Electric Cars Archives

First Drive: 2025 Porsche Taycan makes good on the mission

Bengt Halvorson

Numbers alone aren’t what make a car thrilling or great. But they’re often what gets the conversation started. When Porsche revealed its original Mission E concept, in 2015, it was in many respects a first-draft effort...

Tesla had its worst quarter since pandemic shutdowns

Bengt Halvorson

Tesla on Tuesday revealed preliminary production and delivery numbers for the first quarter, and they’re down markedly—falling versus the same period the previous year for the first time since 2020 and the onslaught of the pandemic....

Rivian R1T tops IIHS safety list for pickups, electric or not

Bengt Halvorson

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) now has one and only one pickup truck model on its Top Safety Pick+ honor roll, and it’s fully electric. Fresh off a new round of testing, the Rivian...

Is Musk getting in the way of Tesla sales growth?

Stephen Edelstein

Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s reputation has deteriorated significantly thanks to his online outbursts—and that may be negatively affecting Tesla sales, Reuters reports. In a new survey by marketing analysis firm Caliber provided exclusively to Reuters, a...

After chiding Ford for US CATL battery plan, GM may be seeking its own

Stephen Edelstein

General Motors is negotiating a U.S. battery-supply deal with China’s CATL, Car News China reports. GM already works closely with CATL, but that relationship is limited to the China market. The deal reportedly being discussed would...

Next pickup for Nissan and Mitsubishi may get PHEV, EV versions

Stephen Edelstein

The next-generation Nissan Frontier midsize pickup truck may get EV and plug-in hybrid variants, the latter using Mitsubishi tech, Automotive News reports. Nissan and Mitsubishi have been corporate allies since 2016, and the current-generation Nissan Rogue...