Which automakers are contemplating a partnership that would span EVs, hybrids, and software program?

Which automaker mentioned it’s aiming for its future EV batteries to last more?

That is our look again on the Week In Reverse—proper right here at Inexperienced Automobile Experiences—for the week ending March 15, 2024.

In a evaluate of the 2024 Volvo XC90 Recharge, GCR discovered that this already interesting Swedish SUV package deal provides extra electrical vary, extra energy, and extra refinement, making it now an almost ultimate choose for households who aren’t all the time certain about the place they’ll be plugging in on the go.

2025 Polestar 3

The 2025 Polestar 3 will begin at $74,800 when it arrives to the U.S. within the second quarter of 2024, Polestar confirmed earlier this week. That’s significantly decrease than what this mannequin had been slated to value, and it matches it up extra competitively versus the Volvo EX90, BMW iX, and Audi Q8 E-Tron. 

With the current addition of the Volkswagen ID.4 to the listing, we revisited and up to date our roundup of which 2024 EVs qualify for the $7,500 EV tax credit score. It’s nonetheless not a protracted listing in comparison with final yr, resulting from a lot stricter guidelines for battery parts and important minerals, but it surely’s rising. 

2024 Volkswagen ID.4

Honda and Nissan are learning a partnership that would apply to EVs, hybrids, and software program. Whereas the language stays tentative, such an answer may assist each automakers with EV affordability. 

In response to a research launched final week from Client Experiences, Many retailers aren’t doing a lot to assist EV charging. Large-box retailers, with their large parking heaps, might particularly be doing extra, CR says, whereas it notes that low cost “greenback” shops have completed successfully nothing to assist EVs.  

In a lifetime carbon evaluation launched Thursday, Volvo reported that the LFP model not supplied within the U.S. is the greener choose of the EX30 lineup. Wanting on the pack alone, the battery within the NMC model supplied to America has practically double the carbon affect whereas providing 35% extra capability. 

2025 Volvo EX30

China’s Nio and CATL have allied for longer-life EV batteries, in addition to the used of Nio’s battery-swapping tech. It stems partly from concern from Nio that batteries final so long as automobiles—though it experiences that packs utilized in its battery-swapping are lasting a dozen years or extra. 

An electrical cost—and magnets—might assist curb brake-dust emissions in heavier automobiles together with vans and EVs the place the emissions have turn out to be a priority.

2024 Toyota Prius

Greater than a 3rd of Toyota Prius house owners get one other one, discovered the used-car retail large in an information pull information for all of 2023. The Prius emerged on prime because the nameplate with the very best degree of loyalty. It’s much more of a standout contemplating that by kind of auto, buyers have probably the most allegiance to four-door SUVs come trade-in time.

A collection of Biden administration federal businesses sketched out plans this week for main zero-emission freight trucking corridors. In a primary part for 2024-2027, charging and hydrogen shelling out hubs shall be established, serving as logistical factors, then within the second part from 2027-2030 a few of these hubs shall be related with one another. Two extra phases are meant after that, because the U.S. targets 100% zero-emission for such automobiles by 2040.

Volvo introduced a charging partnership with Breathe Battery Applied sciences, in order to entry its software-based algorithms for optimizing EV cost charges. It sees the potential to make road-trip fast-charges 30% faster with the tech, with out altering the battery pack or charging {hardware}. 

2022 BMW i4 eDrive40

BMW is including Shell Recharge Options public chargers, including entry to greater than 100,000 cost factors by means of its My BMW app, which now aggregates a complete of 5 completely different charging networks without having separate accounts or apps. It additionally plans so as to add Tesla Supercharger entry in 2025 and is without doubt one of the companions within the Ionna community beginning to take type. 

Alternatively, a New York Instances report uncovered how some automakers are earning profits off promoting driving information gathered by apps purported to assist make drivers safer and extra environment friendly. As a substitute they’re reporting drivers to a central database that’s driving up EV insurance coverage charges with out a lot context or justification as to why. 

BYD Seal

Will a U.S. tariff hike on Chinese language EVs preserve them out? With bipartisan stress to dissuade Chinese language automakers from promoting their merchandise within the U.S., and preserve them from doubtlessly making their U.S.-bound EVs in Mexico, it might be time to take motion—if Congress can come to an settlement on how precisely to do it.

And over the weekend we took a better have a look at how Rivian designed its R2 electrical SUV in addition to the shock R3 compact EV household collectively, and checked out how these small EVs may slot in. May the R3 and R3X revive a stagnant small-car market?

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