Electric vehicles

The 2027 BMW 3 Series has been revealed and it’s basically the production version of its Neue Klasse EV concept that debuted in 2023.

Joby Aviation is bringing its vision of fast, clean city travel to life through a new partnership with Virgin Atlantic, marking a significant step forward for electric urban aviation.

Over a third of the US population lives in multifamily housing without charging access. That's a massive EV transition hurdle. So what's the solution?

Just days after revealing it will be cutting three electric vehicles for the U.S. market, Honda is unlikely to produce a second-generation Prologue crossover when production of the first-gen ends in December.

The Bubble by SeaBubbles is a fully electric hydrofoil water taxi designed to reduce urban pollution and ease traffic congestion in busy cities.

Lucid Motors executives traveled to New York City for the company’s first-ever Investor Day where they essentially told them the EV maker will need to produce midsize vehicles for some time before the company will be profitable.

During the event, attendees got an early look at the first of three midsize models — the Cosmos — that will roll out during the next two years. The Cosmos is a midsize crossover expected to compete with the Tesla Model Y and Rivian R2. In 2027, the Lucid Earth should make its debut which will be followed by an unnamed vehicle the following year.

The company also shed light on its plans to expand its robotaxi services with Uber. Currently the company uses the Gravity SUV for testing with Nuro and Uber handling the testing in San Francisco. However, officials noted the longer-term plan is to offer a midsize vehicle for use. 

Lunar, which is a purpose-built two-seat robotaxi concept using the midsize platform, might be that vehicle. It’s “designed to maximize efficiency, utilization, and lifetime operating economics,” officials said. 

Rivian’s been beating the drum for its next vehicle, the R2, for a while, and now it’s changed the beat to tell those wanting buy one just how much they’ll need to pony up: $57,990, not including taxes and fees.

Honda revealed today faces a potential $15.8 billion loss and it will cut three electric vehicles designed for the U.S. market as a result as it looks for ways to improve its 2026 fiscal year results.

Slate Auto shuffled the top executives at the fledgling electric vehicle maker, naming a new CEO and moving his predecessor into a new role before the keys to the first small pickup have been given to the buyer.

We discussed EV owners' satisfaction on Friday's podcast.

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Hyundai will not be bringing the updated 2026 Hyundai Ioniq 6 EV to the United States. However, Americans will still be able to lay their hands on overstocked 2025 models and the performance-enhanced 2026 Hyundai Ioniq 6 N.

In a  Cox Automotive analysis released a couple weeks ago about electric vehicle sales in the US, there is this:

“While the Q4 collapse will command headlines, total EV sales in calendar year 2025 tell a different story: Thanks in part to record volume in Q3, total EV sales last year came in just shy of 2024’s 1.30 million. In fact, 2025 was the second-best year on record for EV sales in the U.S., and the EV share of total market sales was a strong 7.8%, down from 8.1% a year earlier, according to Kelley Blue Book estimates.”

The ”Q4 collapse” was a decline in EV sales to 5.8 percent of the total US new vehicle market.

The “record volume in Q3” was a market share of 10.5 percent.

Today's podcast took a look at the EV market in a post-tax-credit world.

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Stellantis N.V. accomplished a first since its creation in 2021: it posted a loss. And much like its newly reborn Hemi engines, it was big and showy. 

Automakers are always looking for ways to improve their bottom lines, and Ford’s found a way to get Mustang Mach-E buyers for an extra $495 — you gotta buy a frunk now.

Lucid Motors took in more money and delivered more cars last year than the previous year and reported an adjusted loss of $2.8 billion, including a worse-than-expected $874.7 million in the fourth quarter.

The predicted decline of electric vehicle (EV) following the end of the $7,500 federal tax credit last fall has been well documented. However, a new JD Power study shows that EVs retain a certain level of popularity.

Lamborghini’s CEO has confirmed that the company will not be building the Lanzador EV and has basically sworn off the concept of all-electric vehicles. Instead, the Italian brand stated that it’ll be prioritizing hybrid models to deliver both performance and emissions compliance.

As part of the Environmental Protection Agency’s recent celebration regarding its repeal of the endangerment finding and status of automatic stop-start, there was a somewhat dubious claim suggesting the government could save Americans $1.3 trillion by 2055. With the EPA issuing a follow-up regulatory impact analysis, some are now claiming that the math isn’t working. However, some of their numbers are looking equally suspect.

Sales of new electric vehicles (EV) fell off a cliff after the $7,500 federal tax credit died at the end of last September, and as a result there is a 168-day supply of new EVs on dealer lots. Time for a deal, right?

If anyone wondered about how Polestar would handle the uncertainty surrounding electric vehicles in the near term, wonder no more: it’s going all out with four new vehicles hitting the streets by 2028.

Rob Hoffmann's podcast, which we republish as part of our TTAC Content Creator series, raises an interesting point -- it's still hard for apartment and condo dwellers to charge EVs.

Rivian offered good news to investors, increasing its revenues while reducing its losses for 2025, despite a tough fourth quarter when EV sales in the U.S. fell off significantly.

Looks like the 2027 Toyota Highlander is going all-electric.

Toyota has decided to reinvent the Highlander as an all-electric SUV for the 2027 model year. This is assuredly a response to the Grand Highlander gobbling up sales that would have gone to its little brother. But one still wonders if this is the best play for Toyota to make.

The TELO Truck is a fully electric mini pickup designed for urban driving without sacrificing utility or performance.

The make-or-break metric for electric vehicle makers is consistently reporting profits, and analysts predict the beginning of that profitability measurement for Rivian is not coming with its Q4 and full-year earnings reports.

