• Escalade IQ Ditches CCS, Gets 19.2-kW Charging Standard

    Escalade IQ Ditches CCS, Gets 19.2-kW Charging Standard
    General Motors is handing every 2027 EV a Tesla-style charging port, and the flagship electric Cadillac gets a little more than the rest of the lineup.The 2027 Cadillac Escalade IQ and its stretched Escalade IQL sibling drop the aging CCS1 connector for a native NACS port. The payoff at the plug is simple: no more CCS-to-NACS adapter required at Tesla Superchargers or other charging stalls wired for NACS.
    There's a catch, and it's the predictable one. Topping up at a legacy CCS station now requ
  • Aston Martin's EV Plan: Build One When Forced To

    Aston Martin's EV Plan: Build One When Forced To
    Aston Martin will build a pure electric vehicle only when the law leaves it no choice. That's the message from CEO Adrian Hallmark, who told Autocar the company sees no demand-side reason to electrify and plenty of reasons to keep pistons pumping. Aston's EV timeline has become a case study in slippage. The brand once promised to reveal an EV by the close of 2025. That slid to 2027. Now Hallmark is talking about a window near the 2035 legislative deadline.
    "We only need BEVs to be compliant for