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With two crossover SUVs in the midsize and large segment, Honda has tried to capture drivers who might be steered toward the likes of a Ford Explorer or Toyota Highlander. But there’s a dividing line between the brand’s own offerings, and the choice is up to you: will it be the three-row, eight-seat 2025 Honda Pilot, or the five-seat…

Volkswagen has been spotted testing a prototype for a redesigned Atlas, and the new midsize SUV already appears to be at a late stage of development. It’s expected to debut next year as a 2026 model for the U.S. The current Atlas has been on sale since the 2018 model year, and its sales have averaged more than 60,000 units annually. Given the…

Pickup truck drivers stand to save the most by going electric, according to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

Pickups tend to be bigger than other vehicle types, meaning they use more energy and thus offer greater potential for savings when the cost of that energy is reduced, the DOE recently noted. And reducing consumption of gasoline or diesel is a virtual guarantee of reducing those energy costs.

That’s illustrated by data from Argonne National Laboratory, which estimated cost savings for replacing a gasoline vehicle with a similar-sized EV or plug-in hybrid on a ZIP code level. Across ZIP codes, pickup trucks had the greater potential for savings, followed by vans and SUVs.

Fuel-savings potential when switching to EVs or plug-in hybrids (via DOE)

And the greater the level of electrification, the greater the savings, according to the DOE, noting that an all-electric vehicle of the same size is estimated to achieve greater cost savings than a plug-in hybrid.

Consumer Reports has also crunched the numbers and underscored higher potential savings for electric trucks and SUVs. In many cases, electrification likely won’t require huge concessions either. A 2022 study found that more than half of pickups could be replaced with electric (on a use cycle basis)—again, with massive cost savings.

2024 Ford F-150 Lightning Flash

Such findings do come with some caveats, though. As a comprehensive DOE study in 2020 underscored—still true today—EV costs vary widely depending on where you charge the vehicle and how you charge it (i.e., using a public charger or home charger).

The purchase prices of new electric trucks are also relatively high. As of yet, low-priced fleet versions of electric trucks—versions of the Ford F-150 Lightning and Chevrolet Silverado EV, for instance—have been few and far between.

With the launch of the 2024 Toyota Grand Highlander, Toyota now has as many three-row SUVs as they have rows: three. Considering the Sienna minivan, the full-size Sequoia SUV, the Grand Highlander, and the smaller Highlander, Toyota offers a family of vehicles for shoppers in the family way. The Grand Highlander might be the best. Larger, wider…

The 2024 Formula 1 World Championship heads to the U.K. this weekend for the British Grand Prix. The race, which serves as round 12 on the current calendar, marks the end of a triple-header that also included races in Austria and Spain. The British Grand Prix’s current home is the Silverstone Circuit, an iconic circuit with several high-speed…

Exhibit showcases five Corvettes rescued from a sinkhole that opened 10 years ago National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky, sits on top of a vast cave system 2001 Mallett Hammer Z06 on display remains in its mangled condition On a quiet morning well before the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky, opened for business, the…

Mercedes-Benz is in the midst of developing an update for its GLE-Class range, and a prototype for the updated version of the GLE 53 Coupe from AMG has been spotted for the first time. Earlier shots showed prototypes for the regular GLE-Class and regular GLE-Class Coupe. The updated range is expected to start sales in 2026, meaning they will…

What kind of vehicle is the 2025 GMC Sierra 2500HD? What does it compare to? The Sierra HD is GMC’s line of heavy-duty pickup trucks, available in 2500 and 3500 configurations. They compare well to the similar Chevy Silverado HD, plus rivals like the Ford Super Duty and Ram HD. Is the 2025 GMC Sierra 2500HD a good truck? The Sierra HD lineup…

Fisker has asked the judge overseeing its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings for permission to sell remaining Ocean electric SUVs to a leasing firm at a fraction of their original price, Reuters reported Wednesday.

The company hopes to offload 3,321 Oceans to American Lease at a price of $14,000 each, according to the report, which cites a court filing. On May 30, two weeks before Fisker filed for bankruptcy protection, American Lease had offered to buy 2,100 vehicles, according to the report, later upping the offer to the current number of vehicles, which reportedly represents all Ocean SUVs ready for sale.

2023 Fisker Ocean

The Ocean originally had a starting price of $38,999 for the base Sport grade, with Ultra and Extreme versions priced at $52,999 and $61,499, respectively. However, Fisker in March slashed prices by up to $24,000 and asked contract manufacturer Magna to pause production in order to drawn down inventory.

Ocean production started at Magna’s facility on Graz, Austria, in November 2022, but deliveries didn’t start until six months later. The first cars reached U.S. customers in mid-2023. Even that slow rollout didn’t give Fisker time to address numerous quality issues with its first EV, though.

2023 Fisker Ocean

Fisker issued three recalls for the Ocean last month alone, including one for a “malfunctioning mechanism” that could cause exterior door handles to stick and fail to open. That recall includes 8,204 vehicles in the U.S., indicating the slow pace of deliveries.

Even as cash began running out in the final months before bankruptcy, Fisker continued discussing ambitious plans to shift to a franchised dealership model and launch additional EVs, including the more affordable Pear, the Alaskan pickup truck, and the Ronin convertible. A buyer with deep pockets could potentially revive those models.

Following a thorough investigation, Koenigsegg has determined the cause of a fire that resulted in one of the company’s $3 million Jesko hypercars burning to the ground in Greece in mid-June. In an Instagram post made on June 20, Koenigsegg CEO and founder Christian von Koenigsegg said a leak of hydraulic fluid on the road surface near the…