Author: Mike Powell

  • 2025 Kia EV6: Bigger Battery, Different Face, Fingerprint Reader

    2025 Kia EV6: Bigger Battery, Different Face, Fingerprint Reader

    The sleek-looking Kia EV6 electric crossover just got a mid-life facelift that brings a bigger high-voltage battery, a revised exterior design and other improvements. The 2025 Kia EV6 has been revealed in South Korea and Australia, and we don’t yet have details about the U.S.-spec model, but we expect most, if not all, of the…

  • 2025 Kia EV6: Bigger Battery, Different Face, Fingerprint Reader

    2025 Kia EV6: Bigger Battery, Different Face, Fingerprint Reader

    The sleek-looking Kia EV6 electric crossover just got a mid-life facelift that brings a bigger high-voltage battery, a revised exterior design and other improvements. The 2025 Kia EV6 has been revealed in South Korea and Australia, and we don’t yet have details about the U.S.-spec model, but we expect most, if not all, of the…

  • ‘No Further Production’ Of Fisker Ocean Planned By Magna International

    ‘No Further Production’ Of Fisker Ocean Planned By Magna International

    At a time when troubled electric vehicle startup Fisker is looking for a life raft to stay afloat in 2024, the company hired to build its Ocean crossover doesn’t seem terribly optimistic about its prospects. Magna International, the contract auto manufacturer that builds the Fisker Ocean, doesn’t expect to build the electric crossover anymore this…

  • ‘No Further Production’ Of Fisker Ocean Planned By Magna International

    ‘No Further Production’ Of Fisker Ocean Planned By Magna International

    At a time when troubled electric vehicle startup Fisker is looking for a life raft to stay afloat in 2024, the company hired to build its Ocean crossover doesn’t seem terribly optimistic about its prospects. Magna International, the contract auto manufacturer that builds the Fisker Ocean, doesn’t expect to build the electric crossover anymore this…

  • Fisker Ocean Totaled Because Body Shops Couldn’t Find Parts To Fix Tiny Door Ding

    Fisker Ocean Totaled Because Body Shops Couldn’t Find Parts To Fix Tiny Door Ding

    Have you ever come back to your parked car to find a sizable door ding? We’ve all (unfortunately) been there, and as much as I don’t want to call it a common occurrence—it kind of is. The worst kind of them all is when it happens on your brand new car. An amplified version of…

  • Fisker Ocean Totaled Because Body Shops Couldn’t Find Parts To Fix Tiny Door Ding

    Fisker Ocean Totaled Because Body Shops Couldn’t Find Parts To Fix Tiny Door Ding

    Have you ever come back to your parked car to find a sizable door ding? We’ve all (unfortunately) been there, and as much as I don’t want to call it a common occurrence—it kind of is. The worst kind of them all is when it happens on your brand new car. An amplified version of…

  • Tesla’s $25,000 Car Could Be ‘A Slimmed Down Model Y’: Report

    Tesla’s $25,000 Car Could Be ‘A Slimmed Down Model Y’: Report

    Tesla has been under fire from investors and the public after it abruptly decided to abandon its cheap mass-market EV and prop up its efforts to build a self-driving robotaxi that it calls the CyberCab. Now, we might know what really happened behind closed doors.  A new report from The Information reveals that Musk’s rash…

  • Tesla’s $25,000 Car Could Be ‘A Slimmed Down Model Y’: Report

    Tesla’s $25,000 Car Could Be ‘A Slimmed Down Model Y’: Report

    Tesla has been under fire from investors and the public after it abruptly decided to abandon its cheap mass-market EV and prop up its efforts to build a self-driving robotaxi that it calls the CyberCab. Now, we might know what really happened behind closed doors.  A new report from The Information reveals that Musk’s rash…

  • Toyota To Invest Record Profits Into Electric Vehicles And AI

    Toyota To Invest Record Profits Into Electric Vehicles And AI

    Toyota made a ton of cash last year—to be more precise, $34.5 billion in profits. Now, it’s looking to put that money to work by investing into some long-overdue electric-vehicle battery and software tech. Welcome back to Critical Materials, your daily roundup for all things EV and automotive tech. Today, we’re talking about Toyota’s focus on…

  • Toyota To Invest Record Profits Into Electric Vehicles And AI

    Toyota To Invest Record Profits Into Electric Vehicles And AI

    Toyota made a ton of cash last year—to be more precise, $34.5 billion in profits. Now, it’s looking to put that money to work by investing into some long-overdue electric-vehicle battery and software tech. Welcome back to Critical Materials, your daily roundup for all things EV and automotive tech. Today, we’re talking about Toyota’s focus on…