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Volkswagen Reveals the ID. ERA 5X, the First EV on Its New China-Built CMP Platform
A Chinese regulatory filing outed Volkswagen’s ID. ERA 5X before the company was ready. It is the first battery-electric model on the SAIC VW Compact Main Platform, co-developed with XPeng.
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Lucid Shows the Cosmos for the First Time, but Its Model Y Rival Slips to 2027
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Ford Names Its Affordable Electric Pickup the Fathom, and Prices It at $29,945
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Winter Range Anxiety: What Really Happens to Your EV’s Battery in the Cold
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The Great American EV Road Trip: Five Routes Where Charging Is No Longer a Gamble
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How to Actually Save Money Charging an EV at Home
The single biggest lever most EV owners have for cutting their fuel costs isn’t the car at all, it’s when and how they charge…
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EV Import Tariffs Reshape Which Cars You Can Actually Buy This Year
A new round of tariffs on imported electric vehicles and battery components has taken effect, and the practical result for shoppers is a noticeably…
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Solid-State Batteries Inch Closer to Showrooms, but Not Before 2028
Solid-state batteries, long promised as the technology that would finally solve EV range and charging-speed anxiety, are moving from lab demonstrations to pilot production…
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Used EV Prices Have Finally Stabilized, and That’s Good News for Buyers
Used electric vehicle prices, which fell sharply for several years as new-car discounts and fading tax credits hit resale values, have leveled off over…
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Battery Swap Stations Are Quietly Expanding Beyond China
Battery swapping, the practice of exchanging a depleted EV battery for a charged one in a few minutes rather than plugging in, has been…
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NACS Becomes the Default Plug: What the Charging Standard Switch Means for Drivers
The North American Charging Standard, the plug design Tesla originally created for its own cars, has now been adopted as the default connector on…
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New models
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Volkswagen Reveals the ID. ERA 5X, the First EV on Its New China-Built CMP Platform
A Chinese regulatory filing outed Volkswagen’s ID. ERA 5X before the company was ready. It is the first battery-electric model on the SAIC VW…
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Lucid Shows the Cosmos for the First Time, but Its Model Y Rival Slips to 2027
Lucid has published the first official images of the Cosmos, a roughly $50,000 mid-size crossover that the company badly needs. It will not reach…
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Ford Names Its Affordable Electric Pickup the Fathom, and Prices It at $29,945
Ford has finally given its budget electric truck a name and a sticker price. The Fathom lands just under $30,000 with destination, and it…
Incentives & grants
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California’s $3,500 MyFirstEV Rebate Is Live. Here Is Exactly How It Works
California’s replacement for the federal tax credit is now running. It is worth $3,500 on a new EV and $1,750 on a used one,…
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Oregon Restarts Its EV Rebates on 25 August, With Up to $7,500 Available
Oregon’s Clean Vehicle Rebate Program reopens for a short window this month. The top-tier income-qualified rebate still reaches $7,500, though most awards are smaller…
Regulation
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EV Import Tariffs Reshape Which Cars You Can Actually Buy This Year
A new round of tariffs on imported electric vehicles and battery components has taken effect, and the practical result for shoppers is a noticeably…
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With Federal Support Gone, the EV Rulebook Is Being Rewritten State by State
The $7,500 federal credit is history, fuel economy standards have been rolled back, and US EV take-up is stuck near 7 percent. What replaced…
Charging
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Battery Swap Stations Are Quietly Expanding Beyond China
Battery swapping, the practice of exchanging a depleted EV battery for a charged one in a few minutes rather than plugging in, has been…
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NACS Becomes the Default Plug: What the Charging Standard Switch Means for Drivers
The North American Charging Standard, the plug design Tesla originally created for its own cars, has now been adopted as the default connector on…
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New York City Will Add 600 Curbside Chargers, and Nearly 1,000 Charging Points in Total
The city’s DOT is expanding PlugNYC from 88 Level 2 points to close to a thousand connectors across all five boroughs over the next…
