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EU Will Spend $105 Billion To Keep EV, Clean-Energy Plans On Course
The European Union remains steadfast toward its goal of accelerating electrification and decarbonization with a new $105 billion deal. It includes the steps needed to not only "re-industrialize" Europe but also make industry greener and more productive. This likely comes…
Hyundai, Kia Pump The Brakes On Solid State Batteries Until 2030
Solid state batteries have entered trailblazer mode. Pretty much every big automaker and battery plant is working on making a commercially-available product—a race to achieving that sweet, sweet equilibrium between cost, scalability, and viability that lets a piece of conceptual…
Kia Has Big Electric Vehicle Plans. Tariffs Throw Them Into Confusion
Kia’s EV Day 2025 event in Spain saw lots of new electric cars and variants thereof get their time in the spotlight. Amid the pomp, presentations, and excitement of a brace of all these new EVs, there was also a…
The Kia PV5 Is The Modular, Electric Van Of The Future
The Kia PV5 is an all-electric, configurable electric van, with crew van, box van, refrigerated truck and camper variants on the way. It gets a 161-horsepower motor and a maximum range of 248 miles. Kia hasn't ruled out a U.S.-market version,…
The Smallest Electric Kia Yet Has Big Plans
It wouldn’t be a Kia EV Day without a concept car showing the future, would it? That’s why for 2025, Kia brought out the Concept EV2, a preview of what a super-small, super-affordable electric Kia SUV will look like. And…
391 Miles Of Range, Reasonable Price
Sedans aren’t having an easy go of things at the moment. If they were, the Hyundai Ioniq 6 and Lucid Air would be among America’s top-selling EVs, and they are, to date, not. Then again, plenty of people still buy…
‘My Successor Will Be A Machine’
Mercedes-Benz's design chief says that AI is coming for the jobs of automotive designers. He said that AI today is about quantity, not quality, but that will change. But—and here's the kicker—can AI give us what makes car design truly…