Chevy Blazer EV review, Kona Electric prices, 48V Tesla and the tax credit: The week in reverse
Why is Ford cutting production of the F-150 Lightning in half?
Where is the federal charging network already in operation?
This is our review of Week In Reverse – here at Green Car Reports – for the week ending December 15, 2023.
The 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV is the first mass-market SUV based on GM’s Ultium EV toolkit. As we found out on a first drive last week, it’s different from almost every other electric vehicle you can compare it to – and that’s mostly a good thing.
2023 Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid
Following our annual Finalists in the Best Car to Buy category.Announced earlier this month, we explained why a number of other electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids – like the Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid and the Hyundai Kona Electric –didn’t make it.
We’ve also started taking a closer look at each of the four finalists. The Hyundai Ioniq 6 Electric sedan is one of our Green Car Reports Finalists for Best Car to Buy 2024 because it is one of the most remarkable new electric vehicles – in terms of design, efficiency, range, charging and more. In many ways, it’s the first serious competitor to the Tesla Model 3. And with three rows, more than 300 miles of range, two-way charging, towing and off-road capability, and a non-luxury price tag Kia EV9 reaches a completely new area of the EV market. What took so long?
2024 Hyundai Kona Electric
With a complete redesign the The 2024 Hyundai Kona Electric gets a lower starting price compared to 2023, and in base form it loses some range but has more standard technology. The loss of range is due to the base Kona Electric SE now having a smaller 48.6 kWh battery that is estimated to last 200 miles. SEL and Limited models now get a 64.8 kWh package. So if you buy for the longer range, the cost has increased by a few thousand dollars.
The Porsche Macan will shift to a fully electric version in about six months, Porsche summarized on Monday how the Macan EV advances Taycan technology– but with a focus on the mass market. From faster real-world charging to smaller, more efficient power electronics to revised engine designs, it shows how this electric Macan and its 800-volt PPE base, developed jointly with Audi, will deliver more power and more efficiently.
2023 Porsche Macan
GM’s luxury brand Cadillac has released the first photos of it Electric SUV Vistiq, due for the 2026 model year. The three-row Vistiq will sit between the already-on-sale Lyriq and the upcoming three-row Escalade IQ. Cadillac has not yet confirmed a production schedule or other details, but has previously hinted that it is one of the models that could go into production later next year.
Tesla has already confirmed that the Model 3 Rear-Wheel Drive and Model 3 Long Range versions will no longer be eligible for the $7,500 electric vehicle tax credit after December 31st Tesla Model Y “likely” won’t retain the full tax credit in 2024. And the EPA listed the two versions Tesla Cybertruck is eligible for a $7,500 electric vehicle tax credit in 2023 – although initial deliveries of the four-wheel drive Cybertruck models topped out at more than $120,000 and the Cyberbeast is not expected to launch below the $80,000 price cap for the credit. In no other case does the EPA list electric vehicles priced significantly above the price caps.
2025 Tesla Cybertruck – Courtesy of Tesla, Inc.
The The conversion of the Tesla Cybertruck to a 48-volt system for accessories is a topic that has been talked about for a long time. With the Ford CEO’s recent note confirming that Tesla has indeed trained other automakers on how to achieve this – and a confirmation that Ford is also working on the transition – we’ve taken a quick look at why It took a long time to eliminate the 12 volt power supply.
Last week, the House of Representatives passed a bill seeks to stop the EPA from enforcing stricter vehicle emissions standards Rules for 2027-2032, under the false assumption that it is an EV mandate. Since the Senate is unlikely to adopt such a vote, it is a show for the uninformed.
Representation of Kia special purpose vehicles
Kia has confirmed that its purpose-built vehicle (PBV) will serve as a flexible base specialized van-like electric vehicles for ride-hailing and last-mile delivery is set to debut at CES in January. This includes technical details that still need to be explained, such as “Easy Swap” and “Dynamic Hybrid Modularization”.
Sales of the Retro cute electric mini car Honda E are about to announce in Europe and Japan that a new generation of Honda electric vehicles will be presented at CES in January. While the Honda E may once have come to major U.S. cities, Honda instead focused on Europe, where sales were disappointing.
Ford decides to slow F-150 Lightning production, the company announced in a recent memo to suppliers and was quoted in an Automotive News report earlier this week. While the company cited “changing market demand” in this latest of several recent decisions to slow the pace of EV production ramp-up, pricing certainly plays a key role.
2023 Ford F-150 Lightning
Ohio announced this for the first time The fast charger for electric vehicles financed by NEVI is in operation. Funded by the bipartisan infrastructure bill, NEVI will fund sites along interstate highways and other routes in phases over five years — and it includes targeted funding to make them more reliable.
And the charge Electric vehicle charger error message. In a recent report, the group recommended that network and hardware manufacturers consolidate a tangle of error codes into just 26 common codes to better highlight what’s going wrong.
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