Electric Vehicles

Foxconn will soon launch a U.S.-spec version of its Model C. The vehicle won’t be Foxconn-branded, but instead sold under another brand thanks to contract manufacturing. Production is expected to take place at the former Lordstown Motors factory in Ohio. Foxconn—yes, the same company that builds the iPhone you might be reading this on—is gearing […]

Zeekr has revealed its most opulent vehicle, the 9X three-row SUV. It is Zeekr’s first model with a combustion engine, which works with two electric motors as part of a PHEV system. Pricing or availability outside China has not been confirmed, but it should cost around $70,000. Zeekr is a premium Chinese automaker, one of

Nearly a quarter of U.S. auto manufacturing capacity sat idle at the end of last year. But firing up that extra space isn’t so easy. Some automakers have more flexibility than others and many affordable EVs and gas cars built abroad can’t just be made in the U.S. without losing their cost edge. Extra factory

Mercedes-AMG has released a teaser image of its first bespoke EV. The four-door AMG fastback will be fully revealed in July. Its electric motors make 480 hp each, but we don’t know how many it will have. Mercedes-AMG is working on a bespoke electric fastback that will take the fight to the Porsche Taycan, which

Tesla has been in the news cycle a lot lately, and not for the best reasons. Yes, sales are down. Profits are way down. And Elon Musk is stirring the political pot faster than a Model S Plaid gets to 60 mph. But let’s forget all that for a moment and remember one thing Teslas

Slate dropped a bombshell this week when it revealed both itself and its first model: a utilitarian electric pickup truck expected to cost under $20,000 after factoring in the federal tax credit for plug-in cars.  Cheap electric vehicles have been elusive for years, in part because EV batteries have historically been so expensive. So this

Here’s something I figured out pretty quickly at the Shanghai Auto Show this past week: You can tell a lot from which cars and which brands the crowds are interested in. This event is, after all, the biggest annual automotive trade show (along with its biennial counterpart in Beijing) in the world’s largest new car market and

Market analysis firm AutoPacific says nearly a third of Nissan truck buyers surveyed would consider a PHEV pickup truck from the brand.  This week, Nissan unveiled a PHEV version of the Frontier Pro truck at the Shanghai Auto Show.  Nissan says the Frontier Pro PHEV won’t come to the U.S. A lot of manufacturers are

Slate is the newest automaker in the EV world, but it’s not pushing a vaporware product. It spent the last two years quietly developing a small, barebones electric truck that can also become a five-seater SUV with a bolt-on conversion. The company revealed its efforts on Thursday with multiple functioning prototypes on hand, something we