Author: Joel Feder

Mercedes developing solar paint for EVs

Mercedes-Benz solar paint coatingMercedes-Benz is developing a solar coating for EVs In ideal conditions it could provide many miles of additional EV range per day Mercedes wouldn't say how the solar paint would be applied to a car Mercedes-Benz is trying to come up with any and all new ways to increase efficiency, which it believes is the new currency as it enters the EV era. In...

Mercedes tech may enable EV batteries with mixed cell types

Mercedes-Benz Vision One-Eleven conceptMercedes-Benz has its eyes on solid-state batteries with its partnership with Factorial for battery cells, but the automaker's already thinking one step beyond that. In the future, Mercedes envisions mixed battery packs with different types of cells all wired in parallel rather than today's series arrangement. The enabling factor to this is a new...

Electric Chrysler Pacifica minivan plays with flexible interior

Chrysler Portal concept, 2017 Consumer Electronics ShowThe Chrysler Pacifica lineup will gain an electric variant Electric Chrysler Pacifica interior will feature flexible interior packaging Pacifica will be refreshed in 2026 with the electric variant to follow Chrysler's inching closer to an electric minivan, and now we know what it will be called. On Thursday at the 2024 LA Auto Show, Chrysler CEO...

Mercedes-Benz CLA EV prototype covers 2,309 miles in 24 hours

2026 Mercedes-Benz CLA EV prototype sets distance record at NardoA Mercedes-Benz CLA EV prototype toppled a record set by Porsche Taycan Mercedes drove prototype 2,309 miles in 24 hours around Nardo test track Production Mercedes CLA EV could become most efficient U.S.-market EV Records are meant to be broken, and Mercedes-Benz has just busted one set by Porsche. In April, Mercedes-Benz quietly took an electric...

Scout Terra vs. Rivian R1T: Comparing electric trucks

Scout Terra vs. Rivian R1TThe Scout Terra electric truck has the Rivian R1T in its sights, along with a bevy of other electric pickups. Said to enter production in 2027, the Scout Terra will be an off-road, adventure-ready electric truck that cribs from Rivian’s playbook. Although billed as a production-intent concept that’s 85% of what will be made in the U.S...

Scout Traveler vs. Rivian R1S: Comparing electric SUVs

Scout Traveler vs. Rivian R1SThe first true challenger to Rivian’s R1S off-road electric family hauler has come out of the shadows. VW’s Scout will be developing its off-road electric SUV aiming squarely at Rivian R1S. Years away, the electric Scout Traveler SUV will be the most direct Rivian R1S rival when it arrives, which is targeted to happen in 2027. Scout...

Toyota reportedly delays US EV production to 2026

Toyota Land Cruiser Se conceptToyota's U.S.-built EVs might be coming a year later than planned. On Tuesday, Nikkei reported the start of production a new three-row electric SUV at a plant in Kentucky won't take place until 2026. In 2023 Toyota announced production of the electric three-row SUV would start in 2025. The delayed production is attributed to the slowing of EV...