NAIAS 2016: 2017 Chevrolet Bolt – Seven Seconds to Sixty
After last week’s unveiling at CES, we were left with plenty of questions about the new 2017 Chevrolet Bolt. Answers came today, at least about its drivetrain. Notably, GM mentions a low-speed driving...
View ArticleNAIAS 2016: Kia Telluride Concept Just Wants To Make Sure You’re Feeling Okay...
Kia teased a new large SUV concept last week, the Telluride, and we were able to see more of the new, uniquely styled luxury SUV today. Clearly, the deep metallic green paint is applied to attract...
View ArticleTTAC News Round-up: Infamous GM Engineer Speaks, You Only Get One With...
The man in the middle of GM’s faulty ignition switch has finally spoken, and the word “mistake” came up at least twice. That, does anyone have the number for Google, GM and Honda may join forces, and...
View ArticleTTAC News Round-up: Let’s Talk Carbon Emissions, Volkswagen’s Bigger...
FCA has to clean up its act in a hurry, or pay a lot more to sell cars in the future. That, Europe wants Volkswagen to treat its owners the same as American owners, General Motors’ lawyers get down and...
View ArticleElectric Cars Aren’t So Dirty, Coal Power at 35-year Low
Electric vehicles aren’t rollin’ coal anymore — or, at least, not nearly as much as they used to. Reuters reports coal-fired electricity generation is now at a 35-year low in the U.S., and November...
View ArticleEPA Asks Volkswagen to Build Electric Vehicles in US, But What Could It Build?
The Environmental Protection Agency has asked Volkswagen to build electric vehicles in the United States as part of an effort to make up for nearly 600,000 illegally polluting diesels, reported German...
View ArticleTTAC News Round-up: Clock Ticks at Volkswagen, CEO Switch and Volvo Sees a...
The Environmental Protection Agency is pointing at its watch and glaring at Volkswagen. That, an opening for the Swedes, an electric propulsion prediction, a high-end guy gets a new job, and Tesla gets...
View ArticleElio Motors Stock Soars in Over-The-Counter Trading
(Caveat: I know nothing at all about stocks, bonds or other financial instruments.) After automotive startup Elio Motors raised approximately $17 million dollars in a Reg-A+ stock offering the company...
View ArticleMarchionne to Apple: Pick Me! Pick Me!
It seems Sergio Marchionne may be switching teams when it comes to shacking up with another company to build cars of the future, reports Bloomberg. At the Geneva International Motor Show, the...
View ArticleTTAC News Round-up: New Salvo Hits Volkswagen, Korean Competition Looms, and...
After seemingly using up its legal arsenal against Volkswagen, the U.S. is pulling its backup out of an ankle holster and taking another shot. That, Kia and Hyundai might get a Korean competitor,...
View ArticleTTAC News Round-up: Honda Wants a Cheaper Future, Cash for Airbag Woes, and...
The world needs to be saved, but who wants to spend more money doing it? That, cash lands on Takata-plagued dealers, Tesla takes to the track, BMW wants you in and out fast, and Volkswagen dreams of...
View ArticleNYIAS: 2017 Toyota Prius Prime – Eco-Warrior Goes Posh
In the nearly 20 years it’s been on the market, the Toyota Prius has become an icon of eco-friendly motoring. Now, Toyota wants to build on the legend with a new, more upmarket version called Prius...
View ArticleTTAC News Round-up: Ford Soothes Investors, Dodge Gets its DiCaprio Moment,...
Ford is doing so well, you’d be a damn fool to ever think of not investing in Ford, says Ford. That, hiring a crop of cranky old people paid off for Dodge, Kentucky joins the let’s-sue-Volkswagen...
View ArticleNo More Regrets: Tesla Will Now Upgrade Your Ludicrous-less P90D For an...
For Tesla Model S P90D owners who have concluded they won’t soil their firm, supportive seats if given the chance to go faster, well, they’re in luck. Tesla Motors is offering to bring “Ludicrous” mode...
View ArticleGreen Giant: Buick LaCrosse Hybrid has Smoggy China in its Sights
The Beijing Motor Show begins next week, but Buick couldn’t wait a minute longer. At yesterday’s 2016 Buick Day event in Shanghai (was there a parade?), the automaker rolled out its LaCrosse Hybrid...
