Electric and Electrified Vehicles

Discussions of hybrid, plug-in hybrid and battery powered vehicles and technology.

Add Walmart to EV charging price downward pressures

EV charging. Just before Memorial Day, we noted that a new player in the Level 3 electric vehicle (EV) charging…

3 weeks ago

Jaguar models update leaves us in the dust — it’s an EV future!

Jaguar update. So, we set out to do an update for 2026 Jaguar models and found only an F-Pace. This…

1 month ago

U.S. EV charge ports approach 250,000

EV charge ports. We spotted a report that the Department of Energy (DOE) was showing that available EV charge ports…

3 months ago

An off-peak charge brings a new range high

Off-peak charging. Another 10 days and another charge at an off-peak rate results in a new range high for 2026.…

3 months ago

Lucid takes to the highways hands-free

Hands-Free Driving. Lucid Group, Inc. has begun the rollout of its latest over-the-air software update. The update introduces hands-free driving…

3 months ago

DC charging takes a step up

DC charge rate. DC charging the Kia Niro took a step up in both charge rate and resulting range this…

3 months ago

The plug-in hybrid conundrum

Plug-in. Ignorance keeps the plug-in hybrid on the sideline. Let me explain. I had a very interesting, as well as…

3 months ago

Electrify America now offering time-of-use pricing

TOU from EA. As an addendum to a post just a few days ago, an email from Electrify America (EA)…

3 months ago

A roundup of EV charging costs

Cost to charge. We started into to a piece on EV charging costs a few days ago when we got…

3 months ago

Native navigation fails to boost battery charge speed

EV charging. So, with the Memorial Day weekend coming up, it was time to charge the Niro, and this time…

4 months ago