A 2019 Chevrolet Bolt EV rolled into the Out of Spec Renew shop showing 471,616 miles on the odometer and a clear message it was done for the moment. The car refused to shift into Drive or accept a charge. Its high-voltage system had thrown a battery fault after the recall-replacement pack, fitted in 2022 at roughly 138,000 miles, finally gave out following more than 330,000 additional miles of hard use.
Mat Watson’s recent Carwow review of the all-new Nissan Leaf shows a car that has finally grown up after years of looking a bit awkward. He compares the transformation to Neville Longbottom in Harry Potter, and the parallel works. Previous Leafs never stood out. This one does, with clean lines borrowed from the Ariya, a full-width light bar, and a low sporty bumper that give it a modern crossover-hatch shape. In electric blue with the black roof and window surrounds it looks sharp from every angle. Flush door handles add to the sleek appearance, though they prove fiddly in daily use and the sloping rear glass cuts into over-the-shoulder visibility. The missing rear wiper is another small frustration on wet British roads.
Porsche has started offering its wireless charging system as a production option on the new Cayenne Electric. Drivers park the SUV over a ground plate and the car begins charging on its own, with no cable to plug in.
Honda walked away from nearly every electric vehicle it had planned for North America earlier this year. Billions in development costs disappeared overnight. Factories retooled for battery cars sat waiting. One model made it through the cut. That survivor is the Alpha, the compact electric SUV first shown as a concept at the Japan Mobility Show in late 2025. Production versions reach the stage on December 2 in India. Deliveries follow in early 2027. The car will never reach American dealerships. Honda decided the cost of meeting U.S. and European rules was too high for this particular project.
Mercedes-AMG spent 59 years building sports cars and high-performance variants of existing models. Now the company has built its first full-size SUV completely in-house, from the ground up, in Affalterbach. The 2028 Mercedes-AMG GT SUV arrives as the second vehicle on the new AMG.EA high-performance architecture, following the GT 4-Door Coupe. Three versions go on sale: the GT 53, GT 55, and range-topping GT 63. U.S. customers will see the first ones at dealerships in summer 2027.