Honda Prologue review, GM plug-in hybrids, Mach-E price cut: The week in reverse
Which automaker pushed back a key EV target by five years?
Which brand is at least thinking about equipping its electric vehicles with artificial engine vibrations?
This is our review of Week In Reverse – here at Green Car Reports – for the week ending February 23, 2024.
In one First drive of the 2024 Honda Prologue EVWe found this spacious, sophisticated and feature-rich electric crossover to be just the thing to make a statement about flashier Honda electric vehicles coming to market in the near future.
2025 Porsche Panamera 4S E-Hybrid
The new generation 2025 Porsche Panamera Plug-in Hybrid The range introduced this week includes, among other things, more electric kilometers, faster acceleration and an active suspension system.
The number of legacy automakers announcing delays to their electric vehicle plans grew again this week Mercedes-Benz has postponed its EV targets Announced at the beginning of the decade. While it was planned for electric and hybrid vehicles to account for 50% of sales by 2025, the company now expects to achieve this goal in 2030. It also appears to have abandoned its plan to sell only electric vehicles by 2030, market conditions permitting.
GM Electric Pickup Truck Silhouette – 2020 Ultium Platform Preview
Furthermore, GM is supposedly urgent plans for full-fledged plug-in hybrid pickups, as it moves away from a new generation of electric vans and a smaller electric pickup. And Hyundais Genesis may not go all-electric According to a report from South Korea, the time period detailed in recent years is fairly accurate. A report citing Insider suggests that the luxury brand now plans to add hybrid vehicles next year, while it had previously stated that from 2025 all new additions to the range would be electric vehicles or hydrogen fuel cell models.
Ford on Tuesday Lower prices for Mustang Mach-E electric vehicles by up to $8,100. The price adjustment brings base versions of the remaining 2023 inventory to $41,695, about $2,700 less than the entry-level Tesla Model Y. A bonus cash incentive also added up to $12,500 on the F models. 150 Lightning electric trucks saved.
2025 Volvo EC40 (Europe specification)
Volvo, on the other hand, recently reaffirmed its plans to switch to all-electric vehicles by the end of the decade and is well on its way there The recharge logo for plugins is being discontinued. That means adding two new EV badges to balance the old with the new – redesigning the XC40 Recharge and C40 Recharge into EX40 and EC40, respectively. Volvo also clarified what exactly it will be like later in the week sells most of its shares in Polestaras the EV startup is struggling and, as some have observed, has become a drain on Volvo’s resources.
According to multiple reports earlier this week, the Biden administration is considering it Withdrawal of stricter emissions regulations, to give full-line automakers more time to increase production of electric vehicles and produce more gas guzzlers. The changes would reportedly “slow the pace at which automakers would have to comply,” leading to stronger gains through 2030 and beyond.
Ready for a European vacation? The Volkswagen ID.7 Tourer electric station wagon On Monday, he revealed that it’s all set for a family road trip – and with the three-row ID.Buzz launching later this year, it’s hard to imagine this attractive electric wagon heading to the US any time soon.
2025 Volkswagen ID.7 Tourer
Parent company Stellantis may be considering more than just noise for its company, according to a patent filing from last year that was recently found via a Mopar fansite loud screaming electric muscle carnow scheduled for unveiling on March 5th. A so-called “Active Vibration Enhancement” system could possibly provide one Muscle EV with the shake of a V-8.
Sono Motors is experiencing something of a revival after bankruptcy Solar electric bus kit The aim is to convert commercial vehicles. However, there is no mention of the Sion Solar EV project, which was previously apparently for sale. As of this weekend, the company still has not responded to Green Car Reports regarding the status of the program or its potential sale.
Sono Sion and other vehicles equipped with Sono solar panels
Before the end of the decade Electric vehicles may be cheaper than gasoline models. According to a study released this week by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), an oversupply of lithium plus Biden policies will lead to lower battery prices and, most importantly, significantly lower electric vehicle sticker prices compared to gasoline vehicles. Affordability gains will happen even without Biden stimulus, just more slowly.
And when misinformation spreads about declining EV sales, send your friends an easy-to-read chart to show it Electric vehicle sales in 2023 exceeded 2022 levels every single month of the past year.
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