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A month after revealing its strategy to go fully electric, Stellantis has announced more details on its product rollout up to 2023. It looks like the brands that will see the additional electrified models in the U.S. will be Dodge, Jeep, Alfa Romeo, and Maserati. That first two makes sense because they’re among the stronger […]

Volkswagen appears to have gone full steam ahead concerning electrification. According to a report from Automotive News Europe, the brand has accelerated the development of its Scalable Systems Platform (SSP) even though it’s barely rolling out its current generation battery-electric architectures, MEB and PPE. The latter launches next year on the all-electric Porsche Macan and […]

Volkswagen’s latest addition to its all-electric lineup will greet the public at the 2021 Munich auto show as a production-ready concept. The Volkswagen ID.5 GTX “Concept” is a preview of the final iteration, which is scheduled to go on sale in Europe early next year. Think of the ID.5 as a coupe-ified version of the […]

Volvo has donated an XC40 Recharge battery-electric crossover to the New York Fire Department (FDNY) for safety training purposes. With the advent of electric vehicles, firefighters will need to change how they cut a vehicle to extract occupants out of them after an accident. Additionally, most cars like the XC40 are constructed with extensive amounts […]

The 2022 Alfa Romeo Tonale has finally been caught by spy photographers wearing its production body and free of any plastic cladding. Even with the swirly camouflage, it’s clear that not much has changed as the crossover transitioned from concept to production. Originally shown at the 2019 Geneva auto show, the Tonale previewed a utility […]

Another big sedan bites the dust. The Toyota Avalon will be discontinued after the 2022 model year. Toyota’s flagship, which has been in production since 1994, is the latest four-door to get axed because of consumer preferences shifting to crossovers. The news was first discovered by Automotive News after Toyota’s purchasing department told suppliers that […]

General Motors has expanded on its commitment to full electrification by 2035. In four years, the company already plans to launch 30 battery-electric vehicles in North America and China spearheaded by the GMC Hummer EV, Cadillac Lyriq, and the BrightDrop EV600 commercial vehicle. That initiative has grown further because the company has announced it will […]

President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better Agenda and Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal has outlined key points on the role battery-electric vehicles are going to play going forward. The president will sign an executive order setting a goal to make 50% of vehicles sold in 2030 consist of battery-electric, fuel cell, or plug-in hybrid models. This also […]

Nissan has announced the 2022 Leaf and the big news is that it’s now more attainable. You’ll still get the standard and Plus variants but for less money. The base Leaf S starts at $27,375, making it one of the least expensive battery-electric vehicles on the market. Versus the 2021 model, it’s $4,245 cheaper, which […]

The upcoming 2023 Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV has been caught testing once again. This time, it has dropped the plastic cladding and you can now see its production taillights. Just like its sedan sibling, the taillights appear to be two clusters connected together by a thin full-width LED strip. With most of the plastic cladding gone, […]