{"id":22794,"date":"2022-05-21T09:03:52","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T13:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=22794"},"modified":"2022-05-21T09:03:52","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T13:03:52","slug":"1135939_genesis-gv60-and-ford-escape-phev-reviews-dual-charge-port-gm-evs-electric-rvs-the-week-in-reverse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=22794","title":{"rendered":"Genesis GV60 and Ford Escape PHEV reviews, dual-charge-port GM EVs, electric RVs: The Week in Reverse"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why were the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6 recalled?<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/strong>How much emissions comes from tires, again?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

This is our look back at the Week In Reverse\u2014right here at <\/em>Green Car Reports\u2014for the week ending May 20, 2022.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/strong>How does the first luxury relative of the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6 drive and perform? You\u2019ll want to read our review of the Genesis GV60<\/a>. And in more of an everyday-driving review of the Ford Escape Plug-In Hybrid<\/a>, we found this model to be lost in Ford\u2019s Energi era, lacking the design- and tech-savvy of the Mach-E and F-150 Lightning. Really, it just needs to commit to the plug-in side a little bit more.<\/p>\n

\"2023<\/p>\n

2023 Genesis GV60<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The 2023 Cadillac Lyriq costs $62,990<\/a> in single-motor rear-wheel-drive form, or $64,990 in dual-motor all-wheel-drive form, Cadillac announced this week. It also revealed that it anticipates the RWD version to return an EPA-rated 312 miles of range.\u00a0<\/p>\n

<\/strong>We reported on an unusual patent filing\u2014suggesting that GM might be considering a dual-charge-power layout for its electric trucks<\/a>. The configuration, as described, would allow a double-layer pack like that in the GMC Hummer EV or upcoming Chevy Silverado EV to charge with either port at 400V, one of them at 800V, or even to charge on one while using the other to send a load\u2014potentially to charge a second EV all from the same charge connector.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"2023<\/p>\n

2023 Chevrolet Silverado EV<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6 were recalled<\/a> over rollaway concerns and a software fix that would otherwise sound like a great example for the advantages of over-the-air fixes in its advanced platform. Only these models have to go to dealerships as they don\u2019t yet allow it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

<\/strong>Kia sees electric vans as playing a key role<\/a> in its strategy for advanced mobility and autonomous tech. It showed renderings of the first few so-called Purpose Built Vehicles (PBVs), for which it\u2019s targeting various global markets.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Rendering<\/p>\n

Rendering of Kia Purpose Built Vehicles<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Hyundai announced plans for a Georgia electric vehicle plant<\/a>, along with a nearby battery venture to supply it. With an annual capacity of 300,000 EVs and production set to start in the first half of 2025, the move puts some seriousness behind Hyundai Group\u2019s intent to be\u2014across its combined brands including Kia and Genesis\u2014one of the top three EV sellers in the U.S. by 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n

<\/strong>The American firm Sila will provide its silicon anode battery chemistry for the upcoming electric version of the Mercedes-Benz G-Class SUV<\/a>, the automaker confirmed. The electric SUV will be able to deliver a longer range without packaging sacrifices, thanks to the cells\u2019 higher energy density.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Honda<\/p>\n

Honda Prologue teaser – May 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The GM-based Honda Prologue EV is due in 2024<\/a>, and it was teased this week in a design sketch. Although GM will build the Prologue, Honda\u2019s own EVs are in the works, to arrive a couple years later.\u00a0<\/p>\n

<\/strong>Several new concept vehicles were shown this week from European automakers. The Mercedes Vision AMG concept<\/a> provides a glimpse of the future of the AMG performance-vehicle brand\u2014including an exclusive platform and its own motor systems. It looks designed to coordinate with the slick EQXX concept, which isn\u2019t a bad thing. And sustainability is the theme for the Renault Sc\u00e9nic Vision concept<\/a>, which borrows its name from the bulbous Euro-focused people-mover that arrived in the 1990s, but shows the future with a combination of 40-kw battery pack and 16-kw fuel-cell stack providing nearly a 500-mile range\u2014hydrogen tank and hydrogen network still TBA.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Renault<\/p>\n

Renault Sc\u00e9nic Vision concept<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Based on a report from earlier this week, at least some of VW\u2019s U.S. dealerships were completely out of the loop on its Scout electric SUV brand<\/a>\u2014bringing questions about whether the German automaker is trying to circumvent dealerships and sell directly.\u00a0<\/p>\n

<\/strong>New data presented by a UK firm on tire wear again brought an avalanche of comments and commentary from our readers. Could the added weight of EV battery packs greatly increase particulate emissions from tires<\/a>? We think so, if you look at the firm\u2019s less-extreme scenario.<\/p>\n

\"2023<\/p>\n

2023 Nissan Leaf<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Amid high gas prices, the operating-cost advantages of electric vehicles<\/a> have grown even stronger\u2014and they can now be driven at as little as 15% of the cost of gasoline vehicles per mile, found an updated report from an EV industry group.\u00a0<\/p>\n

<\/strong>A group of experts this week warned that the Department of Energy\u2019s upcoming $8 billion hydrogen hubs could be as dirty as coal<\/a>\u2014in terms of carbon impact\u2014if the DOE doesn\u2019t declare and define exactly what \u201cclean hydrogen\u201d means.\u00a0<\/p>\n

<\/strong>Electrify America announced that it\u2019s signed on for 75 MW of new Mojave Desert solar<\/a>, allowing an annual energy output for the whole charging network to be boosted by 225,000 MWh\u2014more than enough to offset all of its energy use.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Stela<\/p>\n

Stela Vita electric RV on Fully Charged Show<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Electric RVs are coming within a few years, and as a leading RV maker suggested, pointing to survey results, expectations for charging e-RVs are unrealistic<\/a>, verging on impossible, given present charging realities. We need a new set of infrastructure solutions\u2014so who will step up? Then we also took a look at the Stella Vita electric RV<\/a> that started as a student project. With an estimated 372 miles out of a 60-kwh battery pack, a super-aerodynamic form, lightweight construction, and roof-mounted solar panels, is it the future of RVs?<\/p>\n

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Why were the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6 recalled? How much emissions comes from tires, again?\u00a0 This is our look back at the Week In Reverse\u2014right here at Green Car Reports\u2014for the week ending May 20, 2022.\u00a0\u00a0 How does the first luxury relative of the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6 drive and perform? […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22795,"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-22794","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\/22794","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=22794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}