Review: 2024 Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid calms the 3-row crossover

2025 Hyundai Santa FeThe Santa Fe Hybrid's the smart pick in Hyundai's three-row SUV family. A turbo-4 plus a motor and batteries nets 231 hp for good acceleration EPA combined gas mileage hits 36 mpg with front-wheel drive The 2024 Hyundai Santa Fe is a striking redesign of the Korean maker’s longstanding SUV model. With three rows now standard, the midsize...

Review: 2025 Hyundai Tucson Hybrid sees greener pastures

2025 Hyundai Tucson HybridModest changes arrive for the Tucson's exterior It's inside what counts: A new widescreen dash brings wireless smartphone connectivity Prices are up, of course: it's $34,510 for the cheapest 2025 Hyundai Tucson Hybrid The 2025 Hyundai Tucson Hybrid is an updated version of the current Tucson in its fourth model year. Hyundai has revised and...

Do stop-start systems wear out your car’s starter?

Chrysler Engine Stop-Start (ESS) technology  -  slated for 2015 Jeep CherokeeSome are almost unnoticeable, others make the car shudder each time they activate—but stop-start systems are here to stay. First rolled out in Europe and Asia, where crowded city driving requires cars to spend more time at a standstill, they switch off the engine when the car's not moving. When the driver starts to lift a foot off the brake...

Review: 2024 Chevy Silverado EV RST arrives for civilians

2024 Chevrolet Silverado EVThe 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV full-size electric pickup truck was first delivered in Work Truck specification to fleet buyers nearly a year ago; but only now can civilians take one home. The first retail version to arrive is the top-of-the-line 2024 Chevy Silverado EV RST First Edition. We had a chance to spend several hours driving through the...

Review: 2024 Acura ZDX Type S keeps first EV mostly on-brand

2024 Acura ZDXThe 2024 Acura ZDX is the Honda premium brand’s first-ever electric vehicle, a midsize crossover SUV with five seats. Visually it’s every inch an Acura, and it’s very close in size to the brand’s bestselling model, the MDX midsize crossover. But the EV is differently proportioned—3 inches lower, on a wheelbase...

Review: 2024 Fiat 500e urban EV has its charm

2024 Fiat 500eThe 2024 Fiat 500e is a small electric three-door hatchback that looks remarkably similar to the previous Fiat 500, sold in the U.S. from the 2012 through 2019 model years. This one’s offered only as a battery-electric vehicle (hence the “e”), at least for the moment. But Fiat plans to market it as a fashion accessory as much as...

Tesla at 6 million cars: What it’s accomplished, what it hasn’t

tesla-roadsterAhead of the release of preliminary Q1 2024 production and delivery figures, expected next week, it’s now official: Tesla has delivered more than 6 million vehicles since 2008, every one a battery-electric vehicle. Its 5 million total last September got a lot of attention. But 6 million is more important, because it cements Tesla as the...

Review: 2024 BMW i5 electric sport sedan trounces gasoline sibling

2024 BMW i5Battery-electric 2024 BMW i5 models will make up roughly half the full range of the eighth-generation mid-size BMW 5-Series sport sedan that first debuted in 1972. As with its larger sibling, the BMW i7, the electric version—though all but identical on the outside—is clearly superior to its gasoline counterparts. Now, the higher-volume...

Review: 2024 Hyundai Kona Electric outshines gasoline versions

2024 Hyundai Kona ElectricThe 2024 Hyundai Kona is already reaching dealerships, while the Kona Electric version, Hyundai says, won’t arrive until late fall. You should wait, because the EV version of Hyundai’s small utility vehicle is hands-down the best of the bunch. We had two brief stints in a prototype Kona Electric in the rolling Maryland horse country...

2025 Volvo EX30: Next year’s most important EV comes from China?

2025 Volvo EX30What makes the 2025 Volvo EX30, in rear-wheel-drive form with a projected range rating of 275 miles, possible at its remarkable starting price of around $35,000—the price that tripped up Tesla some years ago? It’s undoubtedly the EX30’s manufacture in China, where labor costs are roughly akin to those in Mexico. The EX30...