Author and adventurer Travis Rabenberg, the host of a Twitch TV channel dubbed “Travis Travels,” has unveiled his latest brainchild: the Tesla Roamer motorhome, a Tesla Model S that has been modified as an RV camper. Set to launch at the Michigan Energy Office’s EV Ride & Drive event on April 17, the Roamer will…
The Cadillac ELR has hardly left the production line, and already it is battling some tough competition for the 2014 Green Car Technology Award, put out by Green Car Journal. It was the Cadillac ELR’s Regen on Demand system that merited the extended-range electric luxury coupe a nomination for the prestigious award. Regen on Demand…
It seems that, lately, every automaker wants to get one hand in on the electric revolution, whether they produce a wholly-electric vehicle, a plug-in hybrid, or a conventional hybrid. Many are trying to build what was at first referred to as “Tesla-fighters,” electric vehicles seeking to match or surpass the capabilities and cool factor of…
As the first half of the year came to a close at the beginning of July, one thing was certain: electric vehicles had a much better first half in 2016 than last year—in total, at the end of June, Inside EVs reported that in the US, sales made by the major plug-in automakers equaled 64,747…
Nissan Sports Sedan Concept Cadillac Elmiraj Concept These cars are brand-new offerings, some of which have been under wraps until the show. Season Debut Cars These are cars that have debuted this season at other auto shows, and are making an appearance in Chicago. Audi 2015 A3 BMW 2015 i3 BMW 2015 M3 Sedan BMW…
The Honda Fit will be at the 2014 Chicago Auto Show The Chicago Auto Show offers us the most square feet of any major auto show in the United States. With all of that volume, you’ve got a lot of cars to look at, buddy. Here is your definitive list of which production cars will…
These days, everybody wants to be Tesla, so badly that the term “Tesla-fighter” has become journalistic shorthand for any high-range, high-power electric car (most of which are still just concepts). For example, at the Frankfurt Motor Show, Porsche just unveiled its Tesla-fighter, the Mission E (concept), with twin electric motors, over 600 hp, four-wheel drive,…
With each passing week, more automakers are introducing new electric vehicles to their future lineups. Despite this rapid electric adoption, only about 1% of the global market has gone fully electric. This statistic would suggest that people are not buying new electric vehicles, and this is indeed the case. Instead, motorists are leasing electric models. Nearly 80%…
Welcome once again to In the Rearview, where I, your friendly neighborhood farmer of car news, carefully harvest the kernels from the past week’s stories, bring them to you here in a nicely bottled, distilled form. This week, our first story is a bit of a followup to a story from the previous In the…
Due to a combination of unusual weather patterns causing record smog in major cities across the world, increasingly stringent CAFE regulations, and VW’s diesel cheating scandal, one of the largest buzzwords in automotive news has been “emissions”. Multiple studies have shown that emissions from vehicles can cause a host of health issues, from lung problems…
Because of the level of innovation, vision, and prestige surrounding the Milan Furniture Fair, also known as Salone del Mobile, many automakers use this week-long event as a chance to build their brand. Being the largest trade fair of its kind in the world, Milan Design Week typically welcomes a number of automotive design teams…
Yesterday, we reported that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) was recalling 4.7 million cars that were fitted with faulty (and potentially life-threatening) airbags. Late last night, that recall expanded to bring the total number of affected vehicles up to a whopping 6.1 million. The Takata airbag recall isn’t something new (automakers have been…
Remember back in February, how we were talking about how Germany’s government was considering offering an electric-car sales incentive, but how nothing had really been decided? Well, we can’t say that anymore. Germany announced that it would offer electric-car-buying incentives worth a cumulative total of about 1 billion euros (that’s 1.13 billion dollars for us across…
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