GM Will Reach Electric Car Tax Credit Limit This Year
General Motors has confirmed it will reach the threshold for the U.S. federal electric car tax credit this year. By the end of 2018, GM told Green Car Reports on Wednesday it will sell its 200,000th...
View ArticleHyundai, Kia Aiming for Solar Roofs Starting in 2019
Hyundai and Kia have unveiled a new way to charge electrified vehicles: Roof or body-mounted solar panels. Despite being talked about for years, solar roofs on automobiles haven’t seen widespread...
View ArticleVolkswagen’s Not Ruling Out an Electric Tie-up With Ford
The partnership announced between Ford and Volkswagen back in June has the potential to birth a number of outcomes — from jointly developed commercial vehicles (the initial aim), to badge-swapped...
View ArticleAudi Debuts Electric Supercar Concept in New Will Smith Cartoon
Audi has done a great job getting its cars into movies. From I, Robot to Iron Man, Audis have been driven by some Hollywood’s coolest stars, but now the realms of photography can’t keep up, so Audi has...
View ArticleBentley Could Use Porsche Platform for Future Electric Car
Bentley is reportedly mulling a new model with an electric powertrain to help shrink its carbon footprint — and it will likely borrow a Porsche platform. Automotive News reported Bentley could tap...
View ArticleDanish Bicycle Maker Unveils Electric Car
The Danes aren’t exactly known for their local auto industry, but Danish bicycle maker Biomega aims to change that. The company unveiled an electric car on Monday with intentions to re-envision city...
View ArticleTwitter Scam Uses Fake, Verified Elon Musk Accounts to Phish for Bitcoin
Hackers have figured out a new way to scam credulous internauts, with a new scam that borrows “verified” accounts’ blue checkmark to imply they are Elon Musk. The scam caught attention recently because...
View ArticleCompany Plans Water-Based Fuel for New Zero-Emissions Car
As countries move to enact stricter emissions regulations to combat climate change, the automotive industry has zeroed in on battery-electric and hydrogen fuel-cell powertrains. But an...
View ArticleProduction Names for VW’s Electric Cars Possibly Unveiled in Trademark Filing
Volkswagen went on a trademarking tear this week, reserving nine names that could apply to motorized vehicles with European Union Intellectual Property Office. The names are I.D. 1, through I.D. 9 and...
View ArticleFree Tesla Supercharger Credit Program Ends
Tesla’s free Supercharger access was a big perk for early adopters of the company’s electric automobiles. The program has slowly been phasing out since early 2017, reduced to an annual credit for Model...
View ArticleThe AutoGuide Show Ep.11: Jaguar I-Pace, SUVs in NASCAR and Jeep Stuff
Get the Flash Player to see this player. Welcome to episode 11 of The AutoGuide Show, our video show and podcast. A half-hour episode will come out every Friday on YouTube or your favorite podcast...
View ArticleElon Musk Tweets He’ll Inquire About Electric Vans with Mercedes
Not content to talk pickups, semis, roadsters, and new SUVs, Tesla’s Elon Musk is now floating the idea of partnering with Daimler to investigate electric Sprinter vans. Like many of Musk’s big ideas,...
View ArticleAudi to Reveal E-Tron GT, an Electric Sport Sedan Concept
In the midst of a thorough refresh of its lineup, Audi is bringing a host of new cars to the LA Auto Show next week. And while most are ones we’ve seen before, there is one new one: The e-tron GT...
View ArticleTesla Model 3 Wins AutoGuide.com 2019 Reader’s Choice Car of the Year
The Tesla Model 3 has been voted as the winner of AutoGuide.com’s 2019 Reader’s Choice Car of the Year. As Tesla’s most affordable car to date, the Model 3 had a difficult start to the year, but that...
View ArticleTesla Model 3 Voted as AutoGuide.com 2019 Reader’s Choice Green Car of the Year
The Tesla Model 3 has been voted as AutoGuide.com 2019 Reader’s Choice Green Car of the Year. The electric car was also voted as AutoGuide.com Reader’s Choice Car of the Year overall, and it’s clear...
View ArticleCorvette-Based Electric Supercar Has More than 800 HP
Genovation Cars, the company that built the all-electric, 800-hp Genovation Extreme Electric, or GXE for short, is bringing the car to a U.S. auto show for the very first time. It will be on-stand...
View ArticleAll-Electric Pickup Truck Looks So Legit, Has Impressive Specs
A pickup truck able to tow 11,000 lbs, with a wading depth of three feet, and 0-60mph in 3.0 seconds? Sounds good to us. One more thing: it’s an all-electric truck. Unlike a lot of other companies bent...
View ArticleAudi E-Tron GT Will Get 248 Miles of Range
[See image gallery at www.autoguide.com] Audi is set to reveal the e-tron tomorrow, but before that, there’s some more teasing to be done. So here, for your viewing pleasure, is the e-tron GT under...
View ArticleElectric Audi e-tron GT Concept Unveiled with 590 HP
[See image gallery at www.autoguide.com] The wraps have finally come off the 590-hp all electric e-tron GT. Better yet, the concept previews Audi’s vision for performance EVs since (like the R8 and...
View ArticleVW I.D. Buzz Cargo Makes Debuts Alongside Delivery Bicycle
Volkswagen wants to reinvent local deliveries with its I.D. Buzz Cargo, an electric delivery van. First shown at a commercial vehicle expo in Hannover in September, the Buzz Cargo is making its U.S....
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