Electrify America’s flagship urban EV charging station is indoors
Electrify America on Wednesday unveiled its first indoor charging station, which the charging network says will serve as a template for future sites in urban areas. Located in San Francisco's South Market neighborhood, two blocks from the Bay Bridge, t...
Gas-powered 2025 Mini Cooper and Cooper S grades debut
After showing an electric version of the 2025 Mini Cooper last September, Mini has revealed the first gasoline versions of the redesigned hatchback on Wednesday. The fourth generation of the modern Mini hatch launches in the U.S. in Cooper S and Cooper...
US plug-in hybrid sales hit a record high in 2023
Plug-in hybrids reached record sales in 2023, with more than 250,000 vehicles sold, or about 20% of total plug-in vehicle sales, according to the Department of Energy. Last year saw strong sales for EVs as well, which surpassed one million units for th...
Daimler, Navistar, Volvo ally for heavy-duty truck charging
Three of the largest commercial truck manufacturers have joined forces on charging infrastructure. Daimler Trucks North America, Navistar, and Volvo Group North America on Wednesday announced Powering America's Commercial Transportation (PACT), describ...
EV sales near 8% of US new vehicle market
EV sales will reach 8.0% of the total U.S. new vehicle market this month, S&P Global Mobility has predicted. The market share of EVs won't increase dramatically over the previous month, as automakers, dealers, and consumers digest new federal tax c...
BMW adds all-wheel-drive i5 EV, plug-in hybrid to 5-Series lineup
The BMW 5-Series lineup adds two more plug-in variants for the 2025 model year. The automaker confirmed Tuesday that the 2025 BMW 550e xDrive plug-in hybrid will join the lineup for the new model year, along with a third version of the all-electric BMW...
Electric Maserati GranCabrio Folgore coming in 2024, MC20 Folgore in 2025
Maserati recently confirmed a detailed timeline of EV launches that will give the brand an all-electric lineup by the end of the decade. The next scheduled EV is the Maserati GranCabrio Folgore, which will arrive later this year alongside an internal-c...
US Postal Service will add Canoo electric vans to delivery fleet
The U.S. Postal Service will purchase six electric vans from startup Canoo, to be delivered later this quarter. The vans will be right-hand-drive versions of the Canoo LDV 190 van, according to a press release from the startup. Canoo's website lists th...
2024 Jeep Wrangler 2-door adds 35-inch tire option
Jeep is adding 35-inch tires to the two-door Wrangler for the first time. Stellantis on Wednesday announced a new Xtreme 35 Tire Package that adds these bigger tires, previously available only on four-door Wrangler models, to 2024 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon...
Rivian patents roof rail lighting system
Rivian has filed two patent applications for integrated lighting in the roof rails in its electric pickup trucks and SUVs. The two applications show slightly different versions of a lighting system that would be part of the roof cross bars typically us...