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As soon as we published last week’s electrification roundup, Ford CEO Jim Farley took to the airwaves to proclaim that Ford will not be left behind when it comes to electrification…
BY STEVE THOMPSON
While racetracks are nothing new, the forthcoming 2.5-mile circuit just yards to the east of Buttonwillow Raceway Park in Southern California is extremely new. In fact, it’s not even open yet…
BY BRIAN STARK
The fear or resistance to EVs is usually based in one of three things: nostalgia, ignorance, or resistance to change. I’d like to address the second of those…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
This week featured big EV news, although this particular item was more about a lack of electrification. Cadillac unveiled its CT5-V and CT4-V Blackwings…
BY STEVE THOMPSON
If General Motors leadership is still scratching their heads as to why everyone isn’t hailing their pledge to go all-electric by 2035 with unquestioning adulation and affirmation…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
You don’t have much time, so let’s dive in... Tesla unveiled its revamped Model S and X, which largely included interior tweaks like a horizontal center screen, no gear selector…
BY STEVE THOMPSON
Tesla and Elon Musk have never been shy to eschew convention and make bold steps to go where none – or few – have gone before…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
It’s been a year since we discussed EVs in SCCA autocross, and for the most part that’s because all EV street cars in Sports Car Club of America autocross competition have remained classed the same way for a while…
BY BRIAN STARK
The shift to electrification has indisputably accelerated within the last few years and shows no signs of slowing down. This has effectively bifurcated the enthusiast community…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
The Watt Car offers analysis of automotive electrification. As you know, we cover everything from full EVs to hybrids, plug-in hybrids, hydrogen, and other fuel sources that ultimately culminate in electric drive…
BY STEVE THOMPSON
In a statement this week, the U.S. Department of Energy released its listing of the 50 states in order of EV charging stations per 100,000 population…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Kia put forth a trendy new corporate logo earlier this year, and now the company has presented an equally hip corporate mission with electrification standing front and center…
BY PHIL ROYLE
Since General Motors’ CES 2021 presentation and accompanying video, the automotive interwebs have been lit up about the possibility of a Corvette-branded performance SUV, most likely also an EV…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
To the surprise of many, Sony unveiled its Vision-S concept car at CES 2020. Nearly all attendees were caught unawares. Even many employees within Sony were reportedly startled…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
“Flying Cars” have been part of human’s imagination for the better part of a century, and concepts of personal aircraft date back even further than that…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Hyundai Motor Company has teased us with numerous images – plus several videos – of its forthcoming Ioniq 5 EV…
BY STEVE THOMPSON
During the January 2021 Consumer Electronics Show, GM introduced BrightDrop, a new arm of General Motors that will “offer an ecosystem of electric first-to-last-mile products…
BY PHIL ROYLE
On Jan. 8, 2021, General Motors unveiled its new corporate logo. Gone is the formal stern, dark blue all-caps “GM” that has been the official corporate logo for decades…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Hyundai and Apple are in talks. About what? The details are murky at best. But from what can be gleaned, it’s likely to do with autonomous driving or EV battery technology. Or both. Or Neither…
BY PHIL ROYLE
2021, you hope, will be better than 2020. That said, in the world of automotive electrification, 2020 was a spectacular year…
BY PHIL ROYLE
