Despite its huge size and 6,417-pound curb weight, the Rolls-Royce Spectre EV manages to be pretty efficient. The EPA rates the electric two-door coupe at 291 miles of range, or 266 with the optional 23-inch wheels in place of the standard 22s — around the same amounts as the BMW i7 M70 and Maybach EQS. … Read more
Two facts about the automotive world are immutable: Americans love pickup trucks, and the future requires drastic reductions in the environmental harm caused by passenger cars. Automakers, seeing these two truths, slapped them together and started selling massive, hulking EV pickups with six-figure price tags. Turns out, that’s not what customers want. Tesla’s Cybertruck Has … Read more
Good morning! It’s Friday, March 29, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. The Hype Behind Tesla Stock Success In 2023 1st Gear: Tesla And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very … Read more
GM spectacularly blundered the Blazer EV’s launch by selling cars with debilitating software bugs and then issuing a stop-sale order, but the electric SUV is finally allegedly ready for consumers. GM even dropped the price of the Blazer EV as much as $6,520 for the LT AWD trim, but what does that mean for folks who … Read more
Every year, the price of a new car ticks ever upwards. Loans get longer, yet monthly payments are always on the rise, leading to an epidemic of folks underwater on their loans. Now, there’s a new complicating factor: Used car prices are falling, meaning folks are getting less for their over-leveraged trade than ever. Welp, … Read more
The car company with a performance trim named after a throw-away joke from every 13-year-old’s favorite Mel Brooks film is apparently expanding its EV performance lineup downward with a new Model 3 Plaid on the docket. The Model S Plaid proved no match for Porsche’s Taycan or Lucid’s Air Sapphire on track. As a result, … Read more
Photo: Porsche Porsche has sold nearly 150,000 of its Taycan electric sports sedan since the model’s introduction in 2019, and in terms of style and performance, the Taycan still feels fresh. But it has always lagged behind the competition in the range department, with the longest-range 2024 Taycan — the GTS sedan — being rated … Read more
After a bunch of delays, we’re finally going to see the Porsche Macan EV unveiled in a few months. In the meantime Porsche continues to tease the electric crossover, releasing new information about the second-gen Macan’s performance stats and testing regimen alongside yet more images of prototypes wearing little camo. Our friends at Edmunds recently … Read more
2023 Chevrolet Bolt EUVImage: Chevrolet One key to making EV adoption to work is fast charging. People that are used to filling up their gas tanks in mere minutes won’t be so easily swayed by the idea of having to sit at a charging station for nearly an hour. While there are certainly EVs on … Read more
As it turns out, the 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV that stranded InsideEVs’ Kevin Williams in Virginia isn’t the only Blazer EV with problems. This time around, it isn’t a press car. Instead, it’s a Blazer EV that Edmunds bought with its own money less than two months ago. With only 1,600 miles on the odometer, … Read more
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