Equinox EV particulars, Lucid Air value reduce, Kia hybrid minivan, EV9 markups: The Week in Reverse

Which automaker revealed a far-out idea EV however skipped the auto present?

And when did Republicans flip towards EVs?

That is our look again on the Week In Reverse—proper right here at Inexperienced Automobile Experiences—for the week ending February 16, 2024.

The 2024 Chevy Equinox EV will qualify for the $7,500 EV tax credit score and stays on account of begin at $34,995 with a 319-mile vary, GM confirmed at first of the week. However that entry mannequin received’t arrive first; a “well-contented” 2RS mannequin will lead the lineup, which appeared to get a value reduce for high trims. And dual-motor AWD and different variations are on the best way later within the 12 months. 

2024 Lucid Air

Lucid reduce costs on the 2024 Air lineup. Affecting all however the top-performance, tri-motor Sapphire model, the very long-range, fast-charging electrical sedan prices as much as $8,000 lower than it did yesterday. And the Lucid Air now undercuts the Tesla Mannequin S—should you don’t require all-wheel drive. 

Chrysler revealed the Halcyon Idea EV, powered by lithium-sulfur batteries, permitting an extended driving vary and really quick charging—allegedly, 200 miles of vary with a five-minute cost—and incorporating in-the-road dynamic wi-fi charging. The massive, butterfly-door sedan is strictly concept-car territory, however the Chrysler model plans to have an all-electric portfolio by 2028 and at this time its solely plug-in product is the Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid. 

Chrysler Halcyon Idea

VW’s Scout Motors electrical truck model has damaged floor on a $2 billion plant in South Carolina that would finally make 200,000 EVs yearly. The fashionable Scout lineup will embrace each electrical pickups and SUVs, though expertise and platform particulars haven’t but been disclosed.

Honda teased some modest styling adjustments for its upcoming hydrogen fuel-cell CR-V. In a video, Honda reveals that the brand new mannequin, which does have a cost port, may even be capable of provide power-sharing for equipment and extra. 

2024 Lancia Ypsilon

Stellantis, the dad or mum of Jeep, Dodge, Chrysler, Fiat, and extra, is pushing forward to revitalize the historic Italian model Lancia—inside just a few years, as an all-EV model. The brand new Lancia Ypsilon city EV revealed Wednesday marks the start of that revival—on account of lengthen throughout Europe, with a crossover and bigger hatchback due later within the decade.  

Kia is reportedly pushing forward with a totally electrical Stinger successor, known as EV8. The high-performance EV may arrive in 2026, get Kia’s largest battery pack but, and function a flagship automotive for the model by way of each vary and efficiency.

Afeela electrical sedan prototype as proven at CES 2024

Based on a report from Japan, the three way partnership between Sony and Honda plans to observe its electrical Afeela sedan with two different fashions for the model centered round apps and media—an SUV, and an inexpensive, Civic-sized EV. Whereas the Afeela sedan stays on account of arrive in 2026, the compact EV might not arrive till 2028. 

The highest Kia advertising and marketing govt within the U.S., on the Chicago auto present the place it launched the 2025 Kia Carnival Hybrid minivan, famous that plug-in hybrids are misunderstood—and a more durable promote given all of the misconceptions. However given evolving attitudes about hybrids and plug-in autos, Kia’s staying available in the market because it sees PHEVs changing into a “no brainer.”

2023 Kia Sorento Hybrid

Based on the most recent survey on car dependability from the survey large J.D. Energy, EVs and plug-in hybrids stay extra trouble-prone than hybrids. It seems tires had been known as a part of dependability, although, they usually do put on out sooner on EVs.

Chrysler dad or mum Stellantis confirmed that it’s adopting the proposed commonplace SAE J3400—sure, past the jargon, that’s the Tesla cost port. Because the final main automaker to undertake the Tesla commonplace, additionally known as NACS, Stellantis isn’t flaunting all some great benefits of Tesla Supercharger entry as different automakers have.

Researchers on the College of Nebraska-Lincoln have performed what they declare are the first-ever crash assessments taking a look at EVs and guardrails, and the outcomes aren’t so nice. With at this time’s EVs weighing far more than passenger automobiles and light-weight vehicles that typical freeway guardrails had been designed for a number of many years in the past—much more in some instances than the heavy-duty pickups which might be additionally more and more frequent—outcomes recommend the necessity to reduce weight from EVs and rethink some freeway fundamentals. 

Mercedes-Benz EV charging station

A survey of hundreds of “future EV acceptors” level to conventional gas-station facilities like vacuums, automotive washes, and tire-pressure instruments as necessities for EV charging stations. That’s positively totally different than a variety of latest templates for next-generation EV charging, which have as an alternative emphasised lounge facets

EV curiosity will increase with EV expertise. That’s among the many findings of a latest Shopper Experiences survey asking American shoppers about contemplating electrical autos—underscoring {that a} lack of EV expertise could also be holding again adoption. It additionally underscored that environmentalism is top-of-mind for comparatively few American shoppers.

2022 Ford F-150 Lightning

Fiscal-hawk sorts used to see EVs as a terrific concept, for power independence and all kinds of different causes. When did Republicans flip towards EVs? As a political guide just lately underscored, it is difficult—and all of the heel-digging vs EVs does not actually replicate constituencies.

Because the March 7 debut of the Rivian R2 approaches, the EV maker teased a primary element concerning the R2 lineup’s design and styling—most notably, that it appears to be like poised to maintain the R1 lineup’s polarizing but distinctive entrance lighting scheme.

2024 Kia EV9

And Kia sellers are at it once more, marking up the EV9 electrical SUV by $7,000 or extra, regardless of efforts from Kia to reel in value gouging earlier within the 12 months. With EV9 manufacturing on account of ramp up at increased charges in Georgia, and a few dealerships sticking to MSRP, there may be hope of getting one for its correct value quickly. 

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