What number of “select” Tesla Supercharger stations are open to different manufacturers’ EVs?
Which new EV maker delivered its first U.S.-market autos this week?
That is our look again on the Week In Reverse—proper right here at Inexperienced Automotive Reviews—for the week ending March 3, 2023.
Tesla’s Investor Day was definitely probably the most eagerly anticipated potential newsmaking occasion of the week, and whereas it offered a glance years into the long run, at elements of a sustainable-energy ecosystem that will give the corporate benefit, a couple of shorter-term product advances additionally stood out. Tesla teased wi-fi EV charging as a part of its future, so we checked out how this tech might go proper together with proprietor comfort, future self-driving (or self-parking) options, and the bidirectional charging functionality that Tesla additionally confirmed this week is on the best way inside two years—which may additionally slot in with the Limitless Charging package deal it is exploring.
Tesla additionally confirmed Wednesday that it’s opened “select” Superchargers to fast-charge EVs of different manufacturers utilizing the CCS commonplace—offered they use the Tesla app. The corporate later within the day on its Investor Name confirmed the trouble now consists of 10 U.S. places. In the meantime, the corporate can be beginning to roll out an adapter and retrofit permitting a few of its autos to cost utilizing CCS.
2023 Rivian R1S
Rivian this week confirmed {that a} 390-mile Max Pack model of its R1S electrical SUV can be delivered beginning this fall. The Max Pack variations will solely are available in Twin Motor type, with the corporate’s newest, in-house Enduro drive models. Additional, Rivian launched up to date vary numbers for the vans in Twin Motor type, and emphasised that its mass-market R2 lineup to return in 2026 can be a lot simpler to construct.
Moreover, the survey large J.D. Energy urged Rivian is doing very nicely with the possession expertise—particularly in setting expectations for vary. The Rivian R1T, Mini Cooper SE, and Kia EV6 had been among the many top-ranked EVs in a research out this week, with the Mannequin 3 following these.
2022 Mazda MX-30 EV
In a assessment of the Mazda MX-30 EV, we discovered this primary U.S. electrical car from Mazda to be a complicated proposition. It masquerades as an unique however misses the vary, efficiency, and charging that EV consumers can be searching for—all whereas not providing a lot practicality.
The design of the Kia EV9 electrical SUV was teased on Thursday in a couple of obscured photos, though they’re sufficient to focus on that the manufacturing EV9 will very carefully resemble the EV9 idea.
Kia EV9 teaser
Ford confirmed Thursday that it’s going to restart manufacturing of the F-150 Lightning electrical truck on March 13, permitting time for brand new batteries and packs to be delivered to the manufacturing line. It nonetheless hasn’t mentioned what the battery-related challenge was, or confirmed whether or not it’d result in a recall.
Vinfast has minimize the lease costs for its VF 8 and VF 9, and it additionally confirmed first deliveries for the VF 8—after addressing a number of points on its first batch of autos.
Vinfast VF 8
Nissan introduced initially of the week that it’s accelerating its shift towards electrified and totally electrical fashions for Europe and Japan, whereas sticking to earlier EV targets for the U.S. It additionally not too long ago introduced plans to follow what it preaches in Southern California—through the use of battery electrical semis from Kenworth and Nikola to ship its Ariya EVs from the port to the dealership.
The identical day it introduced that it idled an Illinois plant assembling gasoline autos, Stellantis boasted of its plan to make electrical drive modules in Indiana for future EVs—together with the Ram 1500 REV pickup and a Dodge electrical muscle automotive.
Dodge Charger Daytona Idea
The U.S. Postal Service introduced that it plans to purchase Ford E-Transit electrical vans—9,250 of them—successfully filling the hole for electrical supply whereas the Postal Service waits even longer for its custom-designed supply vans to be prepared in EV type. The announcement additionally included the deployment of 14,000 supporting charging stations.
A research from Ford and involving the European Fee discovered that for electrical supply autos, heating EV cabin panels may assist enhance vary and support effectivity. If you are able to do with out the new air, that’s.
The newest annual evaluation of the greenest and meanest new autos for the surroundings from the ACEEE helps underscore that, making an allowance for tailpipe emissions, manufacturing, and the manufacturing of gas, lighter EVs are the greenest picks, whereas heavy gasoline vans are the meanest. The 2023 record was topped by the Mini Cooper SE, Nissan Leaf, and Toyota bZ4X.
2023 Toyota bZ4X XLE FWD
Collectively, the emissions from tires and brakes is a severe menace to lungs, the meals chain, and extra, a brand new research identified. This one, from Imperial Faculty London, means that for road-going autos, greater than half of all particle emissions got here from tires and brakes—sure, greater than from tailpipes.
And EV journey size is rising quickly, in keeping with knowledge from billions of journeys and thousands and thousands of autos, and it’s now practically equal to that of gasoline autos. It might be one other indication vary nervousness is over and much more consumers are instantly changing their fuel fashions with EVs.
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