Which automaker outlined an all-of-the-above electrified strategy for the close to future, together with hybrids, PHEVs, and a 3-row electrical SUV?
Which luxurious model teased radiant cabin warmth for a future electrical SUV?
This is our look again on the Week In Reverse—proper right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending March 29, 2024.
In a primary drive of the 2025 Honda CR-V e:FCEV, we discovered it to be well-packaged, roomy, and refined, with a driving expertise that’s nearly indistinguishable from that of a battery-electric mannequin. While the car is in high type, the fueling infrastructure will not be. Good factor Honda, amongst different automakers, has moved on to prioritize different makes use of for hydrogen first—and put a cost port on the e:FCEV.
Honda CR-V e:FCEV
In a fast assessment of the 2024 Genesis GV60, Green Car Reports discovered this fashionable compact EV to be roomy on the within and comparatively environment friendly. But well-equipped variations just like the one examined are fairly costly, and real-world vary upset within the chilly. A racing-influenced GV60 Magma was additionally proven in idea type this week on the New York auto present and kicks off a brand new efficiency sub-brand for Genesis. Genesis additionally revealed its Neolun Concept electrical SUV, which previews the upcoming flagship Genesis GV90 with a lounge-like inside and expertise that features radiant cabin heating.
Genesis Neolun Concept – 2024 New York Auto Show
Nissan talked by a roadmap for a brand new technology of inexpensive EVs, plus a three-row electrical SUV due in 2028, and a pivot that can embody U.S.-bound hybrids and plug-in hybrids. That contains Nissan’s e-Power hybrid tech, which it confirmed for a 2026 launch, when it sees these hybrids as being at value parity with non-hybrids.
2025 Polestar 4
2025 Polestar 4 pricing was confirmed Wednesday. The curvaceous electrical SUV with no rear window, sized carefully with the Tesla Model Y, will begin at $56,300 when it begins arriving within the fourth quarter of 2024. And that’s for China-built variations; these assembled in South Korea will arrive a bit later.
The Mercedes-Benz GLC 350e plug-in hybrid, scheduled for U.S. showrooms within the second half of the yr, was revealed and detailed this previous week with a powerful 81 miles on the European WLTP check cycle—probably greater than 50 miles EPA—and DC fast-charging for its 24.8-kwh battery pack.
2023 Fisker Ocean
Fisker is dealing with an uneasy future with the dissolution of a possible EV partnership, reportedly with Nissan, and an extra funding that additionally may not materialize. So within the meantime it’s slashed as much as $24,000 off the Ocean EV, as a glut of 2023 fashions stay undelivered.
The Easter Jeep Safari has been the debut venue for the previous three years for absolutely electrical ideas from the odd-road model, however this yr’s lineup of 4 ideas all had combustion engines on board. The lone plug-in idea was an intriguing Jeep Wrangler 4xe Willys Dispatcher that mixes the trendy plug-in hybrid powertrain with a throwback design theme.
Jeep Willys Dispatcher idea
EVs are as clear because the grid from which they cost—and generally that may fluctuate considerably by time of day. As Bloomberg New Energy Finance just lately helped study and underscore, that recommendation to plug in at evening is likely to be misguided. In many locations, daytime EV charging is cleaner as utilities load up on renewables like photo voltaic.
Jaguar is recalling the I-Pace once more for battery-fire danger. This time it applies solely to 258 automobiles delivered to the U.S.—among the many earliest I-Paces made, and all 2019 fashions. Jaguar cites “multiple technical issues” that elevate the chance of fires, however doesn’t but have an answer apart from solely charging to 75%, charging outdoors, and parking away from constructions.
The U.S. EV startup Canoo introduced that it has acquired most of the manufacturing belongings of one other design-savvy EV startup—U.Ok.-based Arrival. As Canoo struggles to ramp up manufacturing of its futuristic-looking electrical automobiles, the Arrival stays would possibly probably assist Canoo survive.
Canoo in Oklahoma
Ferrari has already supplied a couple of very performance-oriented plug-in hybrids, and it’s confirmed an EV is on the way in which. With its battery companion, SK On, it’s now confirmed extra of a growth partnership between Ferrari and SK that would assist “advance cell technology.”
Is the China-based battery provider CATL working to make fast-charging LFP battery cells for the $25,000 Tesla? Comments just lately made by CATL’s CEO counsel that’s a chance.
2025 Hyundai Tucson Plug-in Hybrid
Studies proceed to level out that plug-in hybrids pollute greater than their all-electric miles counsel. While that’s one thing the EPA acknowledged, proposing a brand new adjustment for PHEVs in emissions laws, the ultimate model final week gave automakers a move, pushing the stepped-up rule again 4 extra years.
And China has filed a criticism with the WTO over the Biden administration’s EV incentive coverage, which seeked to dam EVs with battery parts or uncooked supplies sourced from China from getting incentives—particularly the EV tax credit score.
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