Lexus electrical SUV priced, photo voltaic automotive crash-tested, Google’s EV navigation: As we speak’s Automotive Information

EV drivers of only a few fashions are getting a lift of their EV road-trip planning. A photo voltaic automotive has been crash-tested, and it’s blue skies forward. And Lexus’ first U.S. EV has a price ticket. This and extra, right here at Inexperienced Automotive Reviews. 

Lexus has priced its first EV, the RZ 450e, which is arriving at U.S. dealerships quickly, and whereas its $59,650 makes it no nice worth if vary is your precedence, it seems to load on the options and supply plenty of the posh atmosphere these loyal to the model see as an indicator.

What’s shaping as much as be the primary mass-produced photo voltaic electrical automotive—with photo voltaic panels built-in inside all its physique panels—has been really put to the check. A Sono Sion crash-test discovered that the panels “behave as predicted,” the corporate says, with no further danger to occupants or bystanders. 

And Google claims that its Maps navigation now distinguishes between “very quick” chargers of 150 kw or greater and different chargers, as a part of Google built-in. Offered Google has all of the vital knowledge factors—a degree not but confirmed—that will enable such autos a visit planner near what Tesla supplies. The tech big initially claimed to be including these particulars in 2018, so it’s been a very long time coming.

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