2025 Porsche Taycan 4 and Taycan GTS expand lineup to 13 iterations

2025 Porsche Taycan GTSA Porsche Taycan 4 and revised GTS model join the 2025 lineup The Porsche Taycan is now available in 13 different versions When they arrive in 2025 the Taycan 4 will cost $105,295 while the GTS will cost $149,895 The 2025 Porsche Taycan received an engineering-focused refresh that improved range and efficiency, the benefits of which are now being...

Review: 2025 Mazda CX-50 Hybrid may not be moving enough

2025 Mazda CX-50 HybridAmong mainstream, gasoline-fueled vehicles, with only a few exceptions, our advice to most shoppers has become simple: If there’s a hybrid, get the hybrid. There’s now a hybrid in the Alabama-built Mazda CX-50 lineup. And after spending a couple of days with it, yes, that advice holds—with a few caveats. The most important piece...

Toyota says California-led EV mandates “impossible” to meet

2023 Toyota bZ4X Limited AWDToyota on Friday gave the first indication of a renewed pushback against California's ability to set stricter emissions standards and wind down sales of gasoline cars. "At this point, it looks impossible," Toyota North America COO Jack Hollis said in a virtual roundtable with CNBC and other media, regarding California rules that call for 35% of...

2025 Kia Niro EV still costs $40,975 despite added standard equipment

2025 Kia Niro EVThe 2025 Kia Niro EV receives a few more standard features, but costs the same as the 2024 model. That means pricing still starts at $40,975—including a $1,375 destination fee—for the Niro EV Wind base model. For 2025, the Wind receives a larger 10.25-inch digital instrument cluster and switches to a rotary shifter. The higher-level...

Asics sneakers reuse vehicle airbag fabric, win design award

Asics shoes made of recycled vehicle airbag materialLeftover fabric from car airbags is now being used in sneakers, helping to lower the environmental impact of cars and footwear alike. The Asics Gel-Sonoma 15-50 uses airbag nylon fabric remnants from Toyoda Gosei, one of Toyota's captive suppliers, in its upper elements. Launched in January 2023, the sneaker won a Good Design Award 2024 from the...

GM exec believes ditching Apple CarPlay in EVs is the path forward

2024 Chevrolet Silverado EVGM is phasing out Apple CarPlay in its lineup New Chevy, Cadillac, GMC, and Buick EVs won't have Apple CarPlay GM's software boss believes the automaker's making the right call General Motors is still committed to phasing out Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone connectivity in future EVs, software boss Baris Cetinok said in a recent...

Electric Mazda SUV arriving in 2027, CX-5 hybrid under development

2025 Mazda CX-5Mazda on Thursday provided an update on its powertrain development efforts, which will emphasize bringing more development work on all-electric and hybrid powertrains in-house going forward. After launching the low-range MX-30 crossover, which has already been discontinued in the U.S., with all-electric and range-extended powertrains, Mazda has...