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VW ID.4 EV tax credit; Subaru Solterra update; Macan, Prologue, and ZDX pricing: The Week in Reverse

Baua Electric

4 models qualify for the $7,500 EV tax credit , making it the first foreign automaker to get the nod under tightened sourcing rules. The chairman of Toyota, Akio Toyoda, has never been big on EVs, or even embraced the idea that they’ll be the technology on the way to market dominance by the end of the decade. population.

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Cash for Volts?

Revenge of the Electric Car

More details at: Group Seeks US Tax Credits To Spur Electric Car Use. to offer tax credits for buying all-electric plug-in vehicles as part of a $128 billion program to get seven million such cars on the road by 2018. . UPDATE:Group Seeks US Tax Credits To Spur Electric Car Use. By Judith Burns.

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First Steps to Installing EV Charging for Multifamily Dwellings

Blink Charging

While it would be impossible to predict exactly how many EVs are going to end up being owned at a given complex, you can get a rough idea of what ownership will look like in the future by surveying your current tenants. These chargers can fill an EV battery overnight, and they only require a 208/240 volt input.

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GM plug-in hybrids, Ford Supercharger adapter, Canoo USPS vans: The Week in Reverse

Baua Electric

It’s a shocker that may have many longtime EV fans doing a double take, as for years GM has resisted ideas of bringing back the tech it once championed with its vaunted Chevy Volt—saying among other things that it hurt its ability to vertically integrate its EV battery and propulsion plan. Rolls-Royce is aiming to be all-EV by 2030.

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Nissan Leaf – Taking Reservations

Revenge of the Electric Car

After a federal tax credit and state rebate, the price of these cars will come out at around a cool 20k. Others include the Fisker Karma, the Aptera 2e, the Coda sedan, Chevy’s Volt and Tesla’s Model S. The Leaf’s suggested retail price of $32,780 drops to $25,280 after a $7,500 federal income tax credit.

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2021 Jeep Wrangler 4xe: The legendary SUV brand’s first plug-in hybrid

Charged EVs

The plug-in hybrid Jeep Wrangler isn’t like the Chevy Volt or Toyota Prius Prime: It doesn’t run first as an electric vehicle when the battery is fully charged, adding engine power only after the battery depletes. Five years ago, plug-in hybrid Jeeps seemed like a pretty radical idea all by themselves. Default: hybrid, not EV.

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Behind the Wheel, Under the Hood of World’s First 500-Mile EV

Cars That Think

That frugal operation is boosted by a 924-volt architecture (versus 400 volts for Tesla, and 800 for Porsche's Taycan) whose benefits include restoring up to 300 miles of range in 20 minutes on a 350-kilowatt DC fast charger. Every buyer is eligible for a $7,500 federal tax credit, pushing the most-affordable Air to $71,400.

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