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Tires on hundreds of SUVs have been deflated by climate activists who want to make it 'impossible to own a huge polluting 4x4'

Elon Musk will finally take the wraps off Tesla semi ... to a tough crowd

Tesla delivers first Semi to Pepsi

De Tomaso P900 uses synthetic fuel to spin past 12,000 rpm

Corvette sub-brand reportedly starts with electric four-door and SUV in 2025

South African company builds the world's first armored Jaguar I-Pace

Lotus Type 133 sedan caught testing in China

Corvette-based Chevrolet with 'incredible performance' coming in 2025

Amazon backed out of taking a stake in Argo; then it folded

Researchers say A.I. in connected cars eased rush hour congestion

Buick announces Ultium-based EV for the Chinese market

L.A. Show Favorites and driving a custom Land Rover Defender | Autoblog Podcast #757

Mazda buried this sweet sports car design in a dry business update

Faraday Future raises going concern doubt, delays deliveries

Honda and Sony's joint cars could have PlayStation 5 baked in

Mercedes offers 'Acceleration Increase' — as a $1,200 subscription

L.A. Auto Show: Genesis X Convertible, Toyota Prius and more | Autoblog Podcast #756

Autoblog Podcast #756 Get The Podcast In this episode of the Autoblog Podcast, Editor-in-Chief Greg Migliore is joined by Senior Editor, Green, John Beltz Snyder. The Los Angeles Auto Show wrapped up this week, and we talk about some ...

Tesla recalled almost 30,000 Model Xs for airbag deployment issue

Tesla recently recalled the Model X SUV for an issue with its restraint control module that could cause the front passenger airbag to deploy “in an unintended configuration” in low-speed crashes. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) says ...

Your cool EV of the future is here today! (Yeah, but not really)

LOS ANGELES — Recently while watching the World Series on Fox, I happened upon a commercial for Chevrolet. Crazy, right, watching television and sitting through a commercial? Anyway, Chevrolet was advertising five new EVs, complete with hip, happy drivers ...

2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 revealed in U.S. spec with new details at L.A. Auto Show

LOS ANGELES — We’ve already driven the 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 (in Korea), but today at the 2022 Los Angeles Auto Show, Hyundai is revealing the U.S. spec version of its electric sedan and all the final specs to go ...

'Nothing is blocking' Nissan alliance talks, says Renault chairman

TOKYO — Nothing is blocking discussions between Nissan and Renault over the future of their alliance and the two companies will have “important talks” on Tuesday and Wednesday, the French automaker’s chairman said in Tokyo. Speaking at an event ...

Lucid introduces entry-level Air Pure and mid-tier Touring trims

In August Lucid surprised us with the Air Sapphire, a 1200-horsepower, $249,000 electric luxury sedan. Now, the California-based EV company has launched two trim levels on the more attainable end of the price spectrum. Of course, attainable is a relative ...

Cummins, Tata Motors team up for hydrogen internal combustion engines

BENGALURU, India — U.S.-listed Cummins Inc said on Monday it has signed an agreement with Indian automaker Tata Motors to develop hydrogen-powered internal combustion engines, fuel cells and battery electric vehicle systems for commercial automobiles in India. Several automakers, ...

2023 Toyota Prius teased again before its debut in 2 days

Short of a miracle, 2022 will be the lowest-selling year for the Toyota Prius in a couple of decades, if not ever. The car that ushered the industry into hybrid powertrains the same way Tesla has led the industry ...

Porsche's Taycan Cross Turismo two-steps with a monster truck

“On the surface, a Porsche Taycan Turbo S Cross Turismo and a Monster Jam truck seem not to have a great deal in common.” Truer words were never strung together, and that was how Porsche opened the second paragraph ...

Musk: 'Making a much more affordable vehicle would make a lot of sense'

NUSA DUA, Indonesia — It’s not easy being Elon Musk. That was the message the new Twitter owner and billionaire head of Tesla and SpaceX had for younger people who might seek to emulate his entrepreneurial success. “Be careful ...

