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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
Promises, promises, promises – that’s the recurring theme on this week’s The Watt Car Podcast. Teasing new EV products is Harley-Davidson with its pending LiveWire lineup, Ford reveals…
BY PHIL ROYLE
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
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
