First Shift: One new electric VW of 2024: ID Buzz
• One new electric VW of 2024: ID Buzz • Stellantis layoffs at Michigan plant • NHTSA probes Hyundai over seat belts • Marissa West leaves General Motors • Cheaper Cybertruck orders...
Guest commentary: Overcoming legacy data constraints to unlock the potential of generative AI
Decades of siloed data management, outdated IT structures and a lack of visibility across the supply chain have created barriers to innovation.
2025 Nissan Kicks costs $23,220, AWD adds $1,500 more
The redesigned small crossover gets bigger, roomier, more powerful, and slightly more expensive AWD costs more on SV versions than on the base S or top SR trims 2025 Kicks SR AWD tops the lineup at...
Uber-rare Schuppan 962CR set for Monterey Car Week auction
The Porsche 962 is considered by many, racing fans and experts alike, to be one of the most successful race cars in motorsports history. And now a road car that shares most of its design with the...
New Cadillac XT5 debuts in China with Lyriq-inspired design
The current Cadillac XT5 has been on sale since the 2017 model year, making it one of the oldest vehicles in its segment. Cadillac hasn’t indicated whether a new generation is planned for the...
First Shift: European automakers rethink EV rollouts
• European automakers rethink EV rollouts • Stellantis to help fund Archer air taxi • Volvo increases sticker price of EX90 • Public dealership groups’ CDK fallout • Treating recruitment like a...
2025 Genesis GV60 gets less expensive base AWD model
The 2025 Genesis GV60 receives minor changes and a minor price increase for its third model year on sale in the U.S., Genesis announced last week. Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are...
Fratzonic: EVs have to sound like something, but does it have to be ICE?
The 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona electrifies a hallowed muscle-car nameplate. And it features an elaborate sound generator to replicate the exhaust noise of the V-8 that will not be offered in the new...
Test drive: 2024 Subaru Solterra feels fit for the blue highways
Solterra efficiency is in the same ballpark as Hyundai Ioniq 5 and VW ID.4 Even with improvements, it’s one of the slower-charging electric crossovers X-Mode off-road mode gives the Solterra...
Pagani Zonda Arrivederci revealed as the last Zonda
The Pagani Zonda is the supercar that refuses to die. The car’s successor arrived in 2011 in the form of the Huayra, and that car has since been replaced by the Utopia which debuted in 2022....
Smart electric compact crossover to target Tesla Model Y
Smart may be best known for its ForTwo but that minicar is no longer in production. Instead, Smart today is launching electric crossovers bigger than anything we’ve previously seen from the...
Police Diversify With EVs As Combustion Engines Can’t Keep Up
Police departments around the country find themselves at a crossroads. They have decades of investment in traditional combustion engine police vehicles, of which the Dodge Charger Pursuit is one of...
Column: Realities of the EV transition are setting in
There is a downstream consequence of the automaker pull back on EV production plans. Just ask auto suppliers.
What is a smog check, and why is it important?
Smog check, smog test and emission check all refer to the same thing: a test of a vehicle and its engine emissions performed at a licensed smog testing facility. Smog checks are regulated by the...
EV battery costs dropped 90% in last 15 years
The average price of a lithium-ion battery pack for a light-duty EV has decreased 90% over the past 15 years, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) estimates. In 2023, the DOE estimates pack prices...
Electrify Expo’s BJ Birtwell on the ways to win EV curious consumers (Episode 263)
The founder and CEO of the multi-city EV festival details the impact of a shift from early adopters to mass-market consumers and identifies counterintuitive ways to drive adoption of electric...
Science: Why different types of engines sound the way they do
Exhaust notes help give cars personalities, a trait that’s due to the different type of engines they have. Toyota has released a helpful explainer on why that is. It starts with the number of...
2025 BMW i5 electric sedan starts at $68,274
The 2025 BMW i5, the electric version of the 5-Series midsize luxury sedan, returns essentially unchanged for its second year on the market. The base price is $68,275, which includes a mandatory...
2025 Nissan Leaf is now cheaper than Versa economy car
Thanks to incentives, the 2025 Nissan Leaf is now the automaker’s cheapest model regardless of powertrain type, reports CarsDirect, undercutting the gasoline Versa economy car. The base 2025...
2025 Nissan Leaf is now cheaper than Versa economy car
Thanks to incentives, the 2025 Nissan Leaf is now the automaker’s cheapest model regardless of powertrain type, reports CarsDirect, undercutting the gasoline Versa economy car. The base 2025...