2024 Mazda CX-90 plug-in hybrid beats Toyota Highlander to PHEV punch

2024 Mazda CX-90Mazda just potentially leapfrogged Toyota, which as of yet has no Highlander Prime in sight. On Monday, the Japanese automaker unveiled the 2024 Mazda CX-90 lineup, consisting of a plug-in hybrid, mild hybrid, and three rows of seats with three different seating configurations. Mazda said all variants of the 2024 CX-90 will arrive in dealerships...

First of heaviest Hummer SUV ever auctioned for Tread Lightly cause

2024 GMC Hummer EV SUV Edition 1 at Barrett-Jackson auctionThe first 2024 GMC Hummer EV SUV has been auctioned off to benefit conservation non-profit Tread Lightly, generating $500,000 for the group despite being incapable of treading lightly. In Edition 1 launch spec with Moonshot Green Matte paint, the first Hummer EV SUV was auctioned off by Barrett-Jackson at the company's Scottsdale, Arizona, event...

TA TravelCenters hosts road-trip EV charging stops, 50 miles apart

Electrify America to install EV fast chargers at TravelCenters of America locationsElectrify America on Monday announced plans to install EV fast-charging stations at TravelCenters of America (TA) locations beginning later this year. An agreement between the two companies calls for approximately 1,000 individual chargers at 200 sites along major highways to be installed over five years, according to an Electrify America press...

Ford undoes some of its price hike on the 2023 Mustang Mach-E

2023 Ford Mustang Mach-EFord announced Monday morning that it’s lowering prices up to $5,900 on the 2023 Mustang Mach-E electric vehicle. The price change undoes some but not all of the hefty price increase of up to $8,300 that Ford applied just a few months ago to the 2023 Mustang Mach-E, and it brings one more popular model—the Premium eAWD Standard...

Study: Smaller EV batteries would lessen lithium-mining mess

CATL Evogo battery swappingReducing the size of EV batteries and generally lowering levels of car ownership and use could have a significant environmental impact by cutting messy lithium mining, according to a new study commissioned by the Climate and Community Project, a climate policy think tank. The study, using UC Davis research (and first spotted by Green Car...

Audi electric off-road SUV might share Scout EV bones

Audi Activesphere conceptAudi is considering an electric off-road electric SUV that would use the platform from parent Volkswagen Group's planned Scout EV brand, according to an Autocar report. VW announced the Scout brand in 2022, using a name that originated on the classic International Scout SUV, with plans for a North American-market electric pickup truck and SUV and...