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Another major automaker is teaming up with Tesla. On Thursday, Honda announced it’s adopting the misleadingly named but increasingly important North American Charging Standard or NACS for short. This should give future Acura and Honda electric vehicles access to Elon Musk’s industry-leading Supercharger network for a dramatically improved ownership experience. The automaker’s first North American […]

Induction motors are nothing new, but German supplier company ZF has created a unique design that delivers comparable performance to permanent-magnet motors, yet is more sustainable and impressively compact. On Friday, the firm announced its new I2SM, short for In-Rotor Inductive-Excited Synchronous Motor, which promises numerous benefits over what’s currently in the market. Permanent-magnet electric […]

Its immense dimensions and weight notwithstanding, the GMC Hummer EV Pickup is an accomplished off-roader. Thanks to features like an adjustable air suspension system, four-wheel steering and even underbody cameras, this titanic truck can tackle just about any trail it fits on. Further enhancing this all-electric pickup’s versatility, on Thursday, GMC and a company called […]

This is it, the next chapter in Honda’s electrification strategy has been revealed. The 2024 Acura ZDX and ZDX Type S battery-powered SUVs made their global debut in California on Thursday in conjunction with Monterey Car Week and the famed Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. The reborn ZDX is the luxury automaker’s first EV and an […]

Battery technology has come a long way, particularly over the last decade, but energy density and cost are still huge issues standing in the way of the more-widespread adoption of electric vehicles. Working to address this issue, Our Next Energy, a battery technology company based in Novi, Michigan and founded in 2020, announced on Tuesday […]

The commercial vehicle market is ripe for electrification. Answering the call, Motiv Power Systems announced its new Argo Series truck on Tuesday, a medium-duty offering that promises to meet the unique needs of fleet customers while also tripling the manufacturer’s share of the market. Commercial customers are always looking for ways to save fractions of […]

Honda is behind the curve on introducing electric vehicles, but that doesn’t mean the Japanese automaker is sitting on its proverbial hands. A wide range of battery-powered cars and crossovers is under development, and this EV onslaught includes the 2024 Acura ZDX SUV, which the luxury division teased on Thursday morning ahead of the nameplate’s […]

Toyota has announced the return of the Land Cruiser to the U.S. market for the 2024 model year. This reintroduction marks a significant development for the brand, as the new model aims to combine the vehicle’s traditional off-road capabilities with contemporary design and technology. A return to roots The 2024 Land Cruiser is built on the […]

On Monday, Alpha Motor Corporation released driving footage of its retro-styled Wolf all-electric pickup. Dressed in matte black, the boxy truck can be seen bombing through the desert in what may be the most cringe-inducing three-and-a-half-minute video ever published on YouTube, an audiovisual onslaught chockablock with more platitudes and clichés than a political stump speech. […]

Slowly but surely (emphasis on slowly, it seems), GM is electrifying its sprawling vehicle portfolio. Inching forward, on Monday, Chevrolet announced pricing and availability information for certain trims of the battery-powered Blazer SUV. As previously announced, the RS all-wheel-drive model is scheduled to go on sale this summer. Specifically, it will start arriving at dealers […]