Affordable EVs
Stories tagged Affordable EVs.
Two Independent Tests, One Number: The VW ID.3 Neo Really Does Use 15 kWh/100km
German and British testers put the 58 kWh ID.3 Neo through separate real-world runs days apart and arrived at nearly identical efficiency. That single figure reshapes which battery you should buy.
Dacia moved the Spring to Europe, then gave its tiny battery 250 km of range
The second-generation Spring is wider, quicker and built in Slovenia, but its most revealing decision is a modest 27.5 kWh LFP battery.
Three prototypes, four months: inside Slate's race to build a $24,950 pickup
Slate has a working body shop in a converted Indiana printing plant, 180,000 reservation holders and a Q4 delivery promise. The rest of the factory is still coming together.
The $30,000 EV range contest changes winner when the road speeds up
Edmunds found 290 miles in the Chevrolet Bolt and 310 in the Nissan Leaf. At steady highway speed, other tests cut those numbers sharply and expose the difference between daily range and road-trip range.
Renault Sends 100 Twingos to British Showrooms Before Orders Open
More than 100 left-hand-drive Renault Twingo E-Tech display cars have crossed the Channel to UK dealers. Customers can inspect them, but cannot test-drive them, while the £100 R Pass remains the route to priority ordering.
Ford's Louisville assembly tree is 40% quicker, but nets 15%
Ford says its rebuilt Louisville plant can assemble the $28,350 Fathom pickup 40% faster before added automation and quality checks reduce the net gain to 15%.
The $31,385 Kia EV3 is the decoy. The 321-mile Wind is the one to watch
Kia's smallest U.S. EV finally has a price, but the base car gives up 100 miles of range. The better argument starts one trim higher.