{"id":13414,"date":"2021-11-13T09:03:28","date_gmt":"2021-11-13T14:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/auto\/?p=13414"},"modified":"2021-11-13T09:03:28","modified_gmt":"2021-11-13T14:03:28","slug":"1134164_subaru-solterra-ev-kia-ev9-f-150-lightning-reservations-leaf-batteries-for-the-grid-the-week-in-reverse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=13414","title":{"rendered":"Subaru Solterra EV, Kia EV9, F-150 Lightning reservations, Leaf batteries for the grid: The Week in Reverse"},"content":{"rendered":"

Which brand just passed Mercedes-Benz in U.S. registrations\u2014with only EVs?<\/em><\/p>\n

Which upcoming EV could be the basis for a future U.S. military vehicle?<\/em><\/p>\n

This is our look back at the Week In Reverse\u2014right here at<\/em> Green Car Reports\u2014for the week ending November 12, 2021.<\/em><\/p>\n

Subaru revealed its first mass-production electric vehicle, the Solterra, in prototype form. The 2023 Subaru Solterra<\/a> might achieve more than a 250-mile EPA range, based on early indications, and is likely to arrive only with dual-motor all-wheel drive. There\u2019s no Tesla-style yoke in this one, as Toyota teased in its bZ4X<\/a> cousin.<\/p>\n

The 2022 Chevrolet Bolt EV and EUV<\/a> were back in production\u2014for a short time, so it can get some new cars out as it also installs replacement battery packs<\/a> for owners hobbled by the Bolt family\u2019s battery recall.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"2022<\/p>\n

2022 Bolt EV assembly – battery marriage<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Several Kia and Hyundai hybrids are being recalled for an engine issue<\/a> that could lead to a stall or fire. Some owners of the 2017 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid and 2017-2018 Kia Optima Hybrid will get engine replacements, and Kia is extending its warranty on all affected models to 15 years\/150,000 miles.<\/p>\n

Kia teased its Concept EV9<\/a>, a boxy, fully electric SUV that\u2019s due to be revealed in full at the LA auto show this next week. It points to a production-bound follow-up to the EV6 that\u2019s arriving soon. And the Genesis GV70 EV could be on deck to become the first EV from the Hyundai-Kia-Genesis family<\/a> to be assembled in the U.S., according to a report from South Korea, citing labor-union presentations.<\/p>\n

\"Teaser<\/p>\n

Teaser for Kia Concept EV9 debuting on November 17, 2021<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

President Biden is still due to sign a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that passed the U.S. House of Representatives just before last weekend. Although the expanded social-spending bill containing items like the EV tax credit expansion is now on a different trajectory and expected later in the month, the infrastructure package included $65 billion for the nation\u2019s electric grid and $7.5 billion for nationwide EV charging station deployment<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tesla continued to gain share of the luxury market and just last month passed Mercedes-Benz in the U.S.<\/a>, going by registrations. And yet it continues to lose share of the electric vehicle market itself.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Farizon<\/p>\n

Farizon Auto Homtruck<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Tesla Semi got another new potential rival. Volvo and Polestar parent Geely revealed a production-bound electric semi called the Homtruck<\/a>\u2014due starting in 2024, with Level 4 autonomous driving supposedly in the works.<\/p>\n

Lordstown Motors has delayed its Endurance electric pickup<\/a> to the third quarter of 2022, as Foxconn\u2019s $230 million acquisition of its Ohio assembly plant helps give it the funds to keep going. Future joint-developed vehicles from the company, it revealed, might not include the in-wheel motors that it\u2019s been touting all along, the company also suggested.<\/p>\n

\"Lordstown<\/p>\n

Lordstown Endurance<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The original military Humvee was the basis for a GM brand\u2014Hummer. Now with GM\u2019s revival of Hummer, the GMC Hummer EV might be used as the basis for a U.S. military vehicle<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A partnership between GM and EVgo prioritizes urban fast-charging<\/a>, and it\u2019s just been expanded to 3,250 fast-charging stalls, in 52 major-metro markets, by 2025. There\u2019s also now a discount program for Uber ride-hailing drivers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Research from Ford and Purdue University points to phase-change cooling<\/a> as a way of extracting more heat from charging cables to speed up DC fast-charging\u2014without bulking up cables.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"BMW<\/p>\n

BMW 5-Series plug-in hybrid wireless charging system<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Also relating to charging: Shoppers would be even more interested in electric vehicles if wireless charging technology were to be included<\/a>\u2014says a study commissioned by a company set to gain much from greater adoption of the tech. It would however help avoid the clunky cables and connectors that do sour some on the experience.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A California company already claims to be making money by using retired Nissan Leaf battery packs for energy storage<\/a>\u2014as grid-connected power brokers that can help with peak demand times.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Ford<\/p>\n

Ford F-150 Lightning augmented-reality experience<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Nearly 80% of the more than 160,000 people reserving the 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup<\/a> have never owned a battery electric vehicle before and 56% haven\u2019t owned a Ford vehicle. That\u2019s a vast field of newbies, and so Ford is turning to augmented reality to educate on features.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And Volvo\u2019s methodical carbon-footprint assessment for its C40 Recharge<\/a> serves as a teachable moment that can apply to most EVs\u2014that lifetime CO2 footprint for EVs will keep getting better with a greener energy mix.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Which brand just passed Mercedes-Benz in U.S. registrations\u2014with only EVs? Which upcoming EV could be the basis for a future U.S. military vehicle? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse\u2014right here at Green Car Reports\u2014for the week ending November 12, 2021. Subaru revealed its first mass-production electric vehicle, the Solterra, in prototype […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}