The revised Clean Vehicle Credit that was enacted last August as part of the Inflation Reduction Act immediately shifted to apply solely to American-made electric vehicles.  That may have been easy enough to understand, but the law also introduced new critical mineral and battery component requirements, and it’s going to require paying attention to information […]

Tesla’s next electric car factory will be located in Mexico unless the company decides to break ground on another location soon. The factory near Monterrey is expected to go up in record time, though a recent announcement makes it clear it might take longer than some early speculation assumed. Tesla has already shared that it plans

WASHINGTON — Only 10 electric vehicle models will qualify for a full $7,500 tax credit when increasingly stringent critical mineral and battery component sourcing requirements take effect Tuesday. Seven models are eligible for a partial credit of $3,750 under the tougher eligibility rules, while nine previously eligible models would no longer qualify, according to an

The 2024 Buick Envista will fill a lot of roles when it goes on sale this summer. The small crossover will be the General Motors brand’s final new gasoline-powered nameplate before it shifts to an all-electric lineup by 2030. The Envista will replace the Encore subcompact crossover, which debuted in 2012, as Buick‘s entry-level model.

FreeWire Technologies, the California-based specialist in battery-integrated electric vehicle charging equipment, announced an international expansion. The company soon (April 19, 2023) will launch its European Headquarters in Banbury, Oxfordshire in the United Kingdom to support sales in Europe. The new site will include a Sales & Demonstration Center and will serve as a hub for

When Toyota invited us to its Learn to Drift event at the Irwindale Speedway in California for some tuition by Toyota’s professional Formula Drift drivers Fredric Aasbo and Ryan Tuerck, it was a no-brainer to say yes. We were promised wheel time with the GR Corolla, the GR Supra, and GR 86 with guidance from

Are people really cross-shopping the pricey, flagship Tesla Model X against the much more affordable Tesla Model Y, which is also the most popular EV in the States? Perhaps people who are already EV fans and Tesla followers may know the most obvious differences, but EV newbies may not have a clue about Tesla’s various

A Tesla owner was proceeding through a green light when a pickup truck turned right in front of traffic and caused a crash. Not only did the pickup truck driver total the Model 3, but he also hit another vehicle near the intersection before all the cars came to a stop. Fortunately, the entire incident