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Electrification news flies freely this week with hosts Phil Royle and Edward A. Sanchez discussing GM’s solution to what has become a bit of an EV charging mess…
BY PHIL ROYLE
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
A study conducted by UC Davis and published on the ecologically focused website nature.com has been making the rounds in the EV blogosphere. Although I typically skip over these…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
Hosts Phil Royle and Edward A. Sanchez jump in this week with Honda’s surprising EV revelation, which Phil then ties into Hino Motors, REE, and Toyota in some obscure way…
BY PHIL ROYLE
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
I came across an interesting article on the enthusiast website The Drive the other day, with a short story and a couple of videos on 1930s British steam trucks…
BY EDWARD A. SANCHEZ
It’s raining EVs on this week’s episode of The Watt Car’s automotive electrification podcast, with hosts Edward A. Sanchez and Phil Royle firing through as many as they can in one hour…
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
It’s back to the racetrack for Phil Royle as he questions a number of Tesla Model 3 enthusiasts about their track-side charging habits and then reports his findings to co-host Edward A. Sanchez…
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
