VW Spending Big in North America Volkswagen has announced a $7.1 billion commitment over the next five years to boost its North American manufacturing and research and development capabilities as well as its product portfolio. The automaker plans to assemble…
Volkswagen’s eagerly awaited ID. Buzz electric microvan won’t go on sale in the U.S. until 2024, but VW has unveiled the European production version, so we though we’d share a few pix and some data to get the juices flowing.…
Polestar, the Swedish EV maker that’s helping expand the tech and engineering boundaries of what an EV can be, is also pretty good at designing them and has just dropped a gorgeous piece of eye candy with its O2 concept.…
We’ll get the necessary comparison out of the way immediately: Kia’s 2022 EV6, while built on the same platform and sharing the same electric powertrain as the Hyundai Ioniq 5, is not the same car with a different name. For…
In a year in which several outstanding EVs were in contention for top honors, value pricing seemed to be top of mind among jurors as Ford’s Maverick compact pickup, which uses a hybrid gas-electric system as its standard powertrain, was…
Chevrolet has confirmed two more all-electric crossovers for its portfolio, the Blazer EV, coming in the spring of 2023, and the Equinox EV, slated for fall 2023. The Equinox EV will come in both fleet and consumer versions with a…
For those who’ve been waiting for the mainstream auto builders to add electric pickups to their offerings, Chevrolet has now unveiled its 2024 Silverado EV, claiming range of up to 400 miles on some models. Bad news: It won’t be…
Covoid-19 I is impacting CES 2022, with a number of major exhibitors, including Amazon, Google, Intel, IBM, Microsoft and automakers BMW, General Motors and Mercedes-Benz, canceling their in-person presences at the Jan. 5-8 tech show in Las Vegas. But CES…
Were I in the market for a new car, the 2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5 would be high on my list of possibles. This is one good-looking, superbly equipped, roomy, fun-to-drive and hard-charging – but not hard to charge – EV.…
Polestar 2 Also Getting Over-the-Air Power Hike in 2022 In an early holiday present, the EPA has awarded the Polestar 2 single motor EV a 270 mile range estimate and given the Kia EV6 single motor a 310-mile estimate. Both…