Ford Motor Co. lost $8.2 billion for all of 2025 despite its revenue rising slightly, all of it tied to the $19.5 billion charge it took to account for its underperforming electric vehicle business. However, it offered a bright outlook for 2026.

Charging anxiety replaced range anxiety as one of the top issues potential electric vehicle buyers grappled with in the last two years. A  new report reveals that public DC fast-charging port installations grew 30 percent last year — just as EV sales are plummeting.

Aptera is a fully electric, solar-powered vehicle engineered for maximum efficiency and range. Its lightweight, ultra-aerodynamic design dramatically reduces energy consumption, allowing it to travel farther than traditional EVs. Built-in solar panels can add up to 40 miles of charge per day from sunlight alone, reducing the need to plug in.

Chris Russo, SmartCharge Clean Energy Program Manager at Con Edison wants to give you money as SmartCharge incentivizes off-peak charging to balance grid demand and make everybody a winner.

When it comes to sales numbers, 2025 was a good year for the auto industry; however, no company may have had a better year than General Motors, which saw all four of its divisions post sales increases over the previous year.

The public’s never-ending love of pickups combined with a new appreciation for hybrid vehicles fueled a 6 percent jump in new vehicle sales for Ford Motor Co. in 2025.

As the sales have come in for 2025, all things considered they are damned good, perhaps worthy of some champagne-cork popping (or at the very least the opening of a screw-top bottle of some top-shelf jug wine).

Guests Bob Granito and Bill Thau from IVP Research Labs join the show to discuss the intersection of autonomous systems and EVs, sharing insights from comprehensive research studies that reveal surprising findings about stress levels when cars drive autonomously compared to manual driving.

Canada is reportedly considering abandoning its preexisting electric-vehicle mandates. The nation has been targeting 100 percent zero-emission vehicle sales by 2035, with automakers having to achieve 20 percent by the end of 2026. But the goals aren’t remotely realistic, forcing leadership to revisit the issue as automakers are begging for regulatory clarity.

Stellantis is killing off the 4xe in Jeeps and the Chrysler Pacifica Plug-In Hybrid.

Where did a promising attempt at electrification go wrong?

A new report from The Drive indicates that the current Jeep and Chrysler plug-in hybrid models are dead.

While Newton’s Laws of Motion aren’t completely aligned with this notion, once something gets a push forward, it starts going. If it gets more pushes along the way, not only does it keep going, but it might accelerate.

Ok, so, yesterday's EV charging snafu wasn't a disaster, more of a mere annoyance. But using "disaster" made for better headline, don't you think?

Why is your EV so efficient on paper, but loses range at high speeds or in winter? We walk through the physics of drag, battery vs fuel energy, heating losses, and what you can do to stretch every kWh in your EVs.

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Similarity in design impacts how car-buying customers perceive brands. Traditionally, nonelectric cars have been designed with distinctive, recognizable styles. EVs, in contrast, tend to resemble one another.

In a recent study, just 17 percent of consumers polled knew that Nissan sold the EV model Leaf. Compare this to iconic brands like the Mini Cooper or the Lamborghini Diablo, where the majority of the public would know the car model and brand at a glance.

“You might wonder why this platform and vehicle had to be electric. The choice enabled how it is built, and we also believe electric vehicles are by far the best product for the customers we are going after.

How do you get food retailers to buy into EV charging? Not by measuring success with electrons sold, but cups of coffee. Seriously.

Ford Motor Company is pulling back on its electric-vehicle plans in a move that will cost the company $19.5 billion.

California is presently considering a new tax on all-electric vehicles that would charge motorists a few cents per every mile driven. The idea is being pitched as a way to make up for lost revenues as more residents now drive EVs than ever before. But the initiative is getting some pushback from the locals as government action runs behind schedule.

The 2026 Subaru Uncharted has arrived with a starting MSRP of $34,995. This makes it the most affordable all-electric model in the company’s current lineup. However, this was accomplished by making all-wheel drive an optional extra — which is something Subaru hasn’t done since Symmetrical AWD became standard equipment in 1996.

Electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Polestar announced last week it is beginning efforts to provide bi-directional charging—from home to vehicle and vice versa—starting with residents in California who get a Polestar 3.

Scaling EV charging infrastructure is no easy task. But Marina Hod, Managing Director Americas at Wevo Energy, appears to be ready for the challenge ahead.

Ford CEO Jim Farley recently told a podcaster that he was shocked by his company found when it tore apart a Tesla Model 3 and some Chinese EVs recently.

Volkswagen has announced that it will now have access to Tesla's Supercharger electric-vehicle charging network.

Public EV charger utilization is a broken model and Madhav Ayyagari and David Alspaugh, co-founders of Inductive Robotics, may have figured out a way to fix it through autonomous EV charging.

It’s looking like North America won’t be getting the Kia EV4 because the model has been indefinitely delayed for the United States. Since the reason given by the manufacturer pertains to changing market conditions, and we’ve noticed a general lack of interest in all-electric models here, odds are good that both you and Kia aren’t going to be bothered by its absence.

General Motors is cutting more than 3,000 jobs associated with its electric vehicle and battery programs—one of the largest industry clawbacks since U.S. policy shifted away from EV mandates earlier this year. The layoffs are a function of GM trimming electric vehicle production to match declining demand.

Electric vehicle expert and sales trainer, Jeremie Bernardin joins The Urban EV Podcast to share his first mover journey into the EV world, the importance of bridging the training gap for dealerships, and the emotional aspects of purchasing electric vehicles.

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