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It seems like every time we turn around lately, another startup is hoping to break into the auto industry with an electric vehicle. Some achieve a modicum of success like Tesla and manage to hang in and grow sales, if not profits. Others – most…

Once upon a time, hatchbacks were the dominant body style among smaller cars. The idea of slapping a tiny trunk on the back of a compact seemed ridiculous. But as crossovers and SUVs became more popular, it seems like most drivers that wanted a large…

Over the past several years Volkswagen has been gradually migrating most of its transverse engined models from dedicated platforms to its so-called MQB architecture. This modular transverse toolkit as the name is literally translated from the German…

If you were to rip out the dashboard of the redesigned 2020 Ford Explorer down to the bare metal you might think some angry assembly worker attacked the SUV with a ball peen hammer. Or maybe the bulkhead was left outside during a particularly nasty…

It’s been more than a dozen years since I first went for a drive in a Ford Escape plug-in hybrid (PHEV) on the streets of Manhattan. Based on the second-generation Escape, only about 20 or so were built for testing purposes with a variety of utility…

Twelve years ago when I first started writing professionally about cars, the very first review I ever wrote for AutoblogGreen was a fuel cell electric car, the Ford Focus FCV. In the years since I’ve had the opportunity to drive a number of different…

As the Chevrolet Bolt EV finally starts to arrive in dealerships this month, General Motors has a new approved accessory, AeroVironment's new 32-amp EVSE-RS charger. With an official EPA-estimated driving range of 238 miles, the Bolt is far less…

General Motors' bid to sell its perpetually money-losing European operations to French automaker PSA should finally release an anchor from its earnings. But it could also be just the first step into something much larger. This deal could pave the way…

By the middle of the 21st century, there’s a strong probability that humans will no longer be allowed to drive in the world’s cities. By that time as much three-quarters of the planet’s population will live in urban areas, and without a dramatic…

Tesla does not take criticism well. Tesla has long had an attitude that anything said about the company, its products or CEO that isn’t absolutely hagiographic is tantamount to heresy and anyone who disagrees hates humanity and the planet. Thus I was…