Today, the US Environmental Protection Agency granted a pair of waivers to California, allowing the Golden State to continue regulating vehicle-caused air pollution within its borders. The first is for the California Air Resources Board’s Advanced Clean Cars II regulations, which apply to light- and medium-duty vehicles like passenger cars, SUVs, and smaller trucks. The […]
December 18, 2024 | Cars, Environmental Protection Agency, zero-emission vehicle | No comments
The fact that Honda was working on a new Prelude coupe was not entirely secret—not after the automaker unveiled a show car at this year’s Long Beach Grand Prix. This morning, the Japanese automaker confirmed that the new Prelude will go on sale here in the US late in 2025. “The return of the Honda […]
December 17, 2024 | Cars, Honda Prelude | No comments
The incoming Trump administration has even more plans to delay electric vehicle adoption than previously thought. According to Reuters, which has seen transition team documents, the Trump team wants to abolish EV subsidies, claw back federal funding meant for EV charging infrastructure, block EV battery imports on national security grounds, and prevent the federal government […]
December 16, 2024 | Cars, EPA, EV adoption, fuel efficiency, Trump | No comments
After spending more than $10 billion to try to develop an autonomous robotaxi, General Motors is now calling time on the endeavor. On Tuesday afternoon, the automaker announced that it is done investing in Cruise’s robotaxi development and will instead combine the startup’s technical team with its internal efforts at GM. After several years, GM […]
December 11, 2024 | autonomous vehicles, Cars, Cruise, robotaxis | No comments
Fear not—there’s no one-click option, so no one should be in any danger of absent-mindedly buying a brand-new Palisade. Instead, there’s a “Begin Purchase” button, at which point you can choose to pay the entire amount or finance the purchase. Here is a huge difference to the traditional dealership experience: There’s no negotiation, no browbeating […]
December 10, 2024 | Amazon, Amazon Autos, Cars, hyundai | No comments
Consumers demand Apple CarPlay and Android Auto for smartphones, and the new screens wrap around the dash and driver perfectly; they’re thin and crisp, with snappy responses to swipes and pokes of the finger. But an augmented reality HUD on the windshield, mindfulness meditation coaching built in, and available productivity apps now fit into the […]
December 10, 2024 | car review, Cars, Features, First drive, Lucid Gravity | No comments
Although there’s been a whole lot of pessimism recently, electric vehicle sales continue to grow, even if it is less quickly than many hoped. That’s true in the commercial vehicle space as well—according to Cox Automotive, 87 percent of vehicle fleet operators expect to add EVs in the next five years, and more than half […]
December 9, 2024 | Cars, EV charging infrastructure | No comments
Unfortunately, while the car is quicker than the original model, the software isn’t. The overall experience is somewhat sluggish, especially when moving through the navigation system. Even the regen meter on the digital gauge cluster doesn’t change until a good half-second after you’ve pressed the brake pedal, an unfortunate place for lag. The Urus SE […]
December 7, 2024 | car review, Cars, Features, First drive, Lamborghini Urus, plug-in hybrid | No comments
In fact, I think the cheaper, less powerful i5 eDrive40 (or the all-wheel drive xDrive40) is the better i5, but BMW didn’t have one of those available in the press fleet, so a review of that version will have to wait for one to show up. As I often write, the most powerful version of […]
December 6, 2024 | BMW i5, car review, Cars | No comments
In contrast, a sodium-ion battery relies on an element—sodium—that you can find in table salt and ocean water. Among the other benefits, sodium-ion batteries perform better than lithium-ion batteries in extreme cold. CATL has said its new battery works in temperatures as low as -40° Fahrenheit. Also, a sodium-ion battery has much lower risk of […]
December 6, 2024 | Cars, EVs, sodium batteries, sodium-ion batteries, syndication | No comments