New plug-in hybrids for 2025
Are plug-in hybrids an on-ramp to fully electric vehicles, or undue cost and complexity? Are they something consumers asked for, or something created by bureaucrats and regulators? At least in some...
Review: 2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ gets smart, with batteries
What’s in a name? The Escalade IQ is smarter, it turns out A big battery delivers 460 miles of range Cadillac delivers a big price, too: $129,990 For all its red-carpet appearances and...
Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid: How we’d equip our Best Car To Buy 2025 winner
Santa Fe Hybrid strikes the best value in base SEL trim with AWD for $40,975 It’s only $500 more than a similarly-equipped gas-only model But second-row captain’s chairs only come with...
Review: 2025 Ram Power Wagon and Rebel HD defend their mountain
Mild design tweaks don’t change the off-road Ram trucks’ capabilities Ram Power Wagon still has no direct competitor 2025 Ram Power Wagon costs $74,235 and Rebel HD costs $70,740 The...
Could Jeep reinvent planetary hybrid tech for 4WD adventures?
Stellantis may be looking to adapt planetary gear hybrid systems—like the one currently used in the Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid plug-in hybrid minivan—to more rugged vehicles, a patent...
Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid: Best Car To Buy 2025
The Santa Fe gains hybrid power, 36 mpg combined It outdoes the Toyota Highlander Hybrid and Kia Sorento, and looks like a Land Rover The Hybrid model costs only $500 more than the gas-only Santa Fe...
2026 Nissan Leaf details: Affordable EV will face 2026 Chevy Bolt EV
Next-generation Nissan Leaf will launch first in U.S. and Canada, be fully revealed this year Rogue Hybrid and Rogue PHEV are on the way over the next two model years A broader range of U.S.-made...
Rivian spinoff focuses on small EVs, “ways to move beyond cars”
Spinoff starts with $105 million VC investment, Rivian maintains “substantial minority stake” Products to be affordable, vastly more efficient than today’s cars or SUVs In-house-built for core...
Here are the EVs made in Mexico and Canada
Auto-industry tariffs coming in April, may bring immediate price hikes Mexico makes many U.S.-bound EVs, buys few of them EV tax credit still potentially applies to models made in Mexico and Canada...
Southern US states are set for the most EV range, data suggests
Extreme temperatures can affect electric vehicle range, but the extreme heat of the South is nothing to offset the extreme cold in other parts of the U.S., according to new findings. Vaisala, a...
GM-Pilot EV charging network now spans over 25 states
GM-Pilot stations with EVgo now cover more than 130 locations The automaker also has GM Energy projects with ChargePoint and EVgo GM is also part of Ionna, seeking 30,000 fast-chargers by 2030...
Sulfur-crystal battery could triple EV range without cobalt or nickel
A German startup believes it has the recipe for electric vehicle battery cells that are cheaper, more energy dense, and less problematic for the environment than current lithium-ion cells. But...
California has nearly 50% more public EV chargers than gas nozzles
In 2024, public charging in California expanded at record levels The state has double the publicly accessible chargers versus 2022 Nearly 30% of U.S. EV sales go to California customers In...
Best minivans for 2025? Heed the Buzz
New minivans can be had with gas, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, or fully electric powertrains The Toyota Sienna can only be had as a hybrid, and with all-wheel drive it gets 35 mpg combined The VW ID.Buzz...
Study: Tesla, Rivian charging networks have far fewer problems
Owners report more than ten times the issues with Shell Recharge, EVgo, or Blink than with Tesla Rivian’s own charging network was second only to Tesla Hardware-related issues have become more...
Deep dive: Bugatti Tourbillon aerodynamics
The Bugatti Tourbillon’s standout feature is an 1,800-hp plug-in hybrid powertrain built around a high-revving V-16, but Bugatti didn’t forget about the aerodynamic work needed to make...
World’s only 2013 Aston Martin Bertone Jet 2+2 headed to auction
The last concept car produced by legendary Italian design house Bertone is up for grabs. That car, the Aston Martin Bertone Jet 2+2, is scheduled to be auctioned off by Dore & Rees on Mar. 29....
EV battery recycling breakthrough recovers 99.99% of lithium
Chinese researchers claim to have developed a process to recover nearly all of the lithium from used electric vehicle batteries for recycling. The Independent (via InsideEVs) reports on study...
Karma Amaris plug-in hybrid coupe revealed, production end of 2026
Karma Automotive on Thursday unveiled the Amaris, a plug-in hybrid coupe the company says is due to start production in the fourth quarter of next year, and confirmed that it’s moving closer...
2026 Range Rover Velar successor caught on video
JLR has been spotted testing a prototype for an electric vehicle that will take a place in its Range Rover family of luxury SUVs. JLR is known to be planning the reveal of an electric version of its...