Category: Electric cars

Kia EV9 recalled because digital gauge cluster can fail

2024 Kia EV9Kia is recalling 14,163 EV9 electric SUVs because their digital instrument clusters could go blank while the vehicles are being driven. The vehicles, a mix of 2024 and 2025 models, received an over-the-air software update in August that may have introduced a software logic error, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration...

Mercedes-Benz opens battery recycling plant in Germany

Mercedes-Benz battery recycling plant in Kuppenheim, GermanyAs automakers continue to ramp up EV production, they're already thinking about what to do with battery cells once vehicles reach the end of their useful lives. To that end, Mercedes-Benz opened a battery recycling center in Germany. Located in Kuppenheim, in the southern part of the country, Mercedes claimed in a press release that the facility...