Which new electrical pickup is being made however can’t but be delivered?
Which automaker launched an adapter that may enable it to make use of the overwhelming majority of U.S. fast-chargers?
This is our look again on the Week In Reverse—proper right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending September 30, 2022.
We introduced you a bumper crop of three first-drive evaluations this week—every a really completely different type of plug-in automobile. The 2023 Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid provides a much-improved 38 miles of plug-in electrical vary; we discovered it to be perkier driving and extra electrical, too. The 2023 Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV is refined, subtle, and loaded with tech gadgets that give it a novel mixture of off-road prowess and on-road dealing with and luxury. And the 2023 Audi This fall E-Tron SUV and Sportback has a terrific characteristic set and easy driving manners, however it’s centered extra round practicality than punch.
2023 Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV
Otherwise there have been plenty of particulars and product bulletins for upcoming and refreshed autos. The base model of the Nissan Ariya prices $44,485 and shall be rated an estimated 216 EPA miles, Nissan revealed this week. It additionally nevertheless raised costs on the remainder of the lineup for this mannequin that hasn’t but been delivered and gained’t for the foreseeable future be eligible for the EV tax credit score.
The 2023 Kia Niro Hybrid is among the highest-mileage hybrids, at as much as 53 mpg mixed, and it received a modest worth hike versus 2022, to $27,785.
2023 Kia Niro hybrid
The Polestar 3 electrical SUV is because of be revealed October 12, and this week the EV model revealed a couple of extra particulars for this upcoming mannequin—together with a 510-hp Performance Pack, clutch-based torque vectoring, an air suspension, and adaptive damping.
Lordstown Motors made its first production-level Endurance electrical pickups this week—two of them, it reported Wednesday. It’s going to be a sluggish ramp, the corporate reported, and it’s nonetheless engaged on the certifications it must promote them.
2023 Hyundai Ioniq 5
A better max tow score plus new battery heating and preconditioning options are new for the 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 5, which will get a worth hike of about $1,500 for the brand new mannequin 12 months. But unofficially, vendor markups of as much as $10,000 proceed for this high-demand mannequin that’s now not eligible for the $7,500 federal EV tax credit score.
Tesla launched a $250 CCS adapter for North America that may enable these with newer Tesla fashions to cost on networks like Electrify America or EVgo—though they’ll nonetheless want to make use of the charging community’s app or a credit-card swipe.
Tesla CCS1 adapter charging
BP will assist preserve the tens of hundreds of Hertz rental EVs from GM, Tesla, Polestar, and different manufacturers well charged. Plans embrace a nationwide community of charging stations, with hubs round busy rental places, and a charging interface in order that Hertz may also help handle charging when it’s least expensive and/or greatest for the grid.
According to latest testimony from a GM engineer, the much-hyped Nikola Badger hydrogen fuel-cell pickup would have contained virtually no Nikola components. That runs counter to what Nikola’s founder Trevor Milton claimed.
Nikola Badger
California is contemplating a rule that may ban gross sales of all diesel semis plus different kinds of medium- and heavy-duty industrial vehicles. The solely exceptions would make sure sorts of emergency autos.
Seven states within the U.S. introduced that they’ve fashioned the Midwest Hydrogen Coalition, aiming to search out the very best methods to provide the gasoline, doubtlessly to be used in fuel-cell semis and different modes of transport. But it begins with defining “clean hydrogen.”
Over the subsequent 4 years, Seoul plans to put in greater than 200,000 city EV chargers, as a part of a plan aiming to make 10% of the 4 million vehicles within the megacity absolutely electrical by 2026. Under the plan, residents won’t ever be greater than a five-minute stroll away from a charger.
Tata Tiago.ev
And desire a brand-new no-frills electrical hatchback for about $10,000? You can get that—in India; the automaker Tata simply launched one known as the Tiago.ev.
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