Author: Joel Feder

Fiat 500e production halted due to weak demand

2024 Fiat 500eThe Fiat 500e isn't selling well. Stellantis paused production of the pint-sized electric car on Sept. 12 noting sluggish demand. Reuters reported on Tuesday that production is not scheduled to resume until Nov. 1. The original production halt was only slated to last four weeks with a restart date set for Oct. 11. Stellantis, Fiat's parent...

Ford giving EV buyers free home charger and installation

Ford EV chargerFord's aiming to make life easier and less confusing for EV buyers. On Monday, Ford CEO Jim Farley posted on LinkedIn that the automaker will be providing a free home charger, along with installation, to its buyers that buy or lease a Mustang Mach-E, F-150 Lightning, or E-Transit. Farley said the complimentary Level 2 home charger will either come...

Bentley CEO says luxury market rejects electric cars

New Bentley Continental GT SpeedThe Volkswagen Group ultra-luxury brand Bentley appears to have cooled even more on EVs. As its CEO Frank-Steffen Walliser recently told Car and Driver "what we see in the luxury market right now (is that) people reject electric cars." Wealthy consumers "consider luxury cars only with a combustion engine," the executive claimed. In 2020, Bentley...

Rivian CEO saddened EVs became political

Rivian founder and CEO RJ ScaringeGM and Rivian's CEO have something in common, based on comments made in recent days: Neither thought EVs would become a political lightning rod. On Thursday while speaking at the New York Times' Climate Forward event Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe said "I think it's really important that we don't make EVs a political thing, and I'm saddened...

Rolls-Royce doubles down on EVs, planning SUV and sedan

2024 Rolls-Royce SpectreRolls-Royce will leapfrog rival Bentley into the all-electric era. Rolls-Royce launched its first EV, dubbed the Spectre, in 2023 a year after the luxury coupe arrived to signal electric excess. Automotive News reported the automaker is now planning two new EVs including a crossover and a sedan. The second Rolls-Royce EV to join the lineup after...

GM CEO surprised EVs became political

GM CEO Mary BarraGM CEO is "surprised" EVs are political Barra said GM is on track to be EV-only by 2035 if customers are ready GM's Corvette boss didn't commit to an electric Corvette, but one's already been confirmed GM's top executive is surprised that EVs became a political lightning rod. "It did surprise me; I never thought the propulsion system on a vehicle...

Lucid Gravity getting Tesla NACS charge port in 2025

Lucid Gravity with Tesla NACS charge portLucid said the Gravity SUV will get a NACS charge port in 2025 Initial deliveries of the electric Gravity SUV will have a CCS charge port Lucid hasn't said when the Air sedan will get a NACS charge port Lucid just put a timeline to its transition to Tesla's North American Charging System (NACS) charge port. On Tuesday, during the automaker's...