Fisker Ocean recalled due to regen brake issue
The Fisker Ocean has been recalled once again, this time for an issue that could lead to an unexpected reduction in regenerative braking. The recall includes 7,745 Ocean electric SUVs from model...
First Shift: Ford cancels 3-row EVs
• Property insurance and EV servicing • Ford cancels 3-row EVs • The 2025 ID Buzz EV • Kia America’s tech forward EV blueprint • Stellantis CEO’s Detroit...
Lucid CEO: EV market softening “a temporary blip”
Lucid’s CEO Peter Rawlinson believes the future is electric. Rawlinson told The Verge at 2024 Monterey Car Week in California that “I think we’re seeing a temporary blip. I think...
Tesla Model X recalled because roof trim may fall off
Tesla is recalling 9,136 Model X electric SUVs from early in the vehicle’s production run to fix trim prices that may not have been properly applied to the roof and could come off. The recall...
Polestar names ex-Audi designer as new design chief
Polestar on Wednesday named Philipp Römers as its new design chief. He replaces Maximilian Missoni who led Polestar design for the past six years, and is taking up a new role at a different...
Hyundai’s Extended-Range EVs May Include Trucks, Santa Fe, Genesis GV70
Hyundai is developing an extended-range EV The EREV setup will find its way into a lot of segment An EREV pickup truck and at least two EREV SUVs are planned We’ve been hearing rumblings for a...
2025 Cadillac Escalade price hiked $5,700, starts at $89,590
The refreshed 2025 Cadillac Escalade rolls into the new year on its new 24-inch wheels with a new $89,590 price, including the mandatory $1,995 destination fee, GM’s luxury brand disclosed on...
Property insurance: Dealer hurdle over EVs
Zurich Insurance Group issues recommended best practices for dealerships servicing EVs that could add costs.
Love’s plots fast-charging for future road trips
Love’s added charging stations to two of its gas stations All future Love’s Travel Stops will have EV chargers Love’s started adding chargers to its gas stations in 2017...
McLaren 750S personalization made easy with MSO Contrast Packs
The McLaren 750S enters the 2025 model year, its second year on the market, with new design packs crafted by the MSO personalization department. There are 12 in total, grouped into Contrast Pack 1...
First Shift: Mazda incentives soar
• Concern about future of EV incentives • Mazda incentives soar • Mercedes S-Class production reduced • Trump not a fan of EV tax credit • Fain threatens Stellantis at...
Ford: Two new electric trucks, more hybrids, no three-row electric SUV
Ford on Wednesday said it plans to launch more hybrids and cut back on a previously announced battery-electric vehicle as it adjusts to the changing landscape for electrified vehicles. The automaker...
Battery maker Northvolt shutting down R&D in California
Swedish battery firm Northvolt is shutting down a research and development facility working on lithium-metal batteries in California and moving all development work to its R&D hub in Vasteras,...
Infiniti kills the Q50, becomes an SUV brand
The 2024 model year was the last for Infiniti’s Q50 compact sedan, leaving the brand with a lineup consisting of SUVs only for 2025. The Q50 arrived for the 2014 model year and ushered in...
Ford backpedals on EVs: Cancels 3-row SUV, adds EV trucks
Ford drops plans for a battery-powered, three-row SUV A new midsize EV truck will be introduced in 2027, with other body styles to come A new battery-powered full-size truck also will be introduced...
A BMW race car based on the M2 launches in 2026
BMW in recent years has launched entry-level race cars based on the M2 and other 2-Series Coupe models, and the automaker is currently working on a new one that it plans to have ready in time for...
2025 VW ID.Buzz costs $61,545, up to 234 miles of range
The 2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz will cost $61,545 Single-motor models will have 234 miles of range, dual-motor models have 231 miles of range The ID.Buzz will arrive in U.S. dealers later this year The...
First 100% electric US school bus fleet arrives in Oakland
The first school district in the U.S. to use all electric buses will be Oakland, California The buses, bidirectional chargers, and software management platform will be supplied by Zum The buses will...
2 FTC commissioners call dealership discrimination claim by agency an overreach
The Coulter Motor Co. case saw further debate among the Federal Trade Commission over the validity of the agency bringing discrimination claims using the FTC Act’s unfair practices...
First Shift: GMC’s off-road luxury Yukon
• Korean brands build on EV momentum • UAW threatens to strike Stellantis • GMC’s off-road luxury Yukon • GM cuts 1,000 software jobs • Average dealership profit slipped...