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4 Mar 2024, 06:38 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / The Hyundai Ioniq 5 is one of those cars people immediately recognize as being a bit more special than whatever else is on the road. Most also correctly identify it as an electric vehicle. That's great, especially when you realize that this ha...
3 Mar 2024, 21:34 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / For quite some time now, Tesla has been the obvious choice for anyone considering an EV. The brand may be led by a very outspoken and unusually opinionated person, and it may not value build quality very much. Still, it has created and refined what...
2 Mar 2024, 21:56 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / BMW has been on a roll in 2024. Its newest 5 Series (G60) may have had a rough debut because of its avant-garde exterior and minimalist interior design, but buyers of pre-2024 model-year rides have been quite content with their cars. The Bavarians ...
29 Feb 2024, 23:07 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / Ford officially ended the 2023-2024 winter with the first official battery replenishment session at one of Tesla's Supercharger stalls. It was the first legacy automaker to announce the move to NACS and access for its buyers to the now Texas-b...
29 Feb 2024, 21:51 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / A little-known thing is that Toyota started playing with electric motors sometime in the late '60s. The Japanese automaker understood rather early that nicely packaged electromagnetic forces were a more elegant solution. That early enlightenme...
24 Feb 2024, 22:16 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / At the time of writing, the national average gas price is $3.26 per gallon. In California, America's most populous state, it's $1.37 more. That means people living in counties like Mono, Del Norte, Humboldt, or Inyo see some downright abs...
23 Feb 2024, 22:16 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / "Zero-emission" sedans like the Lucid Air Sapphire or the Tesla Model S Plaid are all the rage nowadays. While nobody can deny that they are hardcore battery-powered cars, it's challenging to envision them as future classics. The BMW...
23 Feb 2024, 02:14 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / Gearheads, listen up! You might want to give all-electric Porsches a try. The Stuttgart-based marque is known for taking very good care of its customers (unless they want a really, really special car without spending millions beforehand). However, ...
18 Feb 2024, 21:26 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / Shooting a commercial with a brand-new car is time-consuming and requires a generous budget. Things get increasingly complicated and expensive when brands must hide a certain car from everyone. However, they can't avoid those expenses. Automak...
18 Feb 2024, 00:19 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / All-electric SUVs with tons of power are slowly becoming the norm in today's world. However, what other brand-new high-riding EV with over 1,000 hp on tap and seating for six can become yours for just $95,000? That's right. The Model X Pl...
17 Feb 2024, 18:42 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / Back in 2022, we were excited to share with you the rumor that BMW would bring the M5 Touring to the US. It came from a highly reputable source, which made us confident that it would actually happen. Lo and behold, we're now inching closer and...
17 Feb 2024, 13:26 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / 2024 started with a… Silent bang? Yeah, let's call it that. This year started with a silent bang for anyone even remotely interested in EVs that are family haulers and can also double as track weapons. The 1,234-hp Lucid Air Sapphire fo...
16 Feb 2024, 22:22 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / The Audi e-tron arrived in the US in late 2018 as a 2019 model-year battery-electric crossover SUV with an MSRP of $74,800. It was the Ingolstadt-based brand's first EV. The e-tron GT, Taycan's half-sibling, arrived in dealerships in earl...
16 Feb 2024, 11:06 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / There's no denying that Rivian is one of America's most promising automakers. The R1S and R1T made many customers happy, and the two EVs didn't have major problems even though they were (and still are) first-generation vehicles. They...
15 Feb 2024, 23:46 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / Not many vehicles can pride themselves on being iconic almost everywhere in the world. But the Cadillac Escalade can. Even though people might not identify at first, most will immediately associate it with America. It's a full-size luxury SUV ...
15 Feb 2024, 19:20 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / The much-awaited Rivian R2-series SUV (which might be called the R2S or the R2C, where "C" indicates a crossover SUV) is debuting in about three weeks. The R1S' smaller sibling should enter production in late 2025, though. So, don...
15 Feb 2024, 15:58 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / Lucid says it is "committed to reducing the most common barriers for prospective EV drivers" as it applies new discounts to its only EV – the posh and well-engineered Air. We would have said that this move was more about staying com...
14 Feb 2024, 21:56 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / For most car owners, sound is a very subjective topic. We like different music and have various budgets, so the expectations vary wildly. But one thing almost anyone can agree on is that a good, even a mildly good, sound system is worth having. It ...
14 Feb 2024, 14:27 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / Mazda is discreetly reinventing itself. The process started with the midsize CX-60, the crossover SUV with a six-cylinder in the front and a rear-wheel-drive drive bias. Many think the two-row vehicle previewed the BMW-ification of the Japanese bra...
12 Feb 2024, 18:54 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / When it comes to DC fast chargers, the more there are, the merrier. EV popularity is on the rise, which means more and more people will need access to electrons delivered as fast as possible. IONNA's launch is a good thing. Here's what yo...