When Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group decided to develop a dedicated platform for electrified vehicles several years ago, the group’s two mainstream brands diverged a bit when it came to the design of their respective variants. Hyundai opted to follow…
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2017 Fiat 124 Spider: Is This The Best Miata Ever?
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At the recent New York Auto Show, Fiat Chrysler unveiled the quickest and most powerful production car it has ever built, the 2018 Dodge Challenger Demon. This isn’t the first time that Chrysler has used the Demon name…
Mazda Hits The Mark With 2020 CX-30 Crossover
Like the universe, the small crossover utility segment seems to be in a phase of perpetual expansion, at least until customers decide to latch onto the next trend in automotive form factors. For now at least the growth continues and Mazda wants a…
GM Teams Up With Honda To Manufacture Fuel Cells Near Detroit
It seems like the hydrogen fuel cell has been just five years away from reality for at least the past 20 years. With an announcement today in downtown Detroit, the other electric propulsion system may have just taken another step closer to viability.…
ReachNow Expands Service Offerings With New App That Adds Ride-Hailing
ReachNow, the U.S.-based branch of BMW’s mobility service operation is revamping its service offerings. Up to this point, ReachNow has operated a free-floating carsharing service in Seattle, Portland, OR and New York City. With the roll-out of its…
Ram Lays Claim For Now To Light Duty Towing Title With New EcoDiesel
Barely a month after reaching an $800 million settlement over allegations that it cheated on a diesel emissions in a similar way to Volkswagen, Fiat Chrysler is getting ready to jump back into the diesel market. This fall, the 2020 Ram 1500 will…
GM And EVGo Team Up To Deploy 2,700 New DC Fast Chargers
Two of the biggest advantages attributed to Tesla for the success of its electric vehicles over the past eight years are long driving ranges and the ability to relatively quickly recharge them in many locations thanks to the Supercharger network. As…
Monterey-Bound Acura Type S Concept Previews Performance Return
A little over a year ago, Honda vice president and Acura Brand Officer Jon Ikeda told me over dinner that Acura was recommitting to being Honda’s premium performance brand. The launch of the third-generation RDX A-spec was the first tangible step in…
Hands-Free Driving Coming To 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E
The idea of hands-free driving might seem antithetical to the experience of owning a Ford Mustang. Then again, so is the premise of a Mustang SUV or one powered exclusively by batteries. Nonetheless, all of those aspects are coming with the 2021…
In Defense Of The Automotive Engineer – Not The Slackers Silicon Valley Says They Are
I’ve finally just gotten around to reading Ashlee Vance’s 2015 biography of Elon Musk and overall I found it very interesting, well written and largely resistant to buying into the Elon cult of personality. Vance spoke with many of the people and…