2025 Volvo EX30 review, Ramcharger plug-in pickup, Nissan hybrid, VW electric vehicle under $35,000: The week in reverse
When is a fully electric Jeep Wrangler coming?
Where could the next Chevy Bolt EV be built?
This is our review of Week In Reverse – here at Green Car Reports – for the week ending November 10, 2023.
The 2025 Volvo EX30 electric crossover is coming soon and marks a new step for the Swedish brand, as it’s not much bigger than a Mini Cooper and has the smallest carbon footprint ever. However, it is also the fastest accelerating Volvo model of all time. Read ours First driving impressions of the Volvo EX30.
2025 Volvo EX30 Electric SUV (Dual Motors, Vapor Gray)
Volvo also announced the creation of a last week Volvo Cars Energy Solutions business The company will look to make the most of its cars’ bi-directional charging capability both at home and potentially to support the grid – starting with the launch of the EX90. In the meantime, the automaker is launching a Vehicle-to-Grid (V2) pilot program with low-cost AC wallboxes.
Ram unveiled a completely redesigned line of Ram 1500 trucks on Tuesday. In addition to the 2025 Ram 1500 REV and its all-electric range of up to 500 miles, the offering includes a Ram 1500 Ramcharger Plug-in Hybrid That allows for 145 electric miles and then channels series hybrid technology to use a full-size V-6 gasoline engine to increase the range to 690 miles. Will such technology, which hasn’t entirely made sense in U.S. driving cycles in the past, also make sense in trucks that tow and haul?
2025 Ram 1500 Ramcharger
Nissan’s e-Power series hybrid system still hasn’t arrived in a single U.S. market model – even as it has become a key technology in Europe and elsewhere in the transition to all-electric models. At the Tokyo auto show last week, Nissan hinted at how it might finally make sense for America – with possible plans for both Hybrid and electric pickupsperhaps.
The 2025 Toyota Camry Hybrid is getting a complete redesign, which will be unveiled next week, and for the first time, all-wheel drive. If it can maintain its fuel economy compared to the Honda Accord Hybrid and Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, that will definitely be a market advantage.
Lucid Air charges a Tesla Model S
The Lucid Air will soon be able to charge other electric vehicles– with up to 9.6 kW, which could give some models a range of 40 miles per hour. The hardware required for this is already in the air, but it needs to be activated via software and you also need a specific cable. Lucid also announced earlier this week that it would switch to Tesla’s NACS port in 2025.
Subaru also joined the majority and declared that it will start Introducing the Tesla NACS charging port for its electric vehicles on the American market. Additionally, Subaru electric vehicles will gain access to the Supercharger later this year with the availability of a CCS adapter for current models like the Solterra, the company confirmed Wednesday.
Engine family for GM Ultium-based electric vehicles
General Motors announced a partnership it hopes will come to fruition earlier this week Permanent magnet EV motors without rare earth materials– and their controversial sourcing ethics and supply chain. It’s worth noting that GM invented the rare earth permanent magnet as we know it.
Hyundai is reportedly in the middle of developing a new generation of lithium iron phosphate (LFP). Battery cells for future affordable electric vehicles. According to a report, the automaker hopes to complete development work in 2024 and begin producing batteries in 2025, which could also help reduce Western automakers’ dependence on Chinese suppliers.
Polestar offered a series of technology announcements and product previews at its first Polestar Day event yesterday. One of them is perhaps the most notable: it plans to test StoreDot very fast charging technology in a Polestar 5 prototype That could travel 100 miles in 5 minutes. It also gave the Polestar 5 a formal bow.
Polestar 5
Among many other news from Polestar: It plans to use supplier SK On for its battery cells Polestar 5 flagship– featuring high-nickel construction and a huge format that, at 22 inches long, is not dissimilar to the large-format cells GM uses in its Ultium electric vehicles. Polestar says it will bring “superior range” to its upcoming premium electric vehicle. And a life cycle analysis published by Polestar suggests that the brand Polestar 4 has a lower carbon footprint as his Polestar 2 hatchback. This contradicts conventional forecasts that suggest SUVs will take up more space and suggests big gains in green manufacturing in China and the efficiency of this upcoming electric vehicle.
Live photos of the BMW i3 Concept 2014, Frankfurt Motor Show 2011
The The BMW i3 EV is coming back, a top executive at the German automaker confirmed in a recent report. The new version will be part of BMW’s upcoming Neue Klasse family, but you won’t find the “polarizing design” and “outsider” styling ethos of the previous i3 in the new edition. BMW made over 250,000 i3 models in the nine years ending last year.
Would a $35,000 Volkswagen EV get the brand on track for growth in North America? A senior American executive at the automaker said it is in the works and will be assembled in the United States or Mexico, but may not arrive until 2027.
Much information about future electric vehicles and their production sites came to light this week as a result of tentative working agreements between the UAW and both GM and Stellantis. On Monday, a UAW document revealed several upcoming plug-in hybrid models and Jeep and Dodge electric vehicles. The details and timeline in the employment agreement secure a next-generation battery-electric and range-extending Wrangler, an electric Dodge Durango SUV and more.
Jeep reconnaissance
The next generation Chevrolet Bolt EV could be made in the USA— at GM’s Fairfax Assembly Plant in Kansas, according to an Automotive News report that also cited labor documents. GM has already said that the Bolt EV will be the first U.S. Ultium electric vehicle to use LFP cells — rather than the lithium-ion cells that the company is setting up joint venture factories to build — so it could be a good electric vehicle that can be produced alongside combustion engine models.
And according to a report published on Monday, a The $27,000 Tesla is built in Germany. It remains unclear whether this is the same affordable car project originally confirmed for 2021 and planned for China, or whether it is the automaker’s platform for smaller electric vehicles, which it claimed to be half in production would cost that much. .
The Rivian Adventure Network launches
This month, Rivian begins charging customers for fast charging at its Rivian Adventure Network stations. Owners will soon see pricing integrated into the app and interface, and this will not impact the company’s Waypoint Target chargers. Although this does not yet open the network to drivers of other electric vehicles, the company is considering it.
And Electric vehicle sales continue to rise in California, according to the latest report from the state’s dealers. In the third quarter, electric vehicles accounted for 22.3% of vehicle sales in the Golden State, up from the previous quarter and despite dire comments from executives that suggested declining demand.
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