EV

One glimpse at this Ferrari 308 GTS and the Magnum P.I. theme song will be stuck in your head. However, this particular specimen has given up its Italian V8 engine at some point along the way.

Back in 2016, Genovation Cars electrified a Corvette C6 which they used to set a speed record of an incredible 209 mph. Now, it turns out the company is headed to CES 2018 with a pre-production performance EV called the GXE.

European supercars, step aside. There’s a new boss in town, and it’s coming from an unlikely nameplate – Tesla. After discontinuing its original Roadster a couple of years back, Elon Musk’s wildly popular EV company is back with what – at least on paper – could be one of the most impressive sports cars ever.

We all know at this point that EVs can be very fast. All you need to witness that is to watch videos of the Tesla P100D embarrassing supercars at the drag strip. Driving the point home further, a company called RAESR is teasing an all-electric hypercar that aims to impress with much more electric power.

Tokyo Motor Show 2018 kicked off this week, and like most years, each of the major Japanese automakers turned up with some cool new concept designs. One of the more compelling vehicles on display this year is the Honda Sports EV.

Jaguar Land Rover just announced that all new vehicles it makes starting in 2020 and beyond will incorporate some manner of electrification. That means that its cars and SUVs will have either a pure electric, plug-in hybrid, or mild hybrid drivetrain.

I’ll be the first to admit that I think the current generation Nissan LEAF is a bit of an ugly duckling. I’ve never driven one, so I can’t comment on how it stacks up to other EVs I’ve driven like the Chevy Bolt and BMW i3, but my sense is that Nissan’s first-to-market advantage has slipped away since it first premiered in 2010, and it was time for a major revamp.

British EV startup Alcraft Motor Company is showing off its first car design, a sleek and modern shooting brake, dubbed the Alcraft GT. This pure electric car is designed to offer a blend of impressive power, handling, and practicality, and the company plans on raising funds via crowdfunding to bring it to reality.

The BMW i3 has been around since 2014, and since its initial launch, the compact EV hasn’t changed a bit. But for 2018, not only is the base i3 getting tweaked, there’s a whole new trim level that combines sport styling and a modest power bump.

Bollinger Motors has unveiled an all-new electric SUV called the B1 and the truck is meant for serious off-roading. It looks a bit like a flattened Land Rover Defender to me, but this vehicle is driven by electric motors.

While lots of automakers are adding hybrid and electric cars to their lineups, Volvo is going above and beyond with its commitment to green vehicles with the announcement that every single one of their new cars will have an electric motor.

We’ve known for a while that Nissan has been planning to launch a new and improved LEAF EV with significantly greater range than the current model. We now know that the new LEAF will be revealed this coming September 6.

I mentioned last month that Faraday Future would be on hand at the Pikes Peak hill climb with its prototype FF91. The car would be racing up the mountain in the exhibition class. Well the hill climb has come and gone, and a video of the Faraday making its run up the hill has now surfaced.

Having lived in Colorado Springs for nearly a year now, I have been up the road to Pikes Peak several times. Now Faraday Future has announced that it’s odd looking, but speedy FF 91 EV will be racing up the peak as part of its development.

The Dubuc Tomahawk EV has some impressive stats. It packs in 800 hp and 1000 lb-ft of torque. That is enough power to push the pure electric car from 0-60 mph in 2 seconds in race mode, and 4 seconds in street mode.