Author: Martin Padgett

2025 Hyundai Kona Electric spreads the V2L wealth

2025 Hyundai Kona ElectricPrices are up across the board for the Hyundai Kona Electric in 2025, but so is standard equipment. The '25 Kona Electric also gains a new trim level: the N Line, which gets sporty trim inside and out, to mirror the version that's sold with a gas engine. Regardless of trim, the electric Kona continues to outshine gasoline versions of the...

The first electric-car president? Ike Eisenhower liked them

1914 Rauch-Lang electric car and President Dwight EisenhowerAt least a couple of presidents have been drivers of electric cars, but they're not all in the recent past. Our 34th President, Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower, may have been one of the first. Long before Ike became perhaps the 20th century's most famous general, Eisenhower drove around in an early electric car that belonged to his in-laws. John...

Genesis GV60 gets the first Magma treatment, in 2025

Genesis GV60 Magma conceptGenesis confirmed its GV60 Magma for production in 2025 The first public look at the production model comes this week at the 2024 Goodwood Festival of Speed Genesis plans a Magma for every model The rolling design statement that is the Genesis GV60 gets a performance edition in 2025. The South Korean luxury brand confirmed on Thursday that it will...

Porsche’s gas-powered era begins to end in 2026

Porsche Macan EV at ChargePoint chargerPorsche has confirmed that the gas-powered Macan SUV and the 718 Boxster and Cayman sports cars all will be discontinued by 2026. A Reuters report confirms the decision, which has been widely anticipated as Porsche has introduced and updated key vehicles in its electric-car product plan, including the electric Taycan sedan and the upcoming Macan...

New electric cars coming in 2025-2026

2025 Volvo EX30 electric SUV (dual-motor, Vapor Grey)We've already brought you vehicles like the Acura ZDX, Honda Prologue, and Chevrolet Equinox EV. We've driven them, but now it's time to preview vehicles we know to be in the pipeline, but haven't had hands-on time with just yet. These vehicles due in the next two model years represent the next wave: Those planned before $7,500 tax breaks and...

Review: 2025 Polestar 3 swings for efficient performance

2025 Polestar 3 Performance Pack, test drive, MadridTwo-row, five-seat electric SUV Estimated range: 279 miles (Performance Pack), 315 miles (base) 0-60 mph: 4.8 seconds (base), 4.5 seconds (Performance Pack) Price: $80,300, Launch Edition; may be eligible for federal incentives Polestar’s new electric SUV has been delayed by software issues, and sister brand Volvo has cut its funding...

2025 Mercedes-Benz G-Class works on its quads (motors, that is)

2025 Mercedes-Benz G 580 with EQ TechnologyIt has four motors, 579 hp, and an off-road heritage that goes back further than the Rivian R1S, GMC Hummer EV, and Tesla Cybertruck. With the electric version of its military-grade G-Class, Mercedes-Benz promises even more freedom from pavement than all those American-built flagwavers, and it does it all with batteries. Joining the G-Class in the...

Preview: 2025 Audi Q6 E-Tron casts a potent EV shadow

2025 Audi Q6 E-TronI step on the brake with my left foot, press the accelerator to the mat with my right—then, slip off on the left. Motors whirl to life as they whorl out warp-speed forward thrust. Traffic cones fly by in the side windows like mailboxes on a country road until I let off the pedal and let “B” mode’s regenerative braking lasso...