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How Tariffs And EV Backpedaling Hurt Everyone In America

“I don’t know,” I said to a friend.

InsideEVs · Feb 27, 2025

Hyundai, Kia Pump The Brakes On Solid State Batteries Until 2030

Solid state batteries have entered trailblazer mode. Pretty much every big automaker and battery plant is working on making a commercially-available product—a race to achieving that sweet, sweet equilibrium between cost, scalability, and viability that lets a piece of conceptual tech make its way into the car parked in your…

InsideEVs · Feb 27, 2025

Kia Has Big Electric Vehicle Plans. Tariffs Throw Them Into Confusion

Kia’s EV Day 2025 event in Spain saw lots of new electric cars and variants thereof get their time in the spotlight. Amid the pomp, presentations, and excitement of a brace of all these new EVs, there was also a frequent question: “When’s it coming to America?” 

InsideEVs · Feb 27, 2025

The Kia PV5 Is The Modular, Electric Van Of The Future

Kia’s 2025 EV Day wasn’t all about passenger cars, but also small commercial vehicles. It showed off the production version of the PV5, the first in what’ll likely be a wide lineup of PBV (Platform Beyond Vehicle) trucks and vans.

InsideEVs · Feb 27, 2025

The Kia EV2 Concept Previews a Funky Affordable Electric Car

Kia is pressing ahead with its electric product onslaught by looking into the near future of an entry-level model. The EV2 concept gives us a taste of next year's production model coming to Europe and other regions of the world the company isn't willing to specify just yet. It's somewhere…

Motor1 · Feb 27, 2025

2026 Kia EV4: 391 Miles Of Range, Reasonable Price

Sedans aren’t having an easy go of things at the moment. If they were, the Hyundai Ioniq 6 and Lucid Air would be among America’s top-selling EVs, and they are, to date, not. Then again, plenty of people still buy the Tesla Model 3 (or did, anyway) and four-door cars…

InsideEVs · Feb 27, 2025

Mazda CX-90 Plug-In Hybrid: We're Driving One, What Do You Want To Know?

It's not easy to find a good three-row family EV. The Rivian R1S, Tesla Model X, Mercedes EQS SUV and Cadillac Escalade IQ are all pretty pricey, and some of their third rows are pretty dinky. The Volkswagen ID. Buzz isn't cheap either, and it doesn't have the range for…

InsideEVs · Feb 26, 2025

Have a Kia With a Bad Engine? Kia Might Replace It for Free

Kia has a problem with the 2.0-liter engine used in some Soul and Seltos models: some could have potential engine damage that could lead to a failure or a fire. As a result, 137,256 vehicles have been recalled.

Motor1 · Feb 26, 2025

The 2025 Volvo ES90 Has 435 Miles Of Range, But That's Not The Best Part

I was ready to write off the Volvo ES90 as a sedan version of the EX90, cool but not fundamentally new. Well, I was wrong. Volvo's second ES90 teaser just revealed some new specs, and it looks like the sedan will get one major upgrade over the EX90. The ES90…

InsideEVs · Feb 26, 2025

The Volkswagen ID. Buzz Is Already Seeing Huge Discounts

Think the 2025 Volkswagen ID. Buzz was priced a bit steeply when it finally arrived in America? You aren't alone. Though VW's retro-electric van has been eagerly anticipated for years, fans almost immediately balked at its $59,995 starting price—a lot to ask for an EV with, at most, 234 miles of…

InsideEVs · Feb 24, 2025