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According to Canalys' latest report, the global EV shipments grew 109% in 2021 compared to 2020 and about 85% of those came from Mainland China and Europe. The latter leads the EV adoption with 19% of the total car sales being EVs, while China's...

Toyota has filed for a patent involving manual transmission (with a clutch pedal no less) for EVs. That's an interesting development for sure, let's just say right out of the gate that attempting to patent something doesn't necessarily and...

Hyundai announced the updated Ioniq 5, technically a 2023 model, but the company will start accepting orders in late Spring this year. The most notable change is the addition of a bigger 77.4 kWh battery along with other premium options such as...

An EV's range is probably the most important aspect of the entire car. It's affected by a number of factors that manufacturers' product pages or standard test don't cover so we always appreciate a real-world test to shed some more light on...

President Biden's administration, USDOT and USDOE announced a five-year plan to establish a national EV charging network that would cost $5 billion. The National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program, in turn, is made possible by...

BMW's entry into the Super Bowl ad race is all about the iX, which isn't very surprising. But this ad is also about Greek gods Zeus and Hera retiring to Palm Springs. And there's a tiny pet Pegasus there at some point. Oh, and Zeus keeps charging...

Wuling Motors will soon introduce a new refined version of the second most popular EV in China for 2021 - the Mini EV. In addition to the four existing battery options, Wuling is adding a 26.5 kWh one rated at 280km range as per CLTC. The smallest...

RAM is opening up a new website, devoted to the development of its first EV truck - the RAM 1500 BEV (battery-electric vehicle). RamRevolution.com is a place where fans can sign up to get notified on any RAM 1500 BEV news, get to be the first to...

President Biden set the US on a path to become carbon-neutral by 2050 and switching away from gas-powered vehicles is a large part of that. However, currently less than 1% of vehicles on American roads are electric. There are a lot of factors to...

Citroen offshoot DS has introduced a new concept car today, which has a carbon monocoque and a drivetrain taken from a Formula E car. That's not a coincidence, as DS is "the first premium manufacturer" to be involved in Formula E. The brand has...

Welcome to our new site! ArenaEV.com is brought to you by the team behind GSMArena.com and we will follow the progress of electric vehicles with the same enthusiasm and an eye for detail as we do mobile phones. We already have the specs for over...

Mercedes will add two new SUVs to its fleet of all-electric vehicles later this year. The EQS SUV and EQE SUV are based on Mercedes' EVA platform and will be the electric counterparts to the GLS and GLE, respectively. They will fill the upper-tier...

Today Skoda has officially unveiled its latest EV, the Enyaq Coupe iV. It is Skoda's version of the VW ID.5, sharing the coupe body and most specs. The Enyaq Coupe does add a new, smaller battery option that's missing from the ID.5, and the...

Back in November of last year, Porsche introduced a new body version for its Taycan family, the Taycan Sport Turismo, however it only announced details about the Taycan GTS Sport Turismo model. Today the company is finally ready to reveal details...

Trucks are important in America, and so they can't afford to miss the electric boat. Or bus. Or... truck. You get the picture. Ford already introduced the F-150 Lightning electric truck, and today GM finally unveiled its rival: the Chevrolet...

Back in June of last year BMW detailed two versions of its iX SUV, the xDrive 40 and xDrive 50, but there was always going to be an M version coming too. This has now been officially announced, and, unsurprisingly, it packs more power than any other...

Range is undoubtedly one of the key problems with EVs right now, along with how slow the charging is, even on the fastest DC chargers, compared to filling up a fuel tank. These things are connected, though, for if you have enough juice in your...

Nio may not be a household name at this point anywhere outside of China, but the company has big plans for international expansion, and is, in fact, one of the Chinese EV makers that seem really serious about making a mark on the global market in...

Today Porsche has added a new model and a new drivetrain to the Taycan family. The new model is the Sport Turismo, joining the vanilla Taycan and the Cross Turismo, which were already announced. Think of the Sport Turismo as a Cross Turismo...

Last month Toyota unveiled its first ever purpose-designed battery EV, the bZ4X, which uses a platform that was developed jointly with Subaru. Unsurprisingly then, today Subaru has taken the wraps off its interpretation of that, which it's calling...