Volvo’s Big Software Update For 2.5 Million Older Cars Has Been Delayed Owners of older cars with Google-based infotainment systems will have to wait longer to get easier access to the driving modes. InsideEVs · Dec 15, 2025
Tesla Is Finally Letting Robotaxis Drive Solo In Austin. Now Comes The Hard Part The automaker has started testing robotaxis without human safety drivers on board after years of promises. InsideEVs · Dec 15, 2025
2025 Was Big For Hybrids And PHEVs. 2026 Will Be Even Bigger EV sales are growing worldwide—just unevenly. Now, more and more buyers are turning to hybrid power, and carmakers are responding. InsideEVs · Dec 14, 2025
The Skoda Vision O Is A Cool Electric Wagon Concept That You Can Drive This design study previews the production Skoda Octavia EV, which will bring stylish electric wagons to the European masses around 2028. InsideEVs · Dec 14, 2025
GM Pulled The Plug On Apple CarPlay. This Mod Brings It Back There’s some tinkering involved, but for Apple CarPlay power users, it’s the only way to get the feature in GM’s new EVs. InsideEVs · Dec 14, 2025
Why 2026 Will Be The Best Year Yet To Buy A Used EV The tax credit may be gone. But with a flood of off-lease electric vehicles coming to market, you'll soon have a better selection than ever. InsideEVs · Dec 13, 2025
The Slate Truck Has Roll-Down Windows. But This Guy Has A Brilliant Solution Matty Benedetto from Unnecessary Inventions found a way to give Slate truck owners a hand on their roll-down windows. Literally. InsideEVs · Dec 13, 2025
This One Change Made The 2025 Ford Mustang Mach-E Way Better Ford finally fixed one of its most annoying “features,' replacing the clunky rotary shifter with an intuitive column shifter. InsideEVs · Dec 13, 2025
Here's How Much Rivian's Tesla FSD-Fighting Feature Will Cost And What You Get Rivian's 'Universal Hands-Free' feature kicks off an 'Autonomy+' subscription. Here's how it compares to Tesla, GM and Ford. InsideEVs · Dec 13, 2025
Europe's Gas Car Ban Is About To Die The continent planned for an aggressive transition to EVs. Customer sentiment and manufacturing lobbying tanked the idea. InsideEVs · Dec 12, 2025
The 2025 Renault 4 E-Tech Is The Retro-Charmer City Car You Didn't Know You Wanted Renault's parade of retro-inspired but high-tech EVs continues with the reborn Renault 4. And this icon is a welcome addition to this century. InsideEVs · Dec 12, 2025
Rivian’s New Autonomy Tech Arrives: Is This the Breakthrough It Needs? On this week's Plugged-In Podcast, we recap Rivian's Autonomy and AI Day event, and interview its AI chief, James Philbin. InsideEVs · Dec 12, 2025
Budget Tesla Model Y And Model 3 Land With A Thud Plus, Ford and SK On have parted ways and U.S. automakers sound renewed fears of Chinese automakers and software. InsideEVs · Dec 12, 2025
EU Planning New Affordable EV Class to Counter China This new class of vehicle, called “E car,” will have lower technical requirements (especially when it comes to safety equipment) to reduce costs. InsideEVs · Dec 12, 2025
InsideEVs · Dec 12, 2025 Ionna Is About To Reach A Big Milestone Faster Than Any Other Charging Network Not even Tesla was able to do what Ionna will achieve after its first year of operation. That's great news for all EV owners out there.
InsideEVs · Dec 12, 2025 EV Collision Repairs Are Getting Cheaper Despite the huge sales rush spurred by the expiration of the $7,500 federal tax credit, EVs were cheaper to repair in Q3.
InsideEVs · Dec 11, 2025 This Video Shows Exactly Why Lidar Is Necessary For Self-Driving Cars The Rivian R2 is getting a lidar array, much like fully driverless cars from Waymo. This video from Rivian shows why a camera-based system isn't enough.
InsideEVs · Dec 11, 2025 The 2026 Subaru Solterra Is A Much Better EV Now—Except For One Crucial Thing The 2026 Subaru Solterra is vastly improved over the first-generation car, including with a Tesla NACS plug. But it's missing something crucial for road trips.
InsideEVs · Dec 11, 2025 This Upgrade Could Make The Rivian R2 Fully Autonomous—Eventually Rivian's upcoming $45,000 R2 crossover will get a lidar sensor as the EV startup raises the stakes on autonomous driving.
InsideEVs · Dec 11, 2025 Rivian Launches 'Universal Hands-Free' Driving—And An AI Assistant Even the second-generation Rivian R1 vehicles are getting more advanced autonomous driving and the Rivian AI Assistant. Can it put Rivian ahead of Tesla?
InsideEVs · Dec 11, 2025 'They Wouldn’t Have Been Burning The Cars': Tesla's Elon Musk Has DOGE Regrets The Tesla, SpaceX and X boss says he wouldn’t try it again after seeing what his political foray did to Tesla's sales and image.
InsideEVs · Dec 11, 2025 Europe Is Stuck Between Gas-Car Bans And China’s EV Takeover Today on Critical Materials: EU's EV mandate explained, EVs are selling 18% slower and Uber pulls back EV incentives.
InsideEVs · Dec 11, 2025 Watch Rivian's Autonomy And AI Day Livestream Here Rivian has big ambitions, including point-to-point driverless rides and an AI assistant. Watch the livestream here.
InsideEVs · Dec 10, 2025 BMW EVs Can Now Charge At Tesla Superchargers Access to Tesla's Supercharger network has officially gone live for BMW's EV owners, opening up another 25,000 chargers for use.
InsideEVs · Dec 10, 2025 The Lucid Gravity Bungled Its First Range Test. But It Just Redeemed Itself In an early test, the Gravity fell far, far short of its expected highway range. But after a re-do, things are looking better.