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Genesis is quietly outpacing luxury rivals as EV availability expands into new states

Baua Electric

The luxury Genesis brand is outpacing rivals, closing in on Porsche and Land Rover in sales as its all-electric models expand into new states. The brand’s closest rivals include Porsche (75,415), Land Rover (71,727), Lincoln (81,818), and Volvo (128,350). A big reason for the optimism is Genesis’ electric vehicles.

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Chinese Smartphone Company Previews First EV

The Truth About Cars

Despite years of talk that Apple would eventually start building all-electric vehicles, China’s Xiaomi looks to have beaten the American brand to the punch by previewing the first production EV designed by an established consumer technology company. Foxconn has been left with a factory based in Ohio and a lot of bad memories.

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Big DEED turnout in Dayton 

Electric Auto Association

Interest In EVs accelerates in Ohio BY TIM BENFORD: PRESIDENT OF DRIVE ELECTRIC DAYTON, PAST VICE-PRESIDENT OF ELECTRIC AUTO ASSOCIATION. The EV curious were clearly excited to sit in the wide range of vehicles and were quick to pose a host of questions to owners and dealers.

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Punching above its weight

Electric Auto Association

Blue Ridge chapter has an impact that belies its small city size Blue Ridge EV Club event in Waynesville, NC At the Electric Vehicle Association Annual Meeting in San Diego in January, Blue Ridge Electric Vehicle Club of Asheville, North Carolina was named “Chapter of the Year-South,” and Blue Ridge member Dave Erb was named “EV Charger of the Year.”

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Tesla and its Supercharger Network dominate 11-way 1,000-mile EV test

Teslarati

An 11-way, 1,000-mile endurance test has proven that long trips with an electric vehicle in the United States are now possible, though those who are not driving Teslas may find themselves a bit challenged. This all but proved that if drivers wish to conduct long road trips in an electric vehicle today, Teslas are still the way to go.

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New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

Audi e-Tron GT – the BEV guts of the regular e-Tron (also shared with Porsche’s Taycan) in a coupe-inspired four-door body. BMW iX – ground-up battery electric vehicle promises to take the luxury fight to Tesla. BMW iX electric SUV is due in Australia late in 2021. Look out Porsche Macan!

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Waffle House hosts federal EV fast-chargers, bucks gas-station trend

Baua Electric

The first new EV charging site in Tennessee funded through the Biden administration’s National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program bucks the trend of co-locating chargers with gas pumps. Construction is scheduled to start later this year. The location may not be the first NEVI station that’s at a Waffle House.

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