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After EV Batteries, China Wants To Dominate Car Brains Too
Chinese EV makers are designing their own smart-driving chips to cut costs and rely less on suppliers. BYD, NIO, XPeng, and Li Auto want more control over the hardware behind driver assistance. In-house chip design could make Chinese EVs cheaper,…
Cadillac Recalls 14,000 Vistiq EVs Over Child-Trapping Risk
Cadillac is recalling over 14,000 Vistiq electric SUVs because kids could get trapped in the third-row seats. The luxury SUV’s power folding feature drops the seatback at the touch of a button. However, during testing, GM discovered that the seatbacks…
Walmart’s EV Charging Network Shows No Signs Of Slowing Down
Walmart’s own EV fast charging network is expanding rapidly. After launching 15 months ago, the retailer’s network is now live in 17 states. Walmart installs 400 kW chargers exclusively, and the company just checked off another milestone. Walmart’s own EV…
Does It Live Up To The Hype?
The results of the first Rivian R2 highway range tests are here. InsideEVs contributor and State of Charge host Tom Mouloughney drove a Launch Edition R2 in Colorado at a constant 70 mph. The estimated range of the Rivian R2…
This 2023 Model 3 Has Tesla’s Durable Battery. It Still Degraded
A rented 2023 Model 3 with Tesla’s LFP battery still showed notable degradation. Tesla’s built-in battery test returned a worse result than the Tessie app estimate. LFP packs can withstand more than NMC packs, but rental use, tropical heat, and…
How America’s Policy Whiplash Derailed EV Growth
A few years ago it looked like things would be mostly up and to the right for electric cars in America. Car companies were investing billions. Tax credits were doing their thing. There were bound to be stumbles, sure, but…
The Hyundai Ioniq 5 Is Now America’s Best-Selling EV That Isn’t A Tesla
Hyundai has sold 20,730 Ioniq 5s this year. This is up 9% compared to last year. That makes it the best-selling non-Tesla electric vehicle in the U.S. so far this year. For better or worse, Tesla has dominated the U.S.…