2018 Chevy Equinox Diesel pricing to start just above $31,000

2018 Chevrolet Equinox 2.0TEvery now and then, resourceful journalists dredge up automotive news before it emerges in a sanitized press release from the maker in question. So it is with the pricing on the 2018 Chevrolet Equinox Diesel, one of two diesel-powered compact crossover utility vehicles expected to hit the U.S. market this year. While combined EPA ratings haven't...

Several states wants far cleaner diesel trucks; EPA to start rulemaking?

Freightliner Inspiration Truck self-driving truck conceptAlmost one-third of the heavy trucks on U.S. roads now use the most stringent emission-control systems, which radically reduce their emissions of nitrogen oxides, soot, and other pollutants. Commercial trucks log much higher annual mileage than passenger cars, especially the semi tractors that haul long-distance freight across the country. That...

2018 Honda Accord Hybrid: more trunk space, higher fuel economy promised

2018 Honda AccordOver its sporadic three-year model life, the hybrid version of the Honda Accord mid-size sedan has led a peripatetic life. The 2014 and 2015 Accord Hybrid was built in Marysville, Ohio, along with almost all the rest of the Accords sold in North America, its largest market. It skipped 2016 altogether, and then a slightly revised 2017 version was...

Tesla will rule the world, says German analyst; skepticism may be warranted

Tesla Model 3 design prototype  -  reveal event  -  March 2016There's no denying Tesla has accomplished a lot since the Model S was introduced in 2012. It pioneered the luxury electric car segment and put an unrivaled charging network into place through its Supercharging stations. On one side, it certainly seems like Tesla is poised for electric vehicle domination—and that's what one German analyst...