2024 GMC Hummer EV truck and SUV can charge other EVs at 6 kw

2024 GMC Hummer EV SUV V2V chargerThe 2024 GMC Hummer EV can charge an electric vehicle quicker than the standard 120-volt outlet found in most garages, GMC revealed last week at a demonstration for the SUV variant of GM's flagship electric vehicle. Both the 2024 Hummer EV truck (SUT) and the new Hummer EV SUV benefit from a new 19.2-kw onboard charger and portable charge cord...

Review: 2023 Lexus RZ 450e tests the electric waters

2023 Lexus RZ 450eThe 2023 Lexus RZ electric crossover competes not just against rivals ranging from Nissan through the automotive alphabet to Mercedes, but to electric vehicle startups such as Lucid, Rivian, and Tesla that have raised the bar for electric luxury. So how are Lexus and parent company Toyota positioning the RZ 450e to compete? In a word...

Lexus won’t offer steer-by-wire, yoke at RZ450e EV launch in US

2023 Lexus RZ 450eThe 2023 Lexus RZ 450e electric crossover has begun arriving in the U.S., but the brand's first mass produced global electric vehicle won't arrive with the brand's newest technology. The Lexus won't offer a steer-by-wire system with a yoke when it launches the RZ 450e EV in the U.S. Both will be offered in the U.S. at an unspecified date, Lexus...

Review: 2023 Honda Accord Hybrid improves in most measures

2023 Honda Accord HybridSouthern California might be known for its sunshine and warmth, but it gets rain and, in the mountains, snow. It wasn’t enough to deter the redesigned 2023 Honda Accord Hybrid from climbing more than 5,000 feet to Palomar Mountain, from the hallmark coastal sunshine to unusual bluebird snow. The curving ascent showed off the impressive...

Review: 2023 Nissan Ariya turns over a new Leaf for brand

2023 Nissan AriyaThe 2023 Nissan Ariya not only represents the best new ground-up Nissan in years, it also reorients a brand that has seemed adrift since its erstwhile leader, Carlos Ghosn, ran afoul of the law. Yet the electric crossover is not without its problems, most notably in the recurring delays keeping it from the starting line. Timing might not be...

Mercedes CEO talks 800-volt future, electric G-Wagen

Ola Källenius, CEO of Mercedes-BenzMercedes-Benz is changing. For the German luxury brand that popularized the four-stroke combustion engine, the shift to electrification and carbon neutrality is about much more than propulsion. Like every other established and startup automaker, the industry faces an unprecedented crossroads where digitization, electrification, energy, and...

Mercedes CEO talks efficiency, 800-volt future, and electric G-Wagen

Ola Källenius, CEO of Mercedes-BenzMercedes-Benz is changing. For the German luxury brand that popularized the four-stroke combustion engine, the shift to electrification and carbon neutrality is about much more than propulsion. Like every other established and startup automaker, the industry faces an unprecedented crossroad where digitization, electrification, energy, and...

Preview: 2023 Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV rivals BMW iX, Audi E-Tron

2023 Mercedes-Benz EQE SUVA new performance variant fills out the growing electric crossover SUV offerings in the Mercedes-Benz EQ family. The 2023 Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV unveiled Sunday in Paris, France, will be followed by the 2024 EQE SUV AMG with an estimated 0-60 mph time of 3.4 seconds, Mercedes announced Sunday. The EQE SUV shares the same components as the EQE...

Preview: 2023 Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV rivals BMW iX and Audi E-Tron

2023 Mercedes-Benz EQE SUVA new performance variant fills out the growing electric crossover SUV offerings in the Mercedes-Benz EQ family. The 2023 Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV unveiled Sunday in Paris, France, will be followed by the 2024 EQE SUV AMG with an estimated 0-60 mph time of 3.4 seconds, Mercedes announced Sunday. Sharing only a taxonomy with the GLE mid-size crossover...

Review: 2023 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV showcases the brand’s best

2023 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEVThe redesigned 2023 Outlander plug-in hybrid is Mitsubishi’s most important vehicle. Not in terms of sales volume, performance, or even competitive efficiency: Instead, the three-row SUV showcases Mitsubishi’s potential moving forward. With an improved drive system and premium appointments, the new Outlander PHEV promises that...

2023 Ford F-150 Lightning boosts range to 240 miles, price by $7,000

2023 Ford F-150 LightningThe 2023 Ford F-150 Lightning extends its range for its second model year, and Ford juices its starting price by at least $7,000, the automaker revealed Tuesday. The range for the F-150 Lightning Pro with the standard 98-kwh battery pack increases from an EPA-estimated 230 miles to 240 miles, and the price increases from $39,974 to $46,974...

Preview: 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV starts at $44,995, ends at 320 miles

2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV RSChevrolet unveiled the 2024 Blazer EV on Monday, and the battery electric crossover shares nothing except a name with the internal combustion Blazer that relaunched in 2018. “It’s Blazer in name, much like our ICE, but the similarities stop there," Steve Majoros, VP of Chevy marketing, told journalists in a briefing last week in...

Toyota BZ4X and Subaru Solterra recalled for loose wheels

2023 Toyota BZ4XThe BZ4X, Toyota's first mass-produced global EV, is being recalled for an increased risk that the wheels could loosen and come off the vehicle. The recall applies to the jointly developed Subaru Solterra as well, according to a report from Reuters on Wednesday. Sharp turns or sudden braking could cause a wheel bolt to loosen, which can cause the...

Test drive review: 2023 Kia Sportage Hybrid makes the most sense

2023 Kia Sportage HybridIn a drive across California desert, the 2023 Kia Sportage Hybrid performed with more power and greater efficiency than the non-hybrid, and it ran much smoother and quieter. Its hybrid components sacrificed only one cubic foot of space in a Sportage that has grown larger in every measure. And it only costs about $1,300 more than a similarly...

First drive review: 2023 Subaru Solterra sheds Toyota’s skin off-road

2023 Subaru SolterraGoing off-road in a Subaru crossover is nothing new. Climbing toward the sun in the high desert of Arizona’s Tonto National Forest in Subaru’s first electric crossover is something else altogether. Bridging sun and earth, the 2023 Subaru Solterra arrives late to the electric party, and makes more inroads for the brand than it does for...