Ford CEO Jim Hackett (left) and Volkswagen AG Dr. Herbert Diess Photo: Ford Motor Company After much rumor and intrigue, Ford Motor Company and Volkswagen AG announced in January plans to form an alliance that will lead to the joint development of commercial vans and midsize pickup trucks by 2022. The partnership is primarily focused…
The 2016 Kia Optima (pictured above) was named on the 10 Best Family Cars of 2016 list along with the 2016 Kia Soul Parents across the United States will be happy to know that if they choose a Kia model, they’re making the right choice for their family. The 2016 Kia Optima and 2016 Kia…
Mitsubishi is ending the production of its all-electric i-MiEV One by one, Mitsubishi’s sedans are dropping like flies from its lineup. The Japanese carmaker recently confirmed it is going to focus on offering crossovers in the American market, and it’s not messing around. Now, the newest Mitsubishi model to get axed is its sole all-electric…
“You can’t. Always. Get. What you waAaant,” – a sullen Mick Jagger upon learning the news Photo: Kia Motors Global Many Kia fans were disappointed to learn that the Soul EV was not going to be produced for the 2020 model year. But they held on to the promise of a better version of the…
Photo: Ford Motor Company Rumors emerged this week that Ford may take a similar tack with the Mustang Mach-E as it is the Bronco, delivering a “baby” Mustang Mach-E built on the Volkswagen Modular Electric Drive Matrix platform. Ford has since denied the claim. Per Auto Express, representatives of Ford and VW met in November…
Each year, Kia arrives at McCormick Center in downtown Chicago to display the best of its vehicles, from the sporty Stinger to the all-new Seltos. This year was no different, with the refreshed 2020 Cadenza making its debut. However, along with showcasing its impressive lineup, Kia was recognized by a couple major organizations at the…
DENDO DRIVE HOUSE Photo: Mitsubishi Motors The Mitsubishi Motors DENDO DRIVE HOUSE earned a spot on the 2019 Hive 50 award list. Hanley Wood Magazine selects HIVE 50 Innovators to honor the products, processes, or people that work to improve performance, inspire creativity, or discover better methods of building. Improving Upon Technology: Mitsubishi innovations over…
Can you make heads or tails (or face) from this super-vague new Infiniti teaser? There are fewer practices more annoying than Vaguebooking. For those not familiar, Vaguebooking is when someone on your friend list fills up your timeline with vague status updates that more-often-than-not seem like they’re little more than worms dangling on hooks just…
2015 Nissan LEAF battery pack As battery-powered cars become more and more prominent (heck, I just recently updated our EV List, and it was exhausting), one thing is certain: carmakers are going to need a ton of batteries. Currently, the vast majority are produced in Asia, such as the South Korean firm LG Chem, which…
Plug-in car sales are heating up in one surprising segment, according to a new study by iSeeCars.com: newly used cars. It seems that electric cars and plug-in hybrids that are only 1 to 3 years old are some of the hottest deals on the market. To be more specific, the average price of very-late-model EVs…
Sorry, LEAF Rough news for makers of green cars: an Edmunds.com study has found that more green car drivers are going back to gasoline when it comes time to get a new car – the number of green drivers that got another green car was about 45% of the total, down from 60% in 2012….
Nissan UK sport car chief James Olvier told Top Gear that a GT-R Hybrid is the “obvious direction,” indicated that it could look much like the CONCEPT 2020 Vision GT As I wrote back in September, there are a great many signs indicating that the next-generation GT-R will inevitably carry a lot of the visual…
2017 Nissan Rogue Nissan has earned the top 2017 brand award from the Automotive Science Group (ASG) for its “commitment to corporate social responsibility and environmental protection.” Four Nissan vehicles—the Rogue (Nissan’s top-selling vehicle), Pathfinder, Versa Sedan, and Leaf–were also ranked top vehicles in their categories according to ASG’s 2017 Automotive Performance Index (API). Founded…
2016 Chevy Volt Exterior One of the biggest talking points going into the reveal of the 2016 Chevrolet Volt revolved around how it would look. When the covers were at last lifted, we found at that Chevy had indeed taken an extremely efficient vehicle that was otherwise drab and managed to improve both its performance…
GM will be building a lot more batteries in the near future A few weeks ago, it was announced that Buick would be forced to delay the launch of its Velite EV in China due to an issue with their battery supplier. This incident may have convinced General Motors to expand its domestic battery production….
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