Fiat 500e review, F-150 Lightning price cut, diesel hybrids, roadside electric car chargers: Today’s Car News
Do electric vehicles need a breakthrough in battery energy density before they make environmental sense?
And which luxury electric vehicle brings back the look of an internal combustion engine grille? Are fake tailpipes coming next?
This is our review of Week In Reverse – here at Green Car Reports – for the week ending April 12, 2024.
In one first drive of the 2024 Fiat 500e Green Car Reports found that this fashion accessory and short-haul electric car remains well-suited to the city – with many of the same limitations as the first-generation 500e sold on the West Coast.
2024 Fiat 500e
The 2024 Ford Mustang Mach-E offers more range and faster charging — as well as faster acceleration across much of the lineup — at a price thousands less than when the 2023 Mach-E launched a year ago. Ford says the Mach-E now offers an EPA range of up to 320 miles. According to Ford, with the performance upgrade, the high-performance Mach-E GT versions are now also able to outperform the Tesla Model Y Performance.
2025 Mercedes-Benz EQS
The great 2025 Mercedes-Benz EQS The hatchback gets a major refresh for the new model year, including increased battery capacity and range, upgraded brakes and a sedan-like rear seat package. Part of the revision is also a radiator grille that is intended to mimic the grille of the petrol S-Class.
Ford is already making a U-turn with the latest price increases for the F-150 Lightning. It is Cut prices on the 2024 F-150 Lightning by up to $5,500– with the recently launched Flash version offering the biggest discount and several mid-range models discounted by thousands.
Honda Sedan Concept – 2024 CES
Honda touted this Flexibility is being built into its EV hub in Ohio, which could build hundreds of electric vehicles per day or a mix with a heavy shift to hybrid vehicles, depending on demand. The brand’s next-generation electric vehicle buildout includes 31-foot-tall, 6,000-ton die-casting machines that exceed the machines used at Giga Texas.
Kia last week detailed its plans to transition to electric vehicles and electrified powertrains over the decade, and the company hasn’t budged from its goal By 2030, 1.6 million Kia electric vehicles are expected to be sold annually. But until then, around 800,000 hybrid, plug-in hybrid and fuel cell vehicles will be sold annually, meaning electrified vehicles will account for 58% of the market share in 2030.
Voltpost roadside electric vehicle charger
It appears that a significant number of roadside electric vehicle chargers will soon be coming to market in the United States. Voltpost announced plans to launch Lamppost based electric vehicle chargers in major US metropolitan areas such as New York, Chicago and Detroit. These Level 2 AC chargers feature a 20-foot retractable cord and supporting app, and the installation cost is a fraction of the cost of setting up and installing a separate charger.
Toyota previously proposed stopping sales of diesel engines in passenger cars. However, diesel SUVs continue to be sold in most regions, even Europe. And in recent comments, an Australian executive at the company insisted that diesel “isn’t going away anytime soon,” hinting as much Diesels could be combined with hybrid drives “especially for heavy vehicles.”
Rimac C_Two electromagnetic emission tests
Rimac announced this Help BMW with next generation EV batteriesas the company that started out converting BMW electric vehicles and then was a supercar maker is now also shifting its roles to a high-tech supplier.
Carlos Tavares, CEO of Stellantis, claimed this last week Electric vehicles need a “breakthrough” in the energy density of battery cells before they make sense from an ecological point of view compared to vehicles with combustion engines – also because of the additional weight and additional raw materials. This is in stark contrast to the overwhelming majority of scientific papers and calculations from environmental organizations to car manufacturers, which suggest that electric vehicles at their current state of technology will quickly pay for themselves in terms of CO2 and overall environmental impact.
Carlos Tavares, CEO of PSA Group, and Mary Barra, CEO of GM
With a bill that came into effect last week, New Jersey marks electric vehicle ownership with an additional upfront fee of $1,000 in addition to other existing registration fees. While it effectively replaces the role of the electric vehicle gas tax in funding road maintenance, it could provide a disincentive to the state’s adoption of California’s electric vehicle mandate and its goal of reaching 50% of electric vehicle sales by 2027 and 100% by 2035.
Despite long-held plans to align with California’s emissions standards, Connecticut and Maine have done so delayed the adoption of California’s electric vehicle sales mandate with current decisions. Electric vehicle advocates who fear it will delay adoption of the rules until later this decade point to misinformation campaigns by fossil fuel-funded groups.
Ford, GM and Stellantis rely on expensive sales Full-size pickup trucks to effectively finance the electromobility offensive. But will falling sales due to high interest rates now impact the future launch of electric vehicle products?
2025 Ram 1500 Tungsten
Electric cars and trucks of all types could account for up to 65% of today’s total grid demand by 2050, according to a study released this week by the Natural Resources Defense Council and EPRI, a utility representative. But according to the study Efficiency improvements in electric vehicles could pay off significantly By reducing this burden, we reduce costs for all Americans, not just those who drive an electric vehicle by then.
And according to Gallup poll results released this week, electric vehicle ownership is still increasing in the United States Fewer car buyers are considering electric vehicles who don’t yet have one. Gallup found that these results are increasingly linked to political affiliation and, like several other studies, found that older Americans are less likely to purchase (and consider) electric vehicles.
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