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Fisker electric pickup, Acura ZDX debut, Rivian R1S review, Tesla Standard Range: The Week in Reverse

Green Car Reports

Will reliable charging reverse the trend toward super-size EV batteries? Which company signed on for future Tesla Supercharger access this week? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending August 18, 2023. In a review of the Rivian R1S on a Rocky Mountain adventure, getting.

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Was A Fisker Karma The Cause Of A Recent House Fire?

Green Car Reports

If authorities in Fort Bend County, Texas are correct, there’s more bad news in store for extended-range electric automaker Fisker. Last week, a 2012 Fisker Karma owner in Fort Bend County parked his Karma in an attached garage, alongside a Mercedes SUV and an Acura NSX. While details.

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Fisker Karma battery “not a contributing factor” in Texas house fire

Green Cars News

There is no truth in the claim that a Fisker Karma’s lithium-ion battery was to blame for causing a house fire which left the range-extended electric car in cinders. That’s the opinion of Fisker Automotive after three cars, including a Mercedes-Benz SUV and Acura NSX, were destroyed as a result of the fire at a [.].

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EVs from these brands will soon use the Tesla NACS charge port

Baua Electric

The timing fit in with Ford’s future-product announcements, directly following a preview of the company’s Gen 2 EVs, including a three-row EV that would get 350 miles of range from a battery pack of around 100 kwh.

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Blazer EV price cut, Dodge electric muscle, Rivian R2 and R3: The Week in Reverse

Baua Electric

At its own theater in Laguna Beach, California, the company presented the expected Rivian R2 electric SUV , a smaller sibling to the R1S that will start at $45,000, deliver more than 300 miles of range in most of its forms, and be comparable to the Tesla Model Y in overall footprint.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

Clean Fleet Report

The roomy Model S luxury sedan now starts at about $90,000 with a 100 kWh battery pack and all-wheel drive, offering 405 miles of range. First was to introduce the second generation Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric car (which gets tossed in with plug-in hybrids even though its system really takes a different approach).

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Cadillac’s ambitious move to an all-electric luxury brand by 2030

Charged EVs

The model intended to put US shoppers on notice that Cadillac now offers EVs is the 2023 Lyriq, a mid-size five-seat crossover utility vehicle with an estimated range of up to 312 miles. Lyriq launch pulled ahead. The EPA hasn’t yet released its official rating.) The US Department of Energy will loan the company $2.5