General Motors reportedly has notified Chinese authorities that it intends to show a new electric vehicle, the Chevrolet Menlo, a Bolt-based crossover, at the upcoming Chengdu Motor Show in September. The car is intended for the Chinese market and will…
China’s BYD – best known in the U.S. for electric buses – may be launching a new bid to reestablish itself on these shores as a car company, too, with its newest EV, the BYD Tang. The car, truck and…
Four key automakers have inked a deal with California to circumvent the Trump Administration’s avowed intent to gut current fuel economy rules. The pact would preserve incentives for automakers to continue building and marketing battery-electric, fuel-cell electric and plug-in hybrid…
If you’re a hybrid shopper with the car-to-human communications abilities of a Formula 1 driver, Hyundai’s got something for you. It also will work if you just want to squeeze a bit more fuel economy out of your next car.…
(Updated 6/16/20 to include pricing and technical information on the 2020 Escape plug-in hybrid. Originally posted 7) The redesigned, re-engineered 2020 Ford Escape will offer two Hybrid trim levels – with a base price that just breaks the $30,000 mark…
The upcoming 2020 Mini Cooper SE – a 2-door hardtop EV – will be one of the most powerful models in Mini’s lineup, according to official data released this week. Only the gasoline-engine Cooper S and John Cooper Works models…
Auto designer and developer Henrik Fisker says his new company, Fisker Inc., is readying a sub-$40,000 battery-electric SUV for a 2021 market launch. Fisker is a former top designer at BMW and Ford Motor Co. – his credits include the…
Hyundai’s upscale Genesis brand says it is developing an EV platform that could be used for both a sedan and an SUV. The brand also is eyeing its own version of the Hyundai Nexo fuel-cell electric vehicle. [Estimated Reading Time:…
The federal tax credit for Tesla’s EVs falls to $1,875 for its final six months, victim of the incentive law’s phase-out rule. Meantime, GM’s tax credit, which dropped to $3,750 from $7,500 in April, has three months more to run…
Hyundai’s 2019 Kona EV is small, and the gray exterior/charcoal interior combo on the test car that Hyundai sent is lacking in presence. But the crossover – better described as a sporty wagon – actually is a pretty remarkable entry…