Author: Bengt Halvorson

Aptera confirms Tesla charge port for its solar EV

Design for new Aptera electric car, Aug 2019Aptera this week confirmed that its solar-supplemented three-wheel production EV will offer a Tesla connector and corresponding charging equipment, both produced by the charging-hardware maker Lectron. The California startup's adoption of the Tesla standard, now called NACS, was already all but a given. The company had made earlier assertions it...

Ford has made 150,000 Mustang Mach-E electric SUVs

150,000th Ford Mustang Mach-E builtFord on Wednesday confirmed that it’s already produced 150,000 of its Mustang Mach-E electric crossovers. The milestone highlights how much Ford has already accelerated production of the popular electric vehicle, which executives originally suggested was bound for 25,000 to 30,000 U.S. sales annually—with a total achievable volume of...

Chevy FNR-XE electric sedan concept takes Ultium to cars

Chevrolet FNR-XE Concept  -  GM ChinaGM’s Ultium has reached China, with the Chevrolet FNR-XE Concept EV revealed last week. The concept, which was developed in Shanghai, was shown as part of GM’s Tech Day for China. It’s the first concept for China that wraps in GM’s battery and propulsion architecture for scaling up EVs with local SAIC-GM resources. On a...

See the most formative Tesla vehicles together in LA exhibit

2019 Tesla Cybertruck Prototype (Petersen Automotive Museum)Tesla introduced the long-range electric vehicle, created a fast-charging network that enabled it to replace gasoline vehicles for many Americans, then ramped up EV mass-production to levels never before seen. Less than 20 years into the company’s existence there’s no official Tesla museum that fans of the brand can flock to. But for...

Toyota bZ Compact SUV Concept might signal more US EVs

Toyota bZ Compact SUV Concept Toyota on Wednesday night revealed a concept SUV teasing one potential direction Toyota might soon take in a production electric vehicle. The bZ Compact SUV Concept is a “nod to the near future,” Toyota announced on the eve of the Los Angeles auto show. Toyota claims to have used an approach with the concept that aims “to express...