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The Toyota Camry Hybrid is soon getting all-wheel drive. Battery tech in the Polestar 5 could allow some very fast charging. Lucid lets the Air charge other EVs. And VW claims again it’s working on a $35,000 EV for the U.S. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Polestar offered up a number of technology announcements and product previews at its first Polestar Day event yesterday. Among them, perhaps most notably, is that it’s planning to test StoreDot’s very fast-charging tech in a Polestar 5 prototype that might gain 100 miles in 5 minutes. It also gave the Polestar…
Volkswagen is once again planning to bring an affordable electric vehicle to the U.S. market—and it’s setting a target under $35,000. According to reporting from Reuters, from one of its own trade conferences in Detroit, VW Group of America product strategy chief Reinhard Fischer confirmed the new product focus for North America, indicating that the model might be built either in the U.S. or Mexico. VW already has plants in Chattanooga, Tennessee, as well as in Puebla, Mexico, and it’s planning a South Carolina plant due to build a Scout-brand EV. With that and localized battery packs, it might be…
Polestar made a choice with the 4 – it eschewed the rear window entirely with the debut of its coupe-sized electric premium crossover. When it was first shown off, most of us probably handwaved away the lack of a rear window, figuring that Polestar designers were dead set on proving they weren’t Volvo by integrating a contrarian design quirk on one singular model that would fly in the face of the textbook utilitarian nature of most Volvos. Then, just yesterday during the brand’s first-ever Polestar Day event, it showed off the production-intent design of the Polestar 5 sedan. Like the…
The United States is lagging behind Asia when it comes to battery research, manufacturing, and procurement of raw materials, according to a letter signed by two influential Democratic U.S. senators that was seen by Reuters. The letter, which was written by Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Mark Warner and Energy Committee Chair Joe Manchin, cites experts who say that the U.S. is “ten to twenty years behind Asia in commercialization of battery technology.” The heart of the problem lies in China’s grip on the world’s battery cell production and America’s inability to rise to the challenge. As the letter notes, China…
The redesigned 2025 Toyota Camry Hybrid will debit November 14 at the 2023 Los Angeles auto show, Toyota has revealed, hinting that it will add all-wheel drive to the hybrid version of the ubiquitous mid-size sedan for the first time. All-wheel drive Toyota hybrids are nothing new, but up to this point the Camry Hybrid has only been available with front-wheel drive. Toyota brought back all-wheel drive as an option for the 2020 model year, but only on non-hybrid models with the base inline-4 engine. 2024 Toyota Camry Details will have to wait until the redesigned Camry Hybrid’s reveal, but…
The Lucid Air tops other EVs in EPA-rated range, meaning drivers will have plenty to spare after most trips. Now they can use it to charge other EVs. Lucid on Thursday announced that it is enabling this function, dubbed RangeXchange by the automaker, via an over-the-air (OTA) software update and adapter. This will enable an Air to charge another EV at up to 9.6 kw, which Lucid estimates is enough to add 24 to 40 miles of range per hour. Lucid has said from the start that the hardware for bidirectional charging is included in the Air—it just needs to…
The auto show will feature a total of 1,132 vehicles, including 469 NEVs. (Image from Auto Guangzhou website) The annual Guangzhou auto show will open next week, and new energy vehicles (NEVs) will again be in the spotlight. Auto Guangzhou 2023 will be held from November 17 to 26 at the Canton Fair Complex in Guangzhou, the event’s organizers said today. November 17 will be the media day, open to media and special guests only, while November 18 to November 19 will be the professional visitors’ day, with tickets costing RMB 100 ($14), and November 20 to November 26 will…
Zeekr will hold a pre-sale launch event for the Zeekr 007 on November 17, the first day of the Guangzhou auto show, starting at 10:00 am. (Image credit: Zeekr) Zeekr, Geely Auto’s premium electric vehicle (EV) subsidiary, continues to warming up for its first sedan model, the Zeekr 007, ahead of next week’s pre-sale launch. Zeekr today shared three Zeekr 007 exterior images showing the body design of the electric sedan. The Zeekr 007 is based on Geely’s SEA (Sustainable Experience Architecture) and was designed by the world’s top designer Stefan Sielaff’s team, Zeekr said. The car is a luxury…
All three Li Auto models delivered more than 10,000 units in October, and all were record highs. Li Auto (NASDAQ: LI) said earlier this month that it delivered a record 40,422 vehicles in October. Now, the breakdown figures show how its three models performed. The company’s current models on sale include the five-seat Li L7, as well as the six-seat Li L8 and Li L9, all of which are extended-range electric vehicles (EREVs). The least expensive Li L7 delivered a record 15,525 units in October, contributing 38.41 percent of the Li Auto’s deliveries in October, according to data from China…
October was the first full month of deliveries for the updated G9 since its launch on September 19, and monthly deliveries were an all-time high for the model. Xpeng (NYSE: XPEV) earlier this month reported deliveries of 20,002 vehicles in October, including 8,741 for the new SUV G6. The electric vehicle (EV) maker didn’t provide deliveries for its other models, but they’re available now. The G6 was the highest Xpeng model delivered in October, up 7.49 percent from 8,132 units in September. The model contributed 43.7 percent of Xpeng’s deliveries in October, down from 53.12 percent in September. Xpeng launched…