Author: Stephen Edelstein

2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV is eligible for $1,000 Costco discount

2024 Chevrolet Blazer EVCostco members can get up to $1,000 off the purchase or lease of a 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV through Jan. 2. According to CarsDirect, the Blazer EV was added to General Motors' year-end Costco rebate promotion last Friday. The program runs nationwide, but only for shoppers who have been Costco members since Oct. 31 of this year. The Blazer EV isn't...

Canada’s EV mandate: All sales plug-in or fuel-cell by 2035

2024 Hyundai Kona ElectricOn Tuesday, Canada unveiled the framework for an EV mandate for 2035. The mandate, known as the Electric Vehicle Availability Standard, will gradually step up the amount of "zero-emission vehicles" until they account for 100% of new-car sales in Canada. It stipulates 20% zero-emission vehicle sales in 2026, and 60% in 2030 before eliminating sales...

France looks local, excludes China with new EV incentive

2024 MG 4 XpowerFrance's revamped EV incentives favor European-made EVs and exclude those from China, a list of qualifying vehicles shows. Reuters reported Thursday that 65% of EVs sold in France will still qualify for a rebate of up to 7,000 euros (approximately $7,600) under new rules that went into effect Friday. The list includes the Tesla Model Y...

US EV sales are growing, but so is the gasoline fleet

Volkswagen ID.4 built at ChattanoogaU.S. EV sales are growing, but not enough to offset gasoline cars. That's because sales of those vehicles are growing faster, according to a new report. Experian's Automotive Market Trends report for the third quarter of 2023 showed that while electric cars now account for a larger share of the U.S. vehicle fleet than they did a few years ago, the...

Honda E sales halt ahead of next-generation EV debut

2020 Honda EEuropean sales of the Honda E retro EV are being halted amid slow sales, Automotive News Europe reported last week. Unveiled at the 2019 Frankfurt auto show, the E market the start of a new generation of compact EVs, and it earned praise for its cute exterior and dashboard full of screens. As it was revealed by executives, the Honda E was...

Kia purpose-built EV will make global debut at CES

Rendering of Kia Purpose Built VehiclesKia will unveil its EV for mobility services at CES 2024 in January. The vehicle is known as the PBV, but the meaning of that acronym has changed since Kia first announced it. The automaker at first said PBV stood for "Purpose-Built Vehicle," but has now redefined it—marketing or not—as "Platform Beyond Vehicle." Kia announced the PBV...