by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 3, 2019
Volvo’s electric performance division is finally charging forward, the plug-in hybrid Polestar 1 getting ready for production, while the sub-brand’s first all-electric model is set to be “fully revealed in the coming weeks,” it confirmed today. According to a...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 2, 2019
It has massive offshore oil reserves that have helped fuel its economy, but as far as millions of Norwegian motorists are concerned, they’d rather spend their money on an electric vehicles. Battery-cars accounted for a record 31.2% of all new vehicles sold in the...
by Michael Strong | Dec 28, 2018
Volkswagen has been saying for months now that it plans to introduce a wave of battery-electric vehicles in the U.S. and around the world — as many as 50 vehicles by 2030. However, as the motoring public begins to take a macro view of life with an EV, one of the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Dec 19, 2018
If Elon Musk hopes to find a way around L.A.’s famously treacherous traffic he still has a long way to go, but the entrepreneur demonstrated what could be one answer Wednesday night by officially opening the Boring Co.’s first test tunnel in the Los Angeles suburb of...
by Michael Strong | Dec 14, 2018
California is looking to keep its place as the leader for clean air initiatives after the California Air and Resource Board (CARB) voted to fully transition the state’s public bus fleet to electric power by 2040. The unanimous vote makes California the first state to...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Dec 12, 2018
Say the word, “hybrid,” and one name is almost certainly going to pop into your mind: Toyota Prius. First launched in Japan in 1997 and brought to the U.S. three years later, it has been the world’s best-selling hybrid-electric vehicle, or HEV, ever since. For several...
by Joseph Szczesny | Dec 7, 2018
While the industry is focused now on issues such as trade, manufacturing capacity and employment, the fight over fuel economy and emissions hasn’t gone away and could roar back to life any time. The Trump administration proposed rolling back the fuel-economy...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Dec 3, 2018
We’ve been to some dud auto shows over the last year. The Paris Motor Show, which kicked off the 2019 model-year, couldn’t even fill up a half day on the media calendar, and the Detroit Auto Show didn’t stretch much further. But this year’s Los Angeles Auto Show...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 29, 2018
The 2019 Honda Insight was named the Green Car of the Year on Thursday, during a news conference at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The hybrid sedan had to share the stage, however, with two other winners, the Jaguar I-Pace taking home a trophy as Luxury Green Car of the...
by Joseph Szczesny | Nov 27, 2018
Rivian, a fledgling electric vehicle builder, is taking aim at both traditional rivals and new companies invading the automotive business with a battery-electric pickup truck capable of wading streams and climbing rocky hills with a unique blend of new technology and...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 23, 2018
At first glance, you might not recognize the compact ute has gotten a nearly complete makeover, but there have been plenty of significant changes made to the 2019 Range Rover Evoque, more than 90% of what you’d find under the skin of the compact SUV being all new....
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 21, 2018
Subaru is about to become the latest automaker to plug-in to battery power – quite literally, with its first-ever plug-in hybrid set to make its debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show next week. The Japanese carmaker will underplay the plug-in side of the drivetrain by...
