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...

Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe likens the R1T to Rocky Road ice cream

Rivian founder and CEO RJ ScaringeA line of pickup trucks leads to a makeshift camp of a rehabbed motel in the shadow of Breckenridge ski resort in Colorado. Up here at 9,600 feet, pickup trucks not only outnumber mountain peaks, they also outnumber the state’s unofficial vehicle, a Subaru Anything. This line of Rivian R1T pickups is different, however: They are the first...

How to buy an R1T: Rivian adds Membership to the Tesla model

2022 Rivian R1TRivian wants owners of the 2022 Rivian R1T electric pickup truck to be part of a network of eco-conscious adventure seekers. The startup carmaker’s own network spreads from its Florida roots, to offices in Plymouth, Mich., its headquarters in Irvine, Calif., and its first factory in Normal, Ill. To have a company’s footprint sprawled...