View Article‘Green Cars Only’ Laws: Coming to a Debate Near You
When you’re in conversation with a self-described urbanist, it’s usually impossible to avoid numerous references to Amsterdam, that progressive utopia of bikes, tulips, marijuana-smoking tourists, and...
View ArticleThe Future of Batteries is a Far-Out Trip, Man
Besides making steaks seem fancy and sending rebellious teens to the furthest reaches of the galaxy, it turns out mushrooms have another use. Fibers from a type of wild mushroom outperformed graphite...
View ArticleBMW Facing Lawsuit Over i3 REx Power Loss
Owners of BMW i3s equipped with optional range extenders — read: two-cylinder engine that generates electricity — are suing the automaker for an issue that could leave those drivers going slow in the...
View ArticleSergio’s Crystal Ball: FCA Boss Doesn’t Think EVs are the Future
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Sergio Marchionne likes to keep people guessing, which is no surprise to those following the rapid-fire product changes at his company. With his company’s fortunes buoyed...
View ArticleWhite House Announces Up To $4.5B in EV Infrastructure And ‘Unprecedented’...
Yesterday the Obama administration announced “an unprecedented set of actions” to grow the U.S. plug-in electrified vehicle market. The initiative represents a broad collaboration between federal...
View ArticleHydrogen-Fueled Driving is the Dream that Won’t Die, and Ford Wants to Make...
Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles have been in development for as long as hybrids, but while one of those technologies can be found in any Walgreens parking lot, the other still occupies a tiny micro-niche...
View ArticleNew Study Claims Biofuels Harm the Environment Worse Than Fossil Fuels
A new study from the University of Michigan adds (bio)fuel to the growing backlash against supposedly clean and green fossil fuel substitutes. The study claims that the environmental benefits of...
View ArticleShocker: Study Shows Americans Aren’t Interested in Owning EVs, Prefer Better...
The electric vehicle revolution, if you want to call it that, won’t happen in the “I woke up and everything was different” manner envisioned by hard-core EV enthusiasts. EVs are no longer new to the...
View ArticleCould Beer Power Your Electric Car?
It sounds like a car guy’s fantasy, using beer to power a car. And it still is fantasy, unfortunately. However, a couple of researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have filed for a patent on...
View ArticleHere’s Why Japanese Automakers Keep Sending Hydrogen-powered Cars to North...
The United States and Canada don’t have much of a hydrogen fueling infrastructure to speak of, but Japanese automakers continue sending fuel cell vehicles across the ocean anyway. Vehicles like the...
View ArticleTesla Model S Gas Pedal Snaps Off After Driver Tries Showing Off Launch Mode
One Tesla owner got a big shock yesterday as his accelerator pedal snapped off while driving. The story comes from user benjiejr on the Tesla Motor Club forum. He was showing off his Model S P85D to a...
View ArticleElectrek Loonyland: After the Referrals Scandal Goes International, Fred...
What is it about these wacky new-school post-enthusiast autowriters? Prior to last week, I thought that Wayne “50 percent of the time I am an automotive journalist” Gerdes of CleanMPG was probably the...
View ArticleKeeping Tabs: Germany Promises One Million EV Charge Points by 2030
German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced Sunday that her country will soon have one million charging stations ready for electric cars. Her words came ahead of numerous meetings with German automotive...
View ArticleActivist Attacks Oil Companies by Shaming Ad Agencies
Environmental activist Jamie Henn, and his firm, Fossil Free Media, are attacking advertising and PR agencies that work on oil industry accounts. Their initiative, Clean Creatives, is designed to shame...
View ArticlePlug Power Expands eCommerce Use of Hydrogen and Fuel Cells at Walmart
Plug Power, a provider of hydrogen engines and fueling solutions, is expanding its support of Walmart’s eCommerce network. Plug Power currently supports more than 9,500 GenDrive fuel cell-powered...
View ArticleApple iCar: The Next Big Thing?
Apple has targeted 2024 to produce a passenger vehicle that could include proprietary self-driving and battery technologies, according to Reuters. Project Titan, The iPad creator’s automotive effort,...
View ArticleTesla Self-Driving and Unintended Acceleration Not The Same Says NHTSA
Tesla vehicles that drive themselves and those that continue unintentionally are not the same, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). In a ruling sure to satisfy...
View ArticleBrightDrop, General Motors’ Shiny New Delivery Business
General Motors has rolled out BrightDrop, moving them further into the business of first-to-last-mile products, software, and services for delivery and logistics. “BrightDrop offers a smarter way...
