Looking for a Tesla Model Y alternative? Polestar has a new premium compact SUV on the way Here’s what we know so far about the Model Y rival, the Polestar 7 T3 · Jan 24, 2025
The Rebooted Smart Car Brand Keeps Getting More Interesting Everyone knows the Smart car. The sort of roller-skate-shaped microcar was a godsend to city-dwellers all over the world, and in many ways still is. But these days, Smart is half-owned by its original parent company, Mercedes-Benz, while the other half is owned by China's Geely Group. And as Geely… InsideEVs · Jan 22, 2025
The Polestar 7 SUV is coming in 2026 – and it wants to take the fight to Tesla's Model Y The Polestar 7 SUV is landing in 2026 – and a more affordable, compact electric SUV could help Polestar attract a new audience. TechRadar · Jan 22, 2025
The Volvo XC40 Recharge Gets A New Name In The U.S. And A Bigger Battery The Volvo XC40 Recharge, the Swedish automaker’s first mass-produced electric car, is getting a new name and a bigger battery in the United States. For the 2025 model year, the battery-powered crossover will be sold as the Volvo EX40, dropping the Recharge moniker and getting in line with all the… InsideEVs · Jan 22, 2025
I heard Abbey Road Studios brought to life through a Bowers & Wilkins in-car hi-fi in the Volvo EX90 Volvo's all-electric EX90 SUV features a 25-speaker sound system and a new Abbey Road Studios Mode. What Hi-Fi? · Jan 21, 2025
Polestar 7 electric compact SUV coming to take on Tesla Model Y European-built Polestar EV follows British-engineered Polestar 5 and 6 models The Independent UK · Jan 17, 2025
Mercedes Boss Wants The EU To Drop Emissions Fines Electric cars had a rough time last year in Europe. Despite more affordable models being launched, the latest provisional data shows a 6% decline in EV registrations in Europe compared to 2023–in contrast to the uptick in sales in the United States and China. InsideEVs · Jan 17, 2025
Polestar 7: Here's A Theory About What It Could Look Like The Polestar 2 has consistently been one of our favorite electric vehicles on the market. There's only one big problem with it: it's a sedan doing battle in an SUV-centric world. As good as it may be, it could only take the electric startup brand so far when people want… InsideEVs · Jan 16, 2025
Polestar 7: A Compact SUV From Europe, And Polestar 2 Successor Though it's coming off a tough 2024 that saw the ouster of its CEO and declining sales, Swedish-Chinese EV brand Polestar is far from done. InsideEVs · Jan 16, 2025
Why Toyota May Be At Its 'Limit' The future of driving is electric. Everyone in the automotive industry knows this, even if they can't always admit it openly. But you don't need to be some engineer or strategy lead or highly-paid consultant to know where the roadblocks are: high battery costs make the cars too expensive, the… InsideEVs · Jan 15, 2025
Five CES 2025 EVS that make me excited for the future of transportation These are the most interesting EV tech I saw at CES 2025. TechRadar · Jan 15, 2025
The Zeekr Mix Ultra-Luxury Van Says A Lot About Where ‘Driving’ Goes Next I feel like every automaker in this new precarious, pseudo-self-driving era wants to create an experience where the car is a sort of an extension of your home, rather than a conveyance meant that one would drive from place to place. These neo-futurists—car designers, tech bro CEOs, and investors alike… InsideEVs · Jan 13, 2025
Finally! The Volvo EX30 has solved one of my biggest problems with modern cars Wireless phone charging is remarkably inefficient and inconsistent, and automakers have seemingly struggled to make it work in cockpits. The Volvo EX30 finally gets it right. TechRadar · Jan 10, 2025
Farming Embraces AI For Sustainable Climate-Smart Solutions Cutting-edge technologies at CES 2025 focus on sustainable agriculture, combating climate change, and addressing labor shortages. Top News · Jan 9, 2025
InsideEVs · Jan 8, 2025 Zeekr Teases Electric Station Wagon, Stuns Us All While Zeekr stuns the American public at CES with an announcement of a U.S office (but no launch in the U.S market) and its open-air Zeekr MIX, it took to social media to wow all those not in attendance with teasers of a car in a body style not often…
TechRadar · Jan 7, 2025 Energetic, fun and surprisingly spacious: the Volvo EX30 is a brilliant EV for the company's next generation The Volvo EX30 is a fun and practical EV that takes the company’s shared DNA with Polestar and turns it into something new.
InsideEVs · Jan 7, 2025 EVs And PHEVs Accounted For Nearly Half Of Volvo's Global Sales In 2024 Volvo announced last year that it had delayed its goal to go fully electric by the end of the decade. The way things are going, it may well have stuck to the original plan.
InsideEVs · Jan 6, 2025 Toyota's 'City Of The Future', Flying Cars And AI: CES 2025 Is Here Back in the day, the Detroit Auto Show was the Super Bowl for those of us who covered the automotive industry. Three days of news conferences, interviews and new car debuts in the Motor City, all with the top executives from all over the world in attendance. (We used to…
Motor1 · Dec 29, 2024 This Volvo Five-Cylinder Jumped Timing And Wanton Destruction Ensued Everyone loves the Volvo five-cylinder. Well, I'm not sure about everyone, but it is a widely regarded engine, a dependable thing with the unique character only a 'five can provide. But, like any automotive engine, it can fail, and this one failed in spectacular fashion. Eric from the always-excellent I Do…
TechRadar · Dec 28, 2024 Exciting new EVs are coming in 2025: here’s what you need to know Telsa, Polestar, Volvo, and others have big EV plans in 2025.
Wallpaper · Dec 28, 2024 From Polestar 1 to Polestar 6, a definitive guide to the acclaimed EV brand's cars and concepts Now that the new Polestar 3 and 4 are on the road, we take stock of Polestar’s progress and chronicle its evolution, cataloguing all the EV car company’s models and concepts to date
InsideEVs · Dec 24, 2024 Hyundai EV Owners: You Can Get A Tesla NACS Adapter For Free In recent months, more and more automakers have started selling North American Charging Standard (NACS) adapters to allow owners of their electric vehicles to access the vast Tesla Supercharging network. Ford will sell you one for $200, Polestar and Volvo will hook you up for $230 and General Motors will…
T3 · Dec 23, 2024 The Abbey Road Studio app turns an EV into a VIP Bowers & Wilkins and Abbey Road Studios have come together to make the latest Volvo EX90 EV sound like the best recording studio on the planet
The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2024 Best small electric cars 2025: Top 11 affordable compact EVs to buy now Compact EVs are cheaper to run, but that doesn’t mean they sacrifice on practicality on comfort. We’re rounding up the top-rated small electric cars
Fortune · Dec 18, 2024 Geely, one of China’s biggest carmakers, resists the push to go all-electric “You will lose a profit growth engine if you do not make petrol cars,” Geely Automobile Holdings’ CEO said in a recent interview.