F-150 Lightning wins, Ram electrical truck idea, VW ID.7 prototype, Rivian vans: The Week in Reverse

Which common EV bought a worth hike the identical week it as soon as once more grew to become eligible for the $7,500 EV tax credit score?

What did the Sony-Honda electrical automobile enterprise select as its model title?

That is our look again on the Week In Reverse—proper right here at Inexperienced Automobile Experiences—for the week ending January 6, 2023.

The Ford F-150 Lightning is our Inexperienced Automobile Experiences Finest Automobile To Purchase 2023. Sure, it’s a truck, not a automobile, however the Lightning is the type of catalyst for EV adoption that we are able to stand behind—for displaying folks how the acquainted may be made higher, electrical. 

Ram 1500 Revolution BEV idea

This week’s CES in Las Vegas served because the backdrop for a number of important EV and know-how bulletins. Stellantis revealed a completely electrical Ram truck, referred to as the 1500 Revolution BEV Idea. A cavernous frunk, third-row bounce seats, and an 18-foot (or extra) pass-through for lumber or such cargo recommend that Ram is aiming for usability, whereas a flamboyant design and close to buttonless interface trace at a radical remake. We’ll see in just some months with a production-bound Ram electrical truck. 

The corporate additionally confirmed this week {that a} range-extended Ram electrical truck can be on the best way—and it’ll play a key position within the Ram lineup and ensuring it outdoes rivals. 

Afeela electrical sedan prototype

The Sony-Honda electrical automobile, because of be inbuilt Ohio, now has a reputation—or at the very least a model title. A refreshed prototype model of Sony’s 2020 Imaginative and prescient-S idea was revealed at CES, together with plans for Degree 3 automation and Epic Video games cloud-based options, beneath a brand new EV model to be referred to as Afeela.

BMW has gone again to fundamentals with its i Imaginative and prescient Dee idea for CES. Previewing a brand new household of “Neue Klasse” EVs on the best way mid-decade, this “reductive design” looks as if a throwback to the 3-Sequence lineup of many years in the past—with out screens or a standard interface. 

Volkswagen ID.7

Volkswagen revealed its upcoming ID.7 electrical sedanat CES, as a camouflaged prototype. Whereas tech specs are but to come back, search for an upgraded interface and a variety of round 350 miles in some variations for this spacious mannequin. VW’s MEB platform for mass-market EVs—together with the ID.4 crossover and upcoming ID.Buzz electrical van—can be later because of get a mid-decade tech replace together with quicker charging, new batteries, and assist for extra superior driver-assist tech.

Rivian EDV700

Away from CES, we took a have a look at the Rivian EDV electrical van that serves as a backstop for the corporate’s enterprise—and its funding with Amazon. We took an up-close have a look at these key workhorse fashions that may share drive items with their extra glamorous R1T and R1S counterparts. 

Shortly after the Chevrolet Bolt EV household as soon as once more grew to become eligible for the EV tax credit score—at as much as $7,500 for the following few months—GM hiked costs on the Bolt EV and EUV by $900 and $600, respectively. 

A South Korea regulator has hit Tesla with a $2.2 million fantastic for allegedly minimizing the impact of chilly climate on driving vary. As the newest allegation towards the U.S. EV maker, it joins criticisms about how Tesla has in contrast cost-effectiveness versus gasoline automobiles.

2019 Chevrolet Volt

Even forward of the $4,000 used EV tax credit score that now applies to some purchases of EVs and plug-in hybrids for tax 12 months 2023, curiosity in PHEVs has surged. 

A brand new research from the consultancy Deloitte highlights that amongst automobile consumers, there’s a rising stage of concern over the price of EVs, whereas concern over driving vary and charging time carry over from earlier years’ research. 

In the meantime, primarily based on a number of pricing authorities, it seems that costs on used EVs are lastly falling, and that the Tesla bubble most notably has burst. Costs on used Teslas are dropping quick—down 17% from a July peak, versus 4% for used-car costs over the identical interval.

Revel and Fermata Vitality V2G pilot program utilizing Nissan Leaf EVs.

And will vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging earn every EV as much as $15,000 over 10 years? That’s what the maker of some V2G {hardware}, Fermata Vitality, suggests is feasible by storing power in an EV throughout off-peak hours and releasing it throughout peak hours.

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