View ArticleDeliveries of Mach-E Stall
According to macheclub.com, the arrival of your Ford mock ‘Stang may be delayed, although no reason had been given until now, when the enthusiast site reached out to Ford for comment. “As part of our...
View ArticleMini Backs Tech Startup Accelerator Despite Slow Sales
Backed by Mini, URBAN-X’s ninth early-stage startup is an ongoing effort to improve city life, in the midst of the automaker’s waning sales. As we reported earlier, Mini sales in the U.S. have been...
View ArticleCalifornia Wins the Gas War, Fickle Automotive Coalition Realigns Position
The Coalition for Sustainable Automotive Regulation (CSAR) is officially withdrawing from a lawsuit between California and federal authorities over the coastal state’s ability to establish its own...
View ArticleWelcome to Electric Avenue — More Chargers on the Way
The Electric Highway Coalition, a consortium of six utility companies, will provide a network of 20-30 minute DC fast chargers for EV drivers, as reported by Electrek. Each of the utilities will be...
View Article2021 Hyundai EVs Get Fast Charging Free
Hyundai’s 2021 Kona Electric and Ioniq Electric now include 250 kWh of complimentary fast charging through Electrify America, with more than 2,400 ultra-fast chargers across the U.S. According to...
View Article2021 Mercedes-Benz EQB – Electricity Flows
Mercedes-Benz’s 2021 EQB is its third all-electric launch this year, along with the EQA 250 and EQS. The EQB will be produced for the local market in Beijing. The rest of the world will get their EQBs...
View ArticleQOTD: Does Hyundai’s 2021 Ioniq Hybrid Deserve Awards?
Hyundai’s 2021 Ioniq hybrid and plug-in hybrid received the Best Hybrid Car and Plug-In Hybrid awards from U.S. News & World Report. Our question is, are they the best hybrids or not? Did the...
View ArticleBiden to Slash U.S. Fossil Fuel Emissions 52 Percent by 2030
Today President Joe Biden committed to cutting U.S. fossil fuel emissions up to 52 percent by 2030. His statement came during a virtual climate change summit with 40 world leaders. Presidents Xi...
View ArticleQOTD: Change the World’s Climate by 2030 or Just Talk About It?
The world’s climate has been centerstage the last two days. President Biden and other world leaders have vowed to reduce global warming by making drastic changes. Will they follow through? At the 2015...
View ArticleHonda Solidifies Its Existing Businesses
Honda Motor Company President Toshihiro Mibe’s first press conference, held April 23rd, was where he committed to solidifying Honda’s existing businesses. Honda is working to achieve carbon neutrality...
View ArticleCalifornia PHEV Owners Return to Gas Power
Electric vehicles are one way to carbon neutrality. Yet 20 percent of California PHEV owners have gone back to gas-powered vehicles. Published in Nature Energy on April 26th by the Institute of...
View Article2022 Subaru Solterra eSUV Proclaimed
In 2022, the Subaru Solterra electric SUV will go on sale. Another Subaru-Toyota joint venture, it’ll roll on the new e-Subaru global platform. Just when you thought the market for another electric...
View ArticleHyundai Motor Group Invests a Boatload in the US
Hyundai Motor Group, makers of Hyundai and Kia autos, announced today their intent to invest $7.4 billion in the US by 2025. Electric vehicles, production facilities, and smart mobility is where the...
View ArticleQOTD: Will Foxconn Make Fisker’s PEARs?
Foxconn, also known as Hon Hai Technology Group, announced that it signed a development and manufacturing agreement with Fisker. Foxconn is one of the world’s largest electronics manufacturers and the...
View ArticleTesla Autonomously Rams Deputy’s SUV
A Tesla autonomously rammed a Snohomish County, Washington sheriff’s deputy’s Ford Explorer SUV. As reported by Nexstar Media Wire, the incident occurred over the weekend. The parked SUV sustained...
View ArticleHyundai Xcient Fuel Cell HD Truck On Its Way
The Hyundai Xcient is on its way to becoming the first mass-produced hydrogen-powered, heavy-duty truck. Design and performance improvements have made it more competitive with those expected from...
View ArticleJunkyard Find: 2017 Toyota Mirai Fuel Cell
I have become accustomed to running into the unexpected during my junkyard travels, finding everything from a JDM Nissan Fairlady Z to a bullet-riddled Cadillac from a Mythbusters episode to a British...
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