Hyundai Ioniq 5 And 6 Are Profitable; Company 'Studying' Range Extenders, CEO Says Randy Parker, Hyundai Motor America's CEO, says the Korean automaker wants to offer options but is "all-in on EVs." Suppose you happen to be the sort of person who worries about Hyundai's profit margins when you can't sleep at night. In that
Why Car Companies May Lose $6,000 On Each EV Sold For $50,000 A new Boston Consulting Group report outlines the challenges automakers face as they scale up EV production. For automakers small and large, old and new, transitioning to a mostly electric future has not been an easy endeavor. Or a cheap one. With the established "legacy" car companies, this
BMW's Neue Klasse EVs Aim To Be Profitable As Gas Engines Get More Expensive At "high volume," BMW's new crop of EVs aim to make just as much money as ICE vehicles—which are not getting cheaper to build. In every way possible, from design to performance to financial stability, the original Neue Klasse ("New Class") cars of
Scout Motors Aims To Help Volkswagen Do What It's Never Done: Conquer America Company executives tell InsideEVs about the Scout SUV platform, plans for batteries and dealerships, and the "electric slowdown." The forest site in Blythewood, South Carolina currently being cleared to make room for Scout Motors’ future electric truck and SUV factory is a very big deal on multiple fronts.
Cadillac Boss Says Lyriq Ramping Up As Brand Has More EV 'Momentum' Than You Think Can Cadillac pull out of the Ultium slump? Also, the brand isn't ruling out more high-performance EV sedans. When it comes to its planned transition to an all-electric lineup, General Motors didn't end 2023 on the most positive note. Though last year saw record-high EV sales,
This Startup Wants To Keep Your City Streets From Being A Mess Of EV Charging Wires New York-based itselectric is rolling out a clever plan for urban Level 2 charging that could solve several problems at once. “Nobody drives in New York City. There’s too much traffic.” Cliché as that joke is, the truth is that New York’s streets and parking garages are full
Tesla, China, Charging Headaches And More: What To Expect From The EV Market In 2024 In the electric vehicle arms race, 2023 didn't go as anyone anticipated. Here's what could happen next. Two things were unambiguously true about 2023: it was the best year of sales the electric vehicle market has seen yet. It was also the most chaotic, uneven, and
Newsletter The Hybrid-Car Dilemma Americans are falling in love with hybrids. Why don’t car companies want to make them?
Newsletter Akio Toyoda Is Still Playing The Long Game Toyota’s company scion and chief gearhead has moved on from the president’s seat. But his legacy may not be written yet.
Newsletter What Happens When The Chips Are Down The pandemic exposed glaring weaknesses in semiconductor production, sending shock waves through the global economy. To understand the new power dynamics, look no further than the auto industry.
Newsletter The U.K. Just Punted a Key EV Target. It Will Happen Again. What moving Britain's EV mandate from 2030 to 2035 means for Great Britain, the auto industry and the rest of us.
Newsletter Car Hackers Are Out for Blood The rise of “smartphones on wheels” is ushering in cybersecurity risks that have never before existed on America’s roads.
Newsletter Land Of The Giants, Episode 6: The Global Race For EV Adoption The future of Tesla is in China.
Newsletter Forget Fast Charging. America Needs to Fix Slow Charging. As we race to an electric future, slower charging is stuck in 2015.
Newsletter Land Of The Giants, Episode 5: Inside Tesla's Undelivered Self-Driving Promises It's robots in cars getting coffee — or getting confused by roundabouts — in this episode of Land of the Giants: The Tesla Shock Wave.
Newsletter The Inflation Reduction Act: Grading Its Impact on Cars, from A+ to F Here’s where Biden’s climate law is having the biggest impact on the automotive industry — and where it’s falling short.
Newsletter Land Of The Giants, Episode 4: The Human Cost of 'Ultra Hardcore' We turn a spotlight on the people who work in the factory, build the cars, and bear the brunt of Elon Musk’s ‘ultra hardcore’ work culture.
Newsletter Land Of The Giants, Episode 3: Tesla VS. The Competition Tesla’s share of the EV market is dwindling as more automakers pile into the space. How does the competition stack up?
Newsletter Texas Is a Look Into the Future of Driving Mindless energy consumption can no longer be the status quo.
Newsletter Why the all-electric Volvo EX30 is such a big deal It marks a shift toward an affordable, mass-market EV from Volvo.
Newsletter Land Of The Giants, Episode 2: How Tesla Became The Elon Musk Co. How Elon Musk took over Tesla using money, strong-arm tactics, and his own popularity
Newsletter Land Of The Giants, Episode 1: The Electric Car Goes Mainstream How Tesla almost went out of business — and then broke the auto industry.
