Tesla Might Be Tanking, But Its Cars Are Still Fast
Tesla has been in the news cycle a lot lately, and not for the best reasons. Yes, sales are down. Profits are way down. And Elon Musk is stirring the political pot faster than a Model S Plaid gets...
Volkswagen Wants A China Comeback With These New Cars
People often forget this today, but Volkswagen was among the earliest Western automakers to break into China. It launched a joint venture with the locals at SAIC in 1984, and that was the start of...
Mercedes-Benz Vision V Previews A Very Important People Carrier
Mercedes’ Vision V design study previews an opulent new luxury people carrier. It looks bold and futuristic inside and out, but the interior’s retro-futuristic look steals the show. The...
BYD Is Developing An Electric Kei Car For Japan: Report
BYD is reportedly doing what no other non-Japanese automaker has ever done: it’s working on a kei car. The new model will be electric and arrive in Japan in 2026. The BYD kei model targets a...
Nissan Wants Its Own City EV For Europe
Nissan wants its own interpretation of the Renault Twingo and Dacia Spring EVs in Europe. Like the Dacia, the new Nissan EV will have a shorter-than-usual development process. It will reportedly be...
The New Tesla Model Y Gets Its Most Fearsome Competitor Ever
Suppose there’s such a thing as the iPhone of cars. If that exists at all, it’s assuredly the Tesla Model Y. Tesla’s midsize electric crossover has earned its stripes as the...
2026 Hyundai Ioniq 6 Caught On The Road: It Looks Absolutely Wild
The electric vehicle space is quickly moving out of the “expensive spaceship” paradigm as battery-powered cars become more common and more affordable. But the updated 2026 Hyundai Ioniq...
An Electric Chevrolet Corvette? GM Is Thinking About It
If you’ll indulge me with a personal story for a moment: when I was in high school, my father bought himself an NB Mazda Miata. But I wasn’t allowed to drive it. It was a five-speed...
2026 Hyundai Ioniq 6: A Video Tour Shows Why It’s So Much Better
I have always really liked the Hyundai Ioniq 6. But I also completely understand why it’s not everyone’s cup of tea. After all, we live in a world where bland-looking crossover...
Hyundai Insteroid EV Concept Looks Like A Modern Group B Rally Car
Hyundai puts the Inster on steroids to create the Insteroid design study. Although Hyundai doesn’t say it, its inspiration for this concept was Group B rally cars from the 1980s. There are no...
Tesla Fire Destroys 17 Vehicles In Rome: What We Know So Far
Rome’s fire service is currently investigating a blaze that destroyed at least 17 Tesla vehicles early Monday morning at one of the American automaker’s stores. Fortunately, no...
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...
This Dodge Charger Daytona Is Already Wrecked. No One Knows Why
We won’t jump in and say this is the first wrecked Dodge Charger Daytona. Dodge has been selling them for a few months now, so crashes have certainly happened, but this is the first time...
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...