How Volvo is going greener, according to sustainability chief Henrik Green

STOCKHOLM — This week, Volvo unveiled its new flagship electric vehicle, the EX90 three-row SUV. It’s not just a look at a product we’ll see come to market in 2024, but a glimpse at the approach Volvo is taking ...

Tesla may start exporting China-made EVs to U.S. and Canada, sources say

Cars ready for export to overseas markets line the wharf of Taicang Port in Suzhou, near the Tesla plant in Shanghai. (Getty Images) SHANGHAI — Tesla is considering exporting made-in-China electric cars to the United States, two people with ...

Mercedes-Benz Vision AVTR Concept First Drive Review: What's new for model year 2154

MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. — Who among us hasn’t imagined what it would be like to drive a car from the future? And we’re not talking about a 2028 Honda Prelude or whatever, interesting as that may be. No, we’re talking ...

2022 BMW 330e xDrive Long-Term Update: A good HUD

I don’t think I’m in the minority of people who prefer to use a phone app rather than a car’s native navigation system to direct myself from one place to another. That’s part of what make Apple CarPlay and ...

Next-gen Toyota Prius teased before L.A. debut next week

The new Toyota Prius is headed for a reveal during the L.A. Auto Show. The Japanese carmaker put teasers for the fifth generation on its social media channels in Japan, one showing a liftback silhouette we’ve had two decades ...

Super GT racers say synthetic fuel can smell weird and cause eye pain

Drivers in Japan’s Super GT race series discovered less-than-desirable side-effects when testing a new type of synthetic fuel that will be rolled out starting in 2023. While the cars ran as expected, some of the pilots complained about an ...

Volvo teases new electric SUV for 2023 reveal

At the launch of the Volvo EX90 flagship electric SUV, Volvo teased a new, smaller electric ute for reveal in 2023. At the end of the presentation (around 1:32:50), Volvo CEO Jim Rowan told media in attendance to look ...

Honda dealers may service upcoming Sony electric vehicles

Honda has been slower to the EV game than many of its rivals, but the automaker is speeding its way to market by partnering with other companies to develop and build new electric models. We learned about the Honda ...

Nissan's quarterly profit fell 68% in the last quarter

TOKYO — Nissan’s profit fell 68% in the last quarter as a shortage of computer chips hindered the Japanese automaker’s ability to deliver vehicles to its customers. Nissan Motor Co. reported Wednesday that its profit was 17.4 billion yen ...

Volvo EX90 livestream reveal: Watch it here today at 9 a.m. Eastern

Volvo’s next chapter is about to begin with the debut of the EX90, the Swedish brand’s all-electric successor to the three-row XC90 SUV. The new flagship will be a showcase of design, technology, safety and sustainability, pointing the way ...

New Fiat 500 Abarth confirmed, reveal coming in November

Though it’s been absent from America for a few years, the Fiat 500 continues on overseas. But the line has been strangely split. The main 500 is a recently redesigned car from the ground up, and is electric only. ...

2023 BMW i7 vs. 7 Series: Lucky numbers

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — BMW’s flagship 7 Series luxury sedan just received a complete redesign, and in an unusual move, the all-electric i7 was released at the same time. For shoppers who have either embraced or rejected the all-electric ...

Tesla recalls 40,000 Model S and X vehicles for power steering issue

Tesla is recalling some 2017-2021 Model S and Model X vehicles due to the potential for loss of power steering assist. According to documents posted by the National Highway Safety Administration, “the electronic power assist steering (EPAS) system may ...

Polestar gets $1.6 billion boost from Volvo, other big stakeholder

Polestar said on Thursday it had secured $1.6 billion in financing from its two main shareholders to help it deliver its growth plans amid volatile markets. Volvo, which co-founded the brand with China’s Geely in 2017, said it would ...

Renault plans to sail — literally, sail — on new class of cargo ship

Going green on the ocean may take another step toward reality in about two years, when Renault is expected to load automobiles aboard wind-powered ships for delivery around the world. The partnership between the car maker and Neoline, a ...

Our long-term 2022 BMW 330e's phone app works splendidly

Most new cars you buy these days have apps that accompany them as part of the ownership experience. Our long-term 2022 BMW 330e xDrive is no exception. Via the “My BMW” app, you can do all sorts of things, ...

Editors’ Picks October 2022 | Electric trucks and some excellent SUVs

2022 GMC Hummer EV 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning 2022 Land Rover Range Rover 2023 Kia Sportage This month sees a bevy of totally new or totally redesigned cars gain Editors’ Pick status. Important EVs like the F-150 Lightning and ...

Want a cheap car? Take a look at these big, comfortable sedans

Want a cheap car? Your choices look pretty grim, at least on the surface. For the 2023 model year, there are only three brand-new vehicles with sticker prices below $20,000. And *spoiler alert* you probably don’t want any of ...

Mazda to debut new 'brand purpose' in delayed mid-term plans

Mazda was supposed to announce its mid-term plan last spring. However, the high-level road map of the company’s future was derailed due to a variety of factors beyond the Hiroshima firm’s control. Executives are now revealing some of those ...

Tesla Cybertruck mass production planned for end of 2023

Tesla aims to start mass production of its Cybertruck at the end of 2023, two years after the initial target for the long-awaited pickup truck Chief Executive Elon Musk unveiled in 2019, two people with knowledge of the plans ...

BYD sold four times as many vehicles in China as Tesla

SHANGHAI — China’s biggest electric vehicle (EV) maker BYD said its third-quarter net profit jumped 350% from a year ago, helped by a wider range of product offerings and strong sales that saw it beat Tesla in the world’s ...

Popular used cars like the Toyota RAV4 and Ford Mustang now 'unaffordable'

A Toyota dealership in Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Used-car prices have increased by 52% over the last three years, far outpacing growth in American wages. Popular cars like the Toyota RAV4 and Ford Mustang aren’t affordable to buy used ...

Volkswagen teases ID.Buzz GTX

Volkswagen honchos went to Hanover, Germany, to give an investor presentation. One of the presentation decks went with them to Hanover and is now traveling the World Wide Web thanks to the VW ID Talk forum getting hold of ...

Audi will team up with Sauber for F1 entry starting in 2026

HINWIL, Switzerland — German manufacturer Audi has chosen Formula One team Sauber as its factory works team when it enters the racing series in 2026. Sauber said in a statement on Wednesday that Audi also plans to acquire a ...

Toyota scrambling behind the scenes to reboot EV strategy

Toyota is considering a reboot of its electric-car strategy to better compete in a booming market it has been slow to enter, and has halted some work on existing EV projects, four people with knowledge of the still-developing plans ...

Automakers to double spending on EVs, batteries to $1.2 trillion by 2030

The world’s top automakers are planning to spend nearly $1.2 trillion through 2030 to develop and produce millions of electric vehicles, along with the batteries and raw materials to support that production, according to a Reuters analysis of public ...

Decade-old Tesla Roadsters are becoming collectible

Elon Musk with the Tesla Roadster. REUTERS/Issei Kato Tesla’s earliest cars have shot up in price in recent years. That’s thanks to the “star power” of the Tesla brand and the significance of the Roadster to electric-car history. Tesla ...

Ultra-luxury land yachts from Cadillac and Rolls-Royce | Autoblog Podcast #752

Autoblog Podcast #752 Get The Podcast In this episode of the Autoblog Podcast, Editor-in-Chief Greg Migliore is joined by News Editor Joel Stocksdale. In this week’s news, we about a pair of ultra-luxury electric cars, the 2024 Cadillac Celestiq ...

Volvo EX90 EV is heavy on sustainability with new Nordico cabin material

After hints from former Volvo CEO Hakan Samuelson and a trademark application for the term “Embla,” we’d suspected the electric successor to the XC90 would be called the Embla. New Volvo CEO Jim Rowan explained that after taking brand ...

Tesla tops EV registrations in Germany, beating VW

BERLIN — Tesla topped registrations of battery-electric vehicles in Germany in the first nine months of this year at nearly 38,500, federal data showed, beating the Volkswagen brand by around 6,000 vehicles. Tesla’s battery-electric registrations jumped nearly 50% from ...

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