#200mile

Vanderhall Brawley is a 200-mile electric off-roader with 35-inch tires

Vanderhall is making the shift from three wheels to four with a new electric off-roader called the Brawley. Reservations open July 15, while deliveries are expected to begin in 2022, per Vanderhall’s website. So, what exactly is the Vanderhall Brawley? It’s likely to be considered a UTV, the larger cousins of ATVs and featuring car-like side-by-side seating. Vanderhall also claims the Brawley…

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The 200-Mile Electric Car Field Could be Crowded by 2018

If you’re still holding on to that copy of Who Killed the Electric Car? you bought back in your university days, it might be time to toss it in the trash.

In just two years, there could be four 200-plus mile electric vehicles on the market, now that Hyundai plans to jump into the long-range EV game.

The South Korean automaker doesn’t want to be an also-ran in the emerging field, so it’s planning a 2018 introduction of an EV designed to battle the 215-mile Tesla Model 3. It’s an ambitious goal for a company whose green car chief once called EVs and hybrids “a headache.”

Reuters reports Hyundai wants a vehicle that goes at least 200 miles on a charge, putting it on par with the Model 3 (due out in late 2017), the Chevrolet Bolt (due out this fall), and the next-generation Nissan Leaf, which is expected to receive a similar range in 2018.

In April, Ford CEO Mark Fields said his company was developing a 200-mile EV, even after his electrification chief said the 100-mile range of the 2017 Focus Electric was good enough. There’s no word on when that model will appear.

Apparently, automakers decided 200 miles is enough range to eliminate most cases of “range anxiety” and be useful for most driving tasks. It’s also a nice, round number and is achievable with existing technology.

Hyundai hasn’t been resting on its electric laurels this whole time. Earlier this year, the company revealed its 2017 Ioniq, which comes in hybrid, plug-in and fully electric versions. The Ioniq Electric will have an estimate range of 110 miles when it goes on sale later this year.

Whether the automaker’s shadowy 200-mile EV is a new model or a battery-crammed version of the Ioniq remains to be seen.

[Source: Reuters] [Image: Hyundai Motor Company]

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Hold Up, Ford Wants a 200-Mile EV After All

It seems Ford didn’t want to stay home from the EV dance.

Just 10 days after Ford Motor Company electrification guru Kevin Layden said that 100 miles of range is just plenty, thank you very much, CEO Mark Fields is now saying something very different.

According to Automotive News, Fields was asked about his competitors’ plans for 200-plus mile electric vehicles during a conference call related to his company’s boffo first-quarter earnings, and replied that such a vehicle was in development.

Tesla and General Motors are currently the biggest players in the game. Chevrolet plans to have its 200-plus mile Bolt in production this fall, with Tesla following a year later with its Model 3. Despite what Layden said, Ford clearly wants to be a competitor.

In response to the 200-mile EV question, Fields replied, “Clearly that’s something we’re developing for,” adding that he wants Ford to be “among the leaders or in a leadership position” when it came to battery-powered vehicles.

Last year, Fields funneled $ 4.5 billion towards vehicle electrification, including the development of a hybrid F-150 (due by decade’s end).

The automaker is currently attempting to trademark the “Model E” name. Unless the company is trying to resurrect the Edsel, this model would have to be a fully electric vehicle.

Automotive News states that the Model E will go into production at a newly built Mexico assembly plant in 2019, one year after Tesla’s baby EV (but likely not before all 400,000 preorders are delivered).

Cliche or not, Chevy’s 200-mile Bolt EV is a game-changer for the masses

LAS VEGAS — Let’s get the cliches about the Chevy Bolt out of the way, shall we? The Chevy Bolt is a game-changer. It’s like driving the future. It’s a Tesla Model 3 killer. Now that we’ve cleared our system of all that silliness and excitement, let’s discuss the details and implications of the Chevrolet’s all-new, long-range electric car that debuted this week at International CES. See also:…

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