electrification

Andrew Martonik / Digital Trends America’s best-selling plug-in hybrid (PHEV) has another battery recall on the books. Jeep just posted recall “B9A” (aka NHTSA recall 23V-787) for the Wrangler 4xe, and it’s a doozy: the recall focuses on potential fire risk with the 4xe’s 17.3kWh battery, and until it’s fixed owners are encouraged to stop charging their car and park it outside away from other vehicles: “An internally failed HV battery could lead to a vehicle fire with the ignition on or off. A vehicle fire can result…

Tesla has released the first promotional video for the Cybertruck since delivering the pickup to the first customers at a special event at Gigafactory Texas in Austin, on Thursday. The video (below), shared on YouTube and social media, runs with the tagline: “More utility than a truck, faster than a sports car.” The footage begins with close-ups of the all-electric Cybertruck before showing the vehicle tearing across lots of dramatic-looking terrain, its quirky, angular design clear for all to see. As expected, Elon…

Tesla CEO Elon Musk behind the wheel of a Cybertruck. Tesla We’re just a week away from Tesla delivering the first Cybertrucks to customers, and the automaker has started to put the vehicle on public display ahead of the launch. A Cybertruck was recently spotted outside Lincoln Center in New York City, for example, while another has appeared at Tesla’s store in the Westfield UTC Mall in San Diego. Visitor John W. Davis shot a video of the Cybertruck at the mall and shared it on YouTube: Tesla Cybertruck on Public…

Volvo If you want an electric SUV, crossover, or sedan, you’re spoiled for choices right now. Kia EV6? Rivian R1S? Volvo EX30? All great picks. But what if you want … a minivan? To date, there has really only been one electric minivan option — the Volkswagen ID.Buzz — and while that is a pretty cool minivan, it’s not the most practical for everyone. That’s where the new Volvo EM90 comes in. The Volvo EM90 looks like it could become the electric minivan of choice for those who want something practical and stylish. It…

Lucid Group The Lucid Air is a marvelous electric car. It offers more range than any EV currently on sale, plus impressive performance and tech. However, it’s also a sedan, and therefore will always have limited reach in a marketplace dominated by SUVs. Enter the Lucid Gravity, a seven-passenger, three-row SUV launching in 2024 that will allow Lucid to reach a wider audience. The Gravity is a sensible follow-up to the Air. Having introduced itself to the world with that sedan, Lucid can now channel some of the buzz…

The Hyundai Ioniq 5 is getting even more powerful. Hyundai has unveiled a new variant of the now-loved EV, giving it the classic N treatment — and making for the new Hyundai Ioniq 5 N. If you’re familiar with Hyundai’s N cars, you’ll know what this variant means. The new car boasts racing-style accents, turns the pixel design up to eleven, and, as you would expect, offers a new powertrain and a range of performance-focused features that will make driving the new Ioniq 5 N a whole lot more fun. IONIQ 5 N was developed…

The Ford F-150 Lightning was one of the first electric trucks out there, and to this day, it’s still one of only a few. The truck offers that much-loved F-150 design and hefty size, but swaps out the gas-powered engine for a super-quick electric powertrain that gives it the kind of zip you normally wouldn’t expect from a truck at all. But there are still a few things that make buying and using an electric truck a little … challenging. After all, the use case for trucks is usually a little different than it is for a…

Ram The Ram brand is finally taking an electrified approach, and by resurrecting the Ramcharger name, no less. Alongside the new 2025 Ram 1500, the company has unveiled the new 2025 Ram 1500 Ramcharger, a new plug-in hybrid that Ram touts as offering “unlimited battery electric range.” The new truck is one of a number of electrified trucks, the most well-known of which include the fully-electric Ford F-150 Lightning and the new Chevrolet Silverado EV. But instead of being fully electric, the 1500 Ramcharger is a…

Lucid Motors has become the latest automaker to announce that it will adopt the North American Charging Standard (NACS) – also known as “the Tesla plug” – for its electric vehicles. The move follows in the footsteps of more than a dozen other automakers that have also adopted Tesla’s charging connector, among them General Motors, Ford, Toyota, BMW, Jaguar Land Rover, Volvo, and Honda. “Lucid is adopting the North American Charging Standard (NACS) and expanding access to reliable and convenient charging solutions,”…

Juicebox Electric vehicles are becoming more and more commonplace, with the best electric cars making us rethink the way we get around. They won’t get far without some power though, and today electric vehicle owners can save on an EV charger. The Juicebox 48-amp electric vehicle charger is seeing a pretty hefty discount at Best Buy today. It’s going for $499, and would regularly cost $639. This makes for $140 in savings, and you can opt for free shipping or in-store pickup at your nearest Best Buy. Why you should…