2023 Honda Accord Hybrid aims to be the sportier half

2023 Honda AccordWith the upcoming 11th-generation version of the Honda Accord first shown this morning, Honda suggests that the sportier-driving version of the Accord and the high-mpg hybrid version of this bestselling sedan are now one and the same. Honda appears to be dropping the top-performance 2.0-liter turbo-4 offered in the outgoing Accord, and it’s...

2024 Volvo EX90 electric SUV looks to brand’s EV future

2024 Volvo EX90The 2024 Volvo EX90 will be the car that cements the Swedish maker’s pivot into electric vehicles for North America. Revealed to the world Wednesday morning in Stockholm, this new battery-electric seven-seat crossover is the successor to the XC90 SUV that redefined the brand and captured awards all over the world when it debuted in 2016...

2023 Audi Q8 E-Tron aims for 300 miles, gets faster charging

2023 Audi Q8 E-TronAudi on Tuesday revealed an extensive refresh for its large E-Tron electric SUV, with a renewed push toward better range and efficiency. It also gets a name change: The E-Tron and E-Tron Sportback will from 2023 on be called the Q8 E-Tron and Q8 E-Tron Sportback. The renaming strategy is part of what Audi is calling a new corporate identity...

Test drive: 2022 Toyota Avalon Hybrid exits in 43-mpg goodness

2022 Toyota Avalon Hybrid XSE NightshadeThe 2022 Toyota Avalon Hybrid, like the one I drove some weeks ago, marks the end of an era. Toyota has indicated that sedans aren’t dead at all, and it plans to offer a range of them for the foreseeable future. So Toyota is putting effort into having them evolve with the times. The Avalon’s replacement, the Toyota Crown, pivots to...

Lucid Gravity SUV update due Nov. 15 at Air lineup launch

Lucid Air base modelLucid on Thursday confirmed that it plans to show its more affordable Air Pure and Air Touring models with a virtual event on November 15 and a corresponding live reveal at the brand’s store in Beverly Hills, California. Also at this event it will present an update on the Project Gravity SUV that is built on the same suite of...

2023 Mercedes EQE sedan costs $76,050, goes up to 305 miles

2023 Mercedes-Benz EQE 350+Mercedes-Benz confirmed starting prices for the 2023 EQE electric sedan lineup that arrives at dealerships this fall. With its standard 90.6-kwh battery pack, the EQE 350+ will deliver 305 miles of range, according to EPA estimates cited by Mercedes-Benz but yet unconfirmed in official EPA listings. The EQE is one of the closest electric products...

Ram electric truck will lead in range and towing, company says

Ram 1500 BEV and platform  -  2021 Stellantis EV DayThe Ram Revolution BEV Concept, previewing a future electric Ram pickup truck, is due to debut in concept form at CES in Las Vegas in January, rather than originally planned at the LA Auto Show this month. The announcement on Tuesday from the Stellantis truck brand confirmed timing for the Ram 1500 Revolution Battery Electric Vehicle Concept, and...

Report: Tesla Cybertruck production won’t ramp up until late 2023

Tesla Cybertruck concept  (Courtesy of Tesla, Inc.)Tesla might not start mass production of the Cybertruck for more than a year, according a Tuesday report from Reuters, citing insiders. With the late-2023 production ramp reported, that means in 2024 Tesla may only begin to make a dent in the list of the hundreds of thousands of intenders who put $100 down on a Cybertruck several years ago. In its...

Natural gas may power Nikola hydrogen hubs, fuel-cell trucks

Nikola Tre hydrogen fuel-cell truckNikola this morning revealed how it plans to create some of the hydrogen network to fuel its fuel-cell electric vehicles: with natural-gas-based hydrogen production plus a plan for carbon capture—so called “blue” hydrogen—and a plan that might make it eligible for the federal government’s top hydrogen incentives. One...

EV fast-charging at 100 Taco Bells: A new norm for fast food?

EV fast-charging at Taco BellMore than 100 Taco Bell restaurants are set to be “electrified” over the next year with DC fast-charging stations for electric vehicles, announced the operator Diversified Restaurant Group, earlier this month. The locations are due to be fitted with ChargeNet Stations offering what the companies said on average will amount to 100 miles...