Chad Kirchner

Hyundai is working on a dual-prong approach to electrification. In some vehicles, they’re investing heavily in batter-electric technology. In other areas, the company sees value in hydrogen. Regardless, the company continuing to go green in a big way, including an expansion of its electrification efforts. By the end of 2022, there will be 10 cars […]

A few years back Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and hype man, promised that the company was working on Tesla branded tequila. The company has now delivered on that promise. Called Tesla Tequila, the elixir of the gods is produced by Nosotros Tequila in California. The bottle appears to be designed after the Tesla charging […]

When Ford axed all of its cars in the United States, some legitimate questions were raised about the brand’s affordability with new buyers. Not offering a product at $20,000 or less seemed like a miss. With the onslaught of electric vehicles coming, it appears Ford is targeting that dollar amount for a future EV. As […]

Supercars, like everything else, will need to embrace electrification in order to survive. Whether it’s a mild hybrid system, full hybrid or a completely electric car, every company will have something in their fleet eventually. Which is why we take the news that Ferrari won’t adopt a fully-electric lineup. During an earnings call, CEO Louis […]

The 2022 GMC Hummer EV doesn’t have launch control to get the 1,000 horsepower truck from 0 to 60 mph in 3 seconds. No, that’d be too normal. Instead, GMC is calling the procedure “Watts to Freedom.” Presumably, GMC wanted to call it WTF and they needed something to get past the lawyers. Regardless, here’s […]

With the upcoming reveal of the E-Transit, the electric Ford Transit van, Ford took part with Google in a survey of U.S., U.K. and Germany respondents. The questions were about electrification and delivery. When it comes to deliveries to the home, over 60% of Americans and 68% of Britons care about the environmental impact of […]

The complete rewrite of Tesla‘s “Full Self Driving” functionality is rolling out to a limited number of beta users right now, as CEO Elon Musk promised during Battery Day. As a result, Musk believes it is time to raise the price of the option. While no car is actually full self driving — we believe […]

While some automakers are focused on electrifying the consumer side of things, like GMC with the Hummer EV, others have their eyes focused toward commercial. When it comes to commercial vehicle sales in the United States, Ford takes the lead. It has an offering in Class 1 through Class 7, with a variety of powertrain […]

We know that General Motors has an electric pickup truck coming with the Hummer EV, and we speculate that they have another truck on the way. Ford has confirmed production of an EV F-150 in mid-2022. But what about the folks over at Ram Trucks? As reported by the Detroit Free Press, CEO Mike Manley […]

Last year at an event in California, Ford pulled the sheet off the all-new, fully electric crossover from the Blue Oval. It was called the Mach-E. But more specifically, it was called the Mustang Mach-E. “You’re telling me that the Ford Mustang is now a crossover and an EV?” The people cried foul. Some folks […]