Volvo has turned its compact EX30 into an electric off-roader and I love it New EX30 Cross Country has been beefed up for Arctic adventures T3 · Feb 11, 2025
The Volvo EX30 Gets The Cross Country Treatment And Now It's Even Cooler For electric crossover buyers who like the Volvo EX30 but want something a bit taller and more off-road-capable, the Swedish manufacturer has just introduced the EX30 Cross Country. It is the first Volvo EV to bear the CC designation, and it features all the usual changes, including a raised ride… InsideEVs · Feb 10, 2025
Volvo EX30 Cross Country: This Is It One of many new models teased last week by Volvo is officially here. The EX30 Cross Country builds upon the hugely successful small electric crossover, which racked up 98,100 sales in 2024, its first year on sale. The rugged derivative gets all the goodies you'd expect from a CC-badged model,… Motor1 · Feb 10, 2025
The Volvo V90 Isn't Dead Yet Update: Volvo originally suggested that the Volvo V90 was going out of production globally. But in a second e-mail to Motor1, Volvo has backtracked on its statement, stating the special edition marks the end of the line for the V90 only in The Netherlands. The model continues in other markets. Motor1 · Feb 10, 2025
Renault Brings Back Historic Names for Futuristic Vans Like many automakers, Renault is keen on dusting off nameplates it hasn't used in decades. The R5 (Le Car in the United States) is back, and the reborn R4 goes on sale later this year. In addition, the Twingo will return in 2026. On the commercial side, the French brand… Motor1 · Feb 10, 2025
DeepSeek Is Already Making Its Way Into Chinese EVs AI is a hot-button topic, especially in the automotive industry. As time marches forward, it seems like we’re all shifting from software-driven EVs, to shoehorning AI into every nook and cranny. Will it work? Who knows. But, the world’s latest low-cost AI Chinese darling, DeepSeek, is quickly ingratiating itself with… InsideEVs · Feb 7, 2025
Volvo Has Many New Cars on the Way Last year was Volvo's second consecutive year of record sales, with 763,389 cars delivered, or 8 percent more than the previous year. Despite this solid result, the Geely-owned brand braces for a "turbulent 2025 due to challenging market conditions." To stay competitive, it's putting the finishing touches on an updated… Motor1 · Feb 7, 2025
Chinese Cars Outsold British Cars In The U.S. Last Year No truly Chinese brand sells in the U.S. market. Until last year, Chinese-built cars were subject to a 25% import tariff. Then it ratcheted up to 100% last summer. Despite this, and despite the fact that there are seven UK-based brands on sale in the U.S. market, American consumers still… InsideEVs · Feb 6, 2025
Volvo Cars Anticipates Bumpy 2025 As Demand Slows Sweden's Volvo Cars, owned by China's Geely Group, said Thursday that annual profits rose in 2024 despite a final quarter slowdown but that the outlook for this year is tougher. International Business Times · Feb 6, 2025
Polestar 2 Comeback, Polestar 7 SUV Will Be Keys To Going Bigger In the near term, electric vehicle startup Polestar's goal is to go more upmarket: more premium, more performance, more luxury. The Polestar 3 leads the way with starting at $67,500 in the U.S., the Polestar 4 will come in at $54,900 and the Polestar 5 will blow all of them… InsideEVs · Feb 5, 2025
Other EV Companies Ditched Dealers. Polestar Is All-In On Them At this point, it's no secret that car dealers in the United States haven't exactly welcomed electric vehicles with open arms. InsideEVs · Feb 5, 2025
The 20 Best-Selling EVs Of 2024 In Europe Europe had a bit of a rough year in 2024 in terms of new car registrations. As previously reported, overall car sales in this part of the world went up by less than 1% compared to 2023, and every powertrain type was down except for hybrids. That includes the all-electric… InsideEVs · Feb 3, 2025
41 EVs Did A 620-Mile Winter Trip. Here’s How Much Time They Took Range anxiety and charging anxiety are two of the biggest pain points for electric vehicle owners, especially those who bought a battery-powered car for the first time. This, coupled with the inescapable truth that EVs lose some range in the winter compared to when it’s nice and warm outside, can… InsideEVs · Feb 3, 2025
Polestar's New Arctic Circle Collection Brings A Rally Car Vibe To EVs We often forget this because it feels like a billion years ago now, but Polestar was originally the motorsports, tuning and performance arm of Volvo before it was spun off into an independent EV brand. And Volvo has a long history in both rally car and touring car racing. That's… InsideEVs · Jan 30, 2025
InsideEVs · Jan 28, 2025 Volvo Adds Plug & Charge, Newest Software UX To Its Most Popular EVs Tesla EV owners have always had the convenience of simply plugging into a Supercharger and watching as the charging session begins automatically. No messing around with credit cards or unresponsive screens on the DC fast chargers. As long as a payment method is associated with the car, everything just works.
The Guardian - AU · Jan 27, 2025 The kindness of strangers: I pulled over in hysterics – then a passing driver saved me from the spider After the huntsman raced across my windscreen, I had an arachnophobic meltdown on the side of the road. Then a well-coiffed vision in a Volvo rolled up her sleeves
T3 · Jan 24, 2025 Looking for a Tesla Model Y alternative? Polestar has a new premium compact SUV on the way Here’s what we know so far about the Model Y rival, the Polestar 7
InsideEVs · Jan 22, 2025 The Rebooted Smart Car Brand Keeps Getting More Interesting Everyone knows the Smart car. The sort of roller-skate-shaped microcar was a godsend to city-dwellers all over the world, and in many ways still is. But these days, Smart is half-owned by its original parent company, Mercedes-Benz, while the other half is owned by China's Geely Group. And as Geely…
TechRadar · Jan 22, 2025 The Polestar 7 SUV is coming in 2026 – and it wants to take the fight to Tesla's Model Y The Polestar 7 SUV is landing in 2026 – and a more affordable, compact electric SUV could help Polestar attract a new audience.
InsideEVs · Jan 22, 2025 The Volvo XC40 Recharge Gets A New Name In The U.S. And A Bigger Battery The Volvo XC40 Recharge, the Swedish automaker’s first mass-produced electric car, is getting a new name and a bigger battery in the United States. For the 2025 model year, the battery-powered crossover will be sold as the Volvo EX40, dropping the Recharge moniker and getting in line with all the…
What Hi-Fi? · Jan 21, 2025 I heard Abbey Road Studios brought to life through a Bowers & Wilkins in-car hi-fi in the Volvo EX90 Volvo's all-electric EX90 SUV features a 25-speaker sound system and a new Abbey Road Studios Mode.
The Independent UK · Jan 17, 2025 Polestar 7 electric compact SUV coming to take on Tesla Model Y European-built Polestar EV follows British-engineered Polestar 5 and 6 models
InsideEVs · Jan 17, 2025 Mercedes Boss Wants The EU To Drop Emissions Fines Electric cars had a rough time last year in Europe. Despite more affordable models being launched, the latest provisional data shows a 6% decline in EV registrations in Europe compared to 2023–in contrast to the uptick in sales in the United States and China.
InsideEVs · Jan 16, 2025 Polestar 7: Here's A Theory About What It Could Look Like The Polestar 2 has consistently been one of our favorite electric vehicles on the market. There's only one big problem with it: it's a sedan doing battle in an SUV-centric world. As good as it may be, it could only take the electric startup brand so far when people want…
InsideEVs · Jan 16, 2025 Polestar 7: A Compact SUV From Europe, And Polestar 2 Successor Though it's coming off a tough 2024 that saw the ouster of its CEO and declining sales, Swedish-Chinese EV brand Polestar is far from done.