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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 […]

Seven automakers are creating a joint venture and work together to build out a new EV charging network across North America. Finally it appears that automakers have decided that just relying on what is already out there isn’t going to work, and are taking matters into their own collective hands. BMW Group, General Motors, Honda, […]

Today, GM Chair and CEO Mary Barra announced that there will be a next-generation Bolt. One of the most affordable EVs currently on sale will survive into the next generation. This is surprising because GM had previously announced that it was going to kill the Bolt EV and EUV in favor for Ultium-based models set […]

The first Japanese-based automaker has announced that it too will be adopting the NACS charging connector on future EVs starting in 2025. Nissan is the first of the Japanese automakers to announce switching to the Tesla connector and letting its vehicles access Tesla’s Supercharger network. Adapters will be available starting next year for current CCS-enabled […]