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One in five drivers (20%) has been unable to charge at a public location. This is up from 18% in 2023. The perception of bad charging infrastructure is one of the biggest roadblocks to wider EV adoption. Without NEVI funding to build more chargers, there could be a cooling of EV demand. The last time I spoke with J.D. Power, things looked grim. The auto market is in a weird state of flux, as President Trump’s policies and helter-skelter tariff threats make things very hard to predict. Plus, the likely dismantling of the Inflation Reduction Act will have a chilling…
Does it make sense to go for a 350 kW DC fast charger when the Chevy Equinox EV can only accept 150 kW? Tom Moloughney tried three different fast chargers to see if it made a difference. Surprisingly, the 250 kW charger had the shortest charging session, not the 350 kW stall. The Chevrolet Equinox EV offers a lot of bang for the buck, but it has a big drawback. Despite its high-voltage battery being described as a 400-volt pack, it’s actually under 300 V when the state of charge is low, and it never goes over 400 V even…
The Polestar 3 electric SUV will get an upgraded chipset for its second model year, the automaker confirmed Thursday in a press release. Due to arrive in showrooms later in the 2025 calendar year, the 2026 Polestar 3 is the first of the brand’s EVs to receive the Nvidia Drive AGX Orin processor, a more powerful successor to the Drive AGX Xavier processor the SUV launched with. 2026 Polestar 3 charging In addition to being installed in newly built vehicles, the more powerful processor will be offered as a free upgrade to existing Polestar 3 owners. Parent brand Volvo earlier…
The X9 MPV is Xpeng’s highest-priced and is seen as a strategic model to help boost gross margins. Xpeng had showcased the X9 in Hong Kong and Malaysia and plans to launch the MPV in Norway as well. (Image credit: Xpeng) Xpeng (NYSE: XPEV) today shipped 300 right-hand-drive X9 MPVs (multi-purpose vehicles) to Thailand, beginning efforts to bring its most expensive model to international markets. The company celebrated the occasion at a ceremony held today in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, where it is headquartered, and said the X9 vehicles will be delivered to Thai owners immediately upon arrival. Launched in China…
The updated T03 is offered in two variants with a starting price of RMB 59,900 ($8,270). A previous variant priced at RMB 49,900 is no longer available. (Leapmotor T03. Image credit: Leapmotor) Leapmotor (HKG: 9863) has rolled out the updated T03 compact electric vehicle (EV), eliminating its previous lowest-priced variant and allowing for a higher starting price. The Chinese new energy vehicle (NEV) maker, backed by Stellantis NV (NYSE: STLA), today launched the updated T03 in China, offering two variants with starting prices of RMB 59,900 ($8,270) and RMB 69,900, respectively. Both variants are powered by lithium iron phosphate battery…
The Onvo L80 is said to be possibly Nio Inc’s largest model in the short term. Onvo’s second car, which is benchmarked against Li Auto’s Li L8 or Li L9, would be released later this year, an executive previously said. (Image credit: @莱特宁NEV on Xchuxing) Onvo’s next model, the L80 SUV (sport utility vehicle), is starting to get more buzz as the Nio (NYSE: NIO) sub-brand adds to its product matrix later this year. A user of Chinese automotive media outlet Xchuxing’s online community yesterday shared several spy photos of an SUV that he said was Onvo’s L80, internally codenamed…
BMW’s Heart of Joy control unit BMW has developed the Heart of Joy control unit for its upcoming Neue Klasse EVs Heart of Joy consolidates multiple separate control units—such as those managing the drivetrain and chassis—into a single, integrated unit Promised benefits include quicker and more precise vehicle control, plus efficiency gains BMW’s upcoming Neue Klasse family of electric vehicles, set to start arriving later this year, will benefit from a new drivetrain and chassis management system that consolidates multiple control units into a single, advanced unit. This replaces the separate control units that current vehicles rely on. BMW calls…
The camouflaged BMW Vision Driving Experience (VDX) technology demonstrator appeared low-slung and menacing. I had to contort myself awkwardly to get in and squeeze into its carbon-fiber bucket seats. BMW officials helped me buckle the four-point harness before German motorsport racing driver Jens Klingmann fired up the EV. He drove me and two other journalists out of the garage and onto BMW’s performance track near its Spartanburg, South Carolina production facility. What followed was a glimpse into BMW’s next-generation, software-defined EVs. The VDX is a rolling testbed for BMW’s Neue Klasse range, the first of which is set to arrive…
Cummins has its eye on hybrid powertrains to help decarbonize the transport, construction, and mining spaces the operates in. To that end, the company has acquired the hybrid equipment experts First Mode, and plans to make the first commercially available retrofit hybrid system for mining equipment a reality not just soon – but now. The Cummins brand is almost synonymous with diesel in the US, but they’re making big moves in the ZEV space, too, with their Accelera brand and, now, with their purchase of First Mode. The acquisition includes the rights to all of First Mode’s tech in the mining…
A video shows a Yangwang U9 electric supercar equipped with the “God’s Eye” smart driving system successfully completing an autonomous driving on a race track. The Yangwang U9 is equipped with the top-of-the-line God’s Eye A smart driving system. BYD (HKG: 1211, OTCMKTS: BYDDY) unveiled its vehicle intelligence strategy last night, starting to bring smart driving capabilities to lower-priced affordable models. At the start of yesterday’s much-anticipated event, the new energy vehicle (NEV) maker shared a video showing what kind of challenges it can accomplish with its smart driving capabilities. In the video, a Yangwang U9 electric supercar equipped with…