After announcing the 2024 EV9’s starting MSRP of $54,900 last month, Kia has released information about the reservation procedure for US customers. Starting October 16 at 10 am PST/1 pm EST, customers can visit Kia’s US website to configure and place a reservation request for the EV9 three-row electric SUV by placing a $750 fully…
The 2024 Toyota Highlander Hybrid adds a new Nightshade Edition grade for the coming model year, while remains otherwise unchanged. Already available on several other Toyota models, including the smaller Corolla Cross Hybrid for 2024, the Nightshade Edition amounts to a blackout appearance package. On the Highlander Hybrid Nightshade, the blackout treatment extends to the…
PEUGEOT has announced that the latest addition to its all-electric model range, the new PEUGEOT E-308, is now open for orders, with prices starting from £40,050 OTR MRRP. The new E-308 is PEUGEOT’s first all-electric C-segment vehicle, powered by a new electric powertrain consisting of a 115kW (156hp) electric motor and a 54kWh battery providing…
General Motors will idle the CAMI Assembly Plant in Ingersoll, Ontario, from October through spring 2024. The company will halt production because of delays in the delivery of needed Ultium battery modules that power the BrightDrop Zevo 600 and Zevo 410 electric vans produced at the plant, the automaker said. “CAMI Assembly will take downtime…
The Tesla Supercharging network has just expanded to 50,000 individual connectors (stalls), installed globally. The news was shared by the company on September 8, 2023, about 11 years after the first batch of six Supercharging locations was officially launched on September 2012. Since then, the number of stations increased to well over 5,000, which makes…
MSRTC launched the QR code-based information system for the Shivajinagar bus depot and plans to roll out the feature to other depots in the city. Shivajinagar state transport bus depot incharge Dnyaneshwar Ranavare pondered on ways to effectively manage the crowd at the terminal and ensure its smooth functioning. He came up with the idea…
Audi commences manufacture of electric motors for the Premium Platform Electric (PPE). The newly developed electric motors will be used for the first time in the Audi Q6 e-tron series. Production of the first fully electric Audi model is scheduled to start at the Ingolstadt headquarters at the end of the year with the PPE-based…
Hyundai Motor Group might soon become another manufacturer that will officially confirm the switch from the CCS1 to the NACS charging connector in North America. This week, several all-electric cars offered by the group – including the Hyundai Ioniq 5, Hyundai Ioniq 6, Genesis GV60, and the upcoming Kia EV9 – were seen at a…
Lucid Motors on Thursday confirmed that the base single-motor rear-wheel-drive Pure version of its Air electric luxury sedan will offer 410 miles of EPA-rated driving range—more than a Tesla Model S—for less than $80,000. The Lucid Air Pure RWD is available to order now with a base price of $78,900 (including a mandatory $1,500 destination…
The Volkswagen Group has a demand problem for its all-electric cars in Europe, which soon might affect its main factory in Zwickau, Germany. According to German media – Handelsblatt and Automobilwoche (via Reuters) – the weakened demand, combined with reduced subsidies, higher inflation, and competition from Tesla and Chinese imports, might translate into a reduction…
