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First Look – Kia EV6 Joins Electrification Parade
The 11kW on-board charger (OBC) for Level 2 recharging from 10-to-100% in – gasp – 7 hours, 10 minutes (240v AC, at 40-amps) for the larger 77.4 kWh battery versions. No wonder Last Mile Navigation provides walking directions to the driver’s actual destination if the vehicle is parked between 0.1 and 1.2 miles away. Continue reading
EV Pickup! Ford is Betting Lightning Can Strike Twice
Two giant questions lurking the floors of the Dearborn Glass House are: When Ford builds it next year in 2022 will they come; Can Ford build a complicated new technology vehicle without a series of recalls, glitches and bugs that have been standard equipment on previous high-technology launches including the current generation Explorer? (See AutoInformed* below) Another unknown is EV tax credits. The maximum Federal tax credit is $7,500 for any vehicle no matter the cost. It ceases for automakers at 200,000 total EVs sold. Both General Motors and Tesla have hit the subsidy wall and currently do not qualify for the $7,500 tax credit. The Biden Administration could change this. Continue reading
Stellantis, Foxconn JV for Digital Cockpits, Connected Services
Leaving the marketing babble aside, Mobile Drive will combine Stellantis’ global vehicle design and engineering with Foxconn’s development in the changing software and hardware realms of smartphones and consumer electronics. Continue reading
Canoo Lifestyle Van or Pickup Priced at $35-50k
It’s not coincidental that Zoom is scheduled to announce its Q1 financial results after the New York markets close. The larger story, perhaps, is the company, not the vehicle. Canoo is a Los Angeles-based company that has, arguably, pioneering technologies. Its business model drops traditional ownership and is a glimpse at the future of automobility that other companies are also pursuing. Canoo will not have a physical sales network. The company will offer its product directly to customers via subscription, not ownership. Continue reading
Hyundai Motor, Kia to build American-made Electric Vehicles
Hyundai Motor will offer a line of American-made electric vehicles to U.S. consumers starting next year. Hyundai and Kia will monitor the market conditions and U.S. government EV policy to finalize its plan to enhance its U.S. production facilities and gradually expand its local EV production. Continue reading
Equivalent Gas Tax or Fee on EVs to Offset Lost Revenue?
CBO said that if Congress were to levy an annual fee on EVs in an amount that is approximately proportionate with the amount paid in gasoline tax? Taking as a starting point an average driver of a light duty passenger vehicle with a gasoline engine, how much revenue could be raised during the next five years? Moreover what percent of the anticipated shortfall in the Highway Trust Fund would that be? Continue reading
Ford DIY COVID-19 Air Filtration Kit?
The study found that box fan air cleaners like this can serve as an effective low-cost alternative for mitigating airborne transmission risks in poorly ventilated spaces. In addition to the peer-reviewed article, research conducted by Well Living Lab, founded as a collaboration between Delos and Mayo Clinic, found similar air purifiers were effective at improving air quality in poorly ventilated areas. Continue reading
AARP, Toyota to Provide Rides for Vaccine Appointments
AARP also actively promulgated Republican denials about the seriousness of the Covid pandemic, going to the absurd point of giving Deborah Birx, the White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator under President Donald Trump from 2020 to 2021, a forum. Dr. Birx sat idly by at a White House briefing as Trump promoted the use of bleach taken by humans to fight Covid. Continue reading
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April Global Sales – North America Up, Elsewhere Unsettled
Helped by President Biden’s economic stimulus in the face of Republican obstructionism, and states re-opening, the record setting rate of US Light Vehicle sales continued in April. Sales of 1.54 million units were the highest-ever volume for that month. Continue reading
Toyota FY2021- Net Profit Surges 10% on $20.6B in Revenue
In particular, sales of electrified vehicles of 2,155,000 units or 112.3% of the previous fiscal year presents a serious challenge to would be competitors who are late to a game that increasingly is the only game in town or will be given the trend of current regulations. Continue reading
Mid-Engine Chevrolet Corvette to Pace 2021 Indy 500
The Arctic White Stingray will be the first convertible since 2008 to pace the race. Continue reading
Ultium Cells and Li-Cycle to Expand Recycling in North America
GM’s so-called zero-waste initiative aims to divert more than 90% of its manufacturing waste from landfills and incineration globally by 2025. Mining, of course is an environmentally ruinous process with severe negative social effects. The dirty secret is that EVs really aren’t clean when manufacturing and energy generation are taken into account. Continue reading
Renault Sport Cars Becomes Alpine Cars
The challenges of that lofty goal were on full display yesterday during the Formula One race in Spain. The Alpine F1 Team’s Esteban Ocon scored two points at the Spanish Grand Prix after finishing in ninth place at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya with home favorite Fernando Alonso outside the points in seventeenth or in his case Formula None. Mercedes-Benz and Honda dominated the race. The team remains fifth in the Constructors’ Championship. Continue reading
First Look – 2022 Hyundai Tucson
Caveat here: The whole industry has moved rapidly toward small displacement force-fed, aka turbocharged, engines, but real-world fuel economy improvements – if any – are heavily dependent on where you drive and how smooth your driving technique is. In stop and go conditions, whether induced by traffic or by drivers that are first to every red light with late braking, will not see any gains in our experience. They might even use more fuel. Continue reading →