Nissan electric crossover due in 2020 closely follows IMx concept

Nissan IMx concept, 2017 Tokyo Motor ShowDespite its bold, early moves into the mass production of electric cars with the Nissan Leaf, which originally reached the market in late 2010, Nissan has taken a long, long time to release a true electric-car Second Act. With the arrival of a yet-unnamed fully electric crossover utility vehicle sometime next year—the first vehicle to be...

Nissan elevates the sedan with IMs electric-car concept

Nissan IMs conceptAt the Detroit auto show, Nissan today revealed the IMs concept, a vision that sees the sedan as existing in a quite different, all-electric “elevated” form. At face value, the IMs serves as a sedan counterpoint to the IMx concept first shown at the 2017 Tokyo show and advances some of the design and interface themes seen in that...

2020 Ford Explorer Hybrid signals the start of a big electrified push

2020 Ford Explorer hybridAs Ford prepares the first of several fully electric vehicles, for what amounts to a rapidly expanding niche, the automaker is also working on rolling out electrified versions of its existing mainstream lineup. After finding plenty of success many years ago with its Ford Escape Hybrid, and then sitting out the hybrid-SUV market for many years, the...

Long-range Cadillac SUV to lead GM’s next electric-car push, in 3 years

Future Cadillac long-range electric large luxury utility vehicle (rendering), 2019 Detroit auto shoOn Sunday night, General Motors showed renderings of a future long-range, all-electric SUV to be offered roughly three years hence by its Cadillac luxury brand. The look at the brand's first battery-electric vehicle came as part of the 2019 Detroit auto-show debut for the 2020 Cadillac XT6, a three-row crossover utility vehicle powered by a very...

New 2019 Chevy Silverado pickup: planned for all powertrain types

2019 Chevrolet Silverado, 2018 Detroit auto showVehicle launches at auto shows include a dance between automakers, which only want certain information revealed, and journalists, who want to put specific news items into a bigger and broader context. For the 2019 Chevrolet Silverado pickup unveiling Saturday night, Chevy's executives and engineers stayed ruthlessly on message. The company said...

2019 Honda Insight video preview from Detroit auto show

Honda Insight Prototype, 2018 Detroit auto showPickup trucks took the limelight this year, but a significant green car made a quiet debut. It's an interesting and handsome model that revives a familiar name for Honda. The 2019 Honda Insight is a compact premium sedan projected to get an EPA combined rating of 50 mpg or better. The new Insight is Honda's third try at a dedicated hybrid, each of...