Gasoline-cell Honda CR-V evaluation, Genesis GV60 take a look at, Fisker Ocean value minimize: The Week in Reverse

Which automaker outlined an all-of-the-above electrified method for the close to future, together with hybrids, PHEVs, and a 3-row electrical SUV?

Which luxurious model teased radiant cabin warmth for a future electrical SUV?

That is our look again on the Week In Reverse—proper right here at Inexperienced Automotive Studies—for the week ending March 29, 2024.

In a first drive of the 2025 Honda CR-V e:FCEV, we discovered it to be well-packaged, roomy, and refined, with a driving expertise that’s nearly indistinguishable from that of a battery-electric mannequin. Whereas the automobile is in high kind, the fueling infrastructure will not be. Good factor Honda, amongst different automakers, has moved on to prioritize different makes use of for hydrogen first—and put a cost port on the e:FCEV.  

Honda CR-V e:FCEV

In a fast evaluation of the 2024 Genesis GV60, Inexperienced Automotive Studies discovered this trendy compact EV to be roomy on the within and comparatively environment friendly. However well-equipped variations just like the one examined are fairly costly, and real-world vary disenchanted within the chilly. A racing-influenced GV60 Magma was additionally proven in idea kind this week on the New York auto present and kicks off a brand new efficiency sub-brand for Genesis. Genesis additionally revealed its Neolun Idea electrical SUV, which previews the upcoming flagship Genesis GV90 with a lounge-like inside and know-how that features radiant cabin heating. 

Genesis Neolun Idea – 2024 New York Auto Present

Nissan talked by means of a roadmap for a new technology of inexpensive EVs, plus a three-row electrical SUV due in 2028, and a pivot that can embrace U.S.-bound hybrids and plug-in hybrids. That features Nissan’s e-Energy hybrid tech, which it confirmed for a 2026 launch, when it sees these hybrids as being at value parity with non-hybrids. 

2025 Polestar 4

2025 Polestar 4 pricing was confirmed Wednesday. The curvaceous electrical SUV with no rear window, sized intently with the Tesla Mannequin Y, will begin at $56,300 when it begins arriving within the fourth quarter of 2024. And that’s for China-built variations; these assembled in South Korea will arrive a bit later. 

The Mercedes-Benz GLC 350e plug-in hybrid, scheduled for U.S. showrooms within the second half of the 12 months, was revealed and detailed this previous week with a powerful 81 miles on the European WLTP take a look at cycle—doubtlessly greater than 50 miles EPA—and DC fast-charging for its 24.8-kwh battery pack. 

2023 Fisker Ocean

Fisker is dealing with an uneasy future with the dissolution of a possible EV partnership, reportedly with Nissan, and an extra funding that additionally may not materialize. So within the meantime it’s slashed as much as $24,000 off the Ocean EV, as a glut of 2023 fashions stay undelivered. 

The Easter Jeep Safari has been the debut venue for the previous three years for absolutely electrical ideas from the odd-road model, however this 12 months’s lineup of 4 ideas all had combustion engines on board. The lone plug-in idea was an intriguing Jeep Wrangler 4xe Willys Dispatcher that mixes the fashionable plug-in hybrid powertrain with a throwback design theme. 

Jeep Willys Dispatcher idea

EVs are as clear because the grid from which they cost—and typically that may range considerably by time of day. As Bloomberg New Vitality Finance lately helped study and underscore, that recommendation to plug in at night time is perhaps misguided. In lots of locations, daytime EV charging is cleaner as utilities load up on renewables like photo voltaic.

Jaguar is recalling the I-Tempo once more for battery-fire danger. This time it applies solely to 258 autos delivered to the U.S.—among the many earliest I-Paces made, and all 2019 fashions. Jaguar cites “a number of technical points” that elevate the danger of fires, however doesn’t but have an answer apart from solely charging to 75%, charging exterior, and parking away from constructions. 

The U.S. EV startup Canoo introduced that it has acquired lots of the manufacturing property of one other design-savvy EV startup—U.Ok.-based Arrival. As Canoo struggles to ramp up manufacturing of its futuristic-looking electrical autos, the Arrival stays may doubtlessly assist Canoo survive. 

Canoo in Oklahoma

Ferrari has already provided just a few very performance-oriented plug-in hybrids, and it’s confirmed an EV is on the way in which. With its battery companion, SK On, it’s now confirmed extra of a improvement partnership between Ferrari and SK that would assist “advance cell know-how.”

Is the China-based battery provider CATL working to make fast-charging LFP battery cells for the $25,000 Tesla? Feedback lately made by CATL’s CEO recommend that’s a chance. 

2025 Hyundai Tucson Plug-in Hybrid

Research proceed to level out that plug-in hybrids pollute greater than their all-electric miles recommend. Whereas that’s one thing the EPA acknowledged, proposing a brand new adjustment for PHEVs in emissions laws, the ultimate model final week gave automakers a cross, pushing the stepped-up rule again 4 extra years.

And China has filed a grievance with the WTO over the Biden administration’s EV incentive coverage, which seeked to dam EVs with battery elements or uncooked supplies sourced from China from getting incentives—particularly the EV tax credit score.

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