Marc UrbanoCar and Driver The average price per kilowatt-hour for batteries is expected to hit $ 101 in 2023, according to a report by BloombergNEF. That would make it possible for EVs to be priced the same as comparable gasoline-powered vehicles and likely increase their adoption. The report also notes …
Read More »Tesla’s Battery Day Will Be Live-Streamed September 22
Tesla’s Battery Day event will take place on September 22, and there will be a live stream. The company is expected to share details about its current and future battery technologies and give a tour of cell production. We’re expecting news about cheaper batteries and batteries able to to go …
Read More »2021 Lexus ES updated, Porsche investigates itself, EV battery outlook: What’s New @ The Car Connection
2021 Lexus ES sedans add all-wheel drive, sporty Black Line trim The 2021 Lexus ES sedan gets all-wheel drive for the first time in its history, and a limited edition Black Line version. 2021 Toyota Camry overview With a TCC Rating of 7.0 out of 10, the 2021 Toyota Camry …
Read More »Tested: 2020 Ioniq Electric Runs 150 Miles on Its New and Larger Battery
Hyundai’s 2020 Ioniq Electric isn’t all about the range. If you want an EV that will go more than 200 miles on a charge, a Hyundai salesman will walk you over to the $ 38,330 Kona Electric SUV with a 258-mile EPA range. And the Kona isn’t the only alternative. …
Read More »2020 Honda CR-V Hybrid compared, Maybach S-Class special, million-mile battery reality: What’s New @ The Car Connection
2020 Honda CR-V vs. 2020 Honda CR-V Hybrid compared: Crossover SUV cross-up We drove the 2020 Honda CR-V Hybrid and 2020 Honda CR-V back to back to see what the differences were. 2021 Subaru Crosstrek revealed: Small crossover SUV adds more power The 2021 Subaru Crosstrek will address a longstanding …
Read More »China’s CATL Has a Million-Mile EV Battery Pack Ready to Go
CATL chairman Zeng Yuqun told Bloomberg that his company has a battery pack ready for electric vehicles that will last as much as 1.2 million miles. Zeng would not share the names of automakers that might have already signed up for the technology, but recent reports have stated that Tesla …
Read More »Audi Fine-Tunes e-tron Battery System, Aiming for Faster Charging
Audi’s e-tron Sportback and 2021 e-tron SUV use improved thermal management of the battery, but Audi’s not making any claim about increased charging speed. The automaker updated the hardware and software of its battery thermal system from that found in the 2019 e-tron and is claiming a 10 percent improvement …
Read More »Battery complicates EV service contracts
Service contract administrators are hard at work on F&I products geared specifically to electric vehicles ahead of a big expansion in the number of EVs on the market. In some ways, that’s complicated. In other ways, not so much. The relatively easy part is that EV buyers want many of …
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