 24 SEMA Fires Warning Shot to California’s Gavin Newsom

Steve Thompson
electric

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

California Governor Gavin Newsom Bans New ICE Car Sales by 2035
Sep 24

Sep 24 California Governor Gavin Newsom Bans New ICE Car Sales by 2035

Edward A. Sanchez
opinion, electric

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 Battery Day 2020 – Significant, But Not Immediate
Sep 24

Sep 24 Tesla Battery Day 2020 – Significant, But Not Immediate

Edward A. Sanchez
opinion, electric

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

Randy Pobst’s Pikes Peak Model 3 Crash: The Videos
Sep 23

Sep 23 Randy Pobst’s Pikes Peak Model 3 Crash: The Videos

Brian Stark
electric

Electrified vehicles contesting the challenging Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is not only no joke, it’s becoming commonplace…

BY BRIAN STARK

Formula E's Brief History of EVs: A Short But Sweet Video
Sep 21

Sep 21 Formula E's Brief History of EVs: A Short But Sweet Video

Brian Stark
electric, hybrid

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

Ford F-150 EV Pitch – Real Truck Power
Sep 18

Sep 18 Ford F-150 EV Pitch – Real Truck Power

Edward A. Sanchez
electric, hybrid

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

GM Unveils Modular Ultium Motor Family
Sep 17

Sep 17 GM Unveils Modular Ultium Motor Family

Edward A. Sanchez
opinion, electric

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

Lucid and Motorsports – EV Development the Old-Fashioned Way
Sep 11

Sep 11 Lucid and Motorsports – EV Development the Old-Fashioned Way

Brian Stark
electric

It’s said that racing begets superior street cars, but rarely do we witness blatantly obvious examples, especially amongst EVs…

BY BRIAN STARK

Lucid Air Official Reveal – The New EV Standard?
Sep 11

Sep 11 Lucid Air Official Reveal – The New EV Standard?

Edward A. Sanchez
electric

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

Lewis Hamilton Enters Extreme E: Now It's Serious
Sep 10

Sep 10 Lewis Hamilton Enters Extreme E: Now It's Serious

Brian Stark
electric

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

GM to Build Nikola Badger – What Does Nikola Actually Do?
Sep 9

Sep 9 GM to Build Nikola Badger – What Does Nikola Actually Do?

Edward A. Sanchez
opinion, electric

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

Counterpoint: Hydrogen’s Perpetual Unfulfilled Promise
Aug 25

Aug 25 Counterpoint: Hydrogen’s Perpetual Unfulfilled Promise

Edward A. Sanchez
opinion, electric

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

2021: The Year Of Hydrogen-Powered Vehicles
Aug 21

Aug 21 2021: The Year Of Hydrogen-Powered Vehicles

Phil Royle
opinion, electric

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

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