Ionity, the European electric vehicle charging joint venture of Volkswagen Group, BMW, Daimler and Ford, announced today that South Korea’s Hyundai Motor had joined as a shareholder. Ionity plans to install 400 high-speed charging stations across Europe by the end of next year. To date, the venture has installed 140 stations in 14 European countries, […]
The new Mercedes-AMG GLB 35 is the updated entry in the compact SUV segment. It’s essentially the GLC-Class’s baby brother A spirited drive is guaranteed thanks to the turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine developing 302 hp, in addition to the AMG Speedshift DCT 8-speed transmission and the variable AMG Performance 4MATIC all-wheel drive. Acceleration from 0-60 […]
New-vehicle owners are willing to adopt some driving assistance technologies, but are hesitant about other systems or alerts, according to J.D. Power’s annual technology experience study. Lane-keeping and centering systems, as well as other alerts, can be so bothersome that new-vehicle owners will often disable them or avoid them on future purchases, according to the […]
Hyundai says its latest i10 minicar will come with one of the best safety packages in its segment. The third-generation i10 will debut at the Frankfurt auto show in September. Its safety equipment will include forward collision avoidance that uses a radar sensor to detect cars and pedestrians in front of the vehicle and a […]
Honda’s Odyssey minivan has been around for for 25 years now! Honda is celebrating the Odyssey’s Birthdayin two ways. First, it’s offering the 2020 Odyssey with a 25th Anniversary Package that features a bunch of chrome accents and some special badging along with available 19-inch wheels. Next — and probably more importantly — the […]
Nissan will do a “service campaign” to fix nearly 200,000 Altima midsize cars because a suspension part can come loose from the frame due to corrosion. The “campaign” is step below a recall, but the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is continuing an investigation into the problem which covers more than 2 million cars. […]
Fiat is rushing ahead with the debut of a retro-styled subcompact electric vehicle. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has been testing electric Fiat 500 prototypes in California, ahead of the reveal of the new battery-electric model at the 2020 Geneva auto show. This month the automaker announced its largest investment to date in electric cars, committing €5 […]
BMW plans to double its U.S. production capacity for lithium ion battery packs at its U.S. factory to support electric vehicle output at its largest global plant. The new, higher performing, fourth-generation batteries will be assembled on-site for the BMW X5 and BMW X3 plug-in hybrid electric variants. The 2020 BMW X5 xDrive45e Sports Activity […]
Tesla announced on Thursday that its latest V3 Supercharging station was open in Las Vegas, by the High Roller and the Linq hotel. Tesla is working with Caesars Entertainment, which owns the Linq hotel, to reduce its carbon footprint by 30% by 2025. The new station is a full-featured Tesla charging station which sports both brand-new […]
Mercedes-