High-Mileage Electric Cars Fail Fewer UK Tests, but Batteries Go Unchecked
High-mileage electric cars failed Britain’s annual roadworthiness inspection less often than comparable combustion cars in a 47.4-million-test analysis. Yet the…
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AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act Clears House, Raising Electric-Car Costs
Preserving free AM radio in new cars is straightforward as a policy goal but less straightforward as an electric-vehicle engineering…
Volkswagen Offers $12,500 on Remaining ID.4s After Ending US Production
Volkswagen is putting a $12,500 customer incentive on its remaining new 2025 ID.4 electric SUVs only five months after ending…
Bentley Torcal Debuts With Live-Musician Soundtrack That Responds to Acceleration
A drummer, viola player and bass guitarist supply the propulsion voice for Bentley’s first battery-electric vehicle. In the new Torcal…
U.S. EV Share Falls to 6.2% as Hybrids Reach 16.4%
Electric vehicles accounted for a reported 6.2% of the U.S. new-vehicle market in July 2026, while hybrids reached 16.4% more…
Nissan Leaf Undercuts Kia EV3 by CA$1,997 With 15 Kilometres Less Range
Nissan has lowered the entry point for a new electric vehicle in Canada, pricing the 2027 Leaf S at CA$34,998…
$7,600 Tesla Model S Reportedly Lacks Supercharging, Leaving $2,400 for Repairs
$2,400 is the number that will determine whether a high-mileage Tesla remains a bargain or becomes an unfinished repair project….
Dongfeng Nissan N7 Update Follows 91% Drop in Monthly Sales
A fall from 10,148 vehicles to 928 in one year is driving the next turn in the Dongfeng Nissan N7’s…
BYD Updates Yuan Up: RMB 74,800 Entry, 501-Kilometer Range, Driver-Assist Tradeoff
BYD’s updated Yuan Up presents three attractive specifications that do not converge in one vehicle: a low China-market entry price,…
Audi Delays Electric A4 Until March 2029 as Volkswagen Platform Lags
Audi’s electric A4 will not enter production before March 2029, extending the wait for a battery-powered version of the company’s…
Montenegro and Two Philippine Ferry Operators Ban Electric and Hybrid Vehicles
Three Philippine ferry operators have stopped accepting electric and hybrid vehicles after a ship fire killed 77 people, creating an…
LG Energy Solution Says EV-Size Solid-State Batteries Still Resist Mass Production
Solid-state battery prototypes are already moving cars, but that does not mean factories can make the same technology reliably, affordably…
Volvo EX40 Exit Would Raise Cheapest U.S. EV Price to $59,795
Volvo’s withdrawal of the EX40 would lift the starting price of its least-expensive U.S. electric vehicle from $56,545 to $59,795—a…
AAA Finds EV Charging 66%–70% Cheaper, but Electric Sedans Cost 29.1% More
Electric vehicles had the lowest energy expense in AAA’s 2026 Your Driving Costs analysis, with charging costs running about 66%…
ICCT Finds European Electric Cars Cost 33% Less to Run
Thirty-three percent is the central figure in a new European vehicle-cost comparison: drivers of battery-electric cars who use a mix…
BYD Atto 1 Becomes Australia’s Cheapest New Car at A$19,990, With 220-Kilometre Range
Australia’s cheapest new car is now a battery-electric hatchback. BYD reduced the Atto 1 Essential to A$19,990 driveaway nationwide on…
Russian Electrified-Vehicle Sales Jump 118% Amid Gasoline Queues and Limits
A 118% increase can signal a sharp change without indicating a market takeover. Russian drivers purchased 26,543 battery-electric vehicles and…
Tesla Model Y’s 1,600-Mile Trip Required Six Stops, $104.65 in Charging
$104.65 was the reported Supercharger bill for a Tesla Model Y Standard driven more than 1,600 miles from North Carolina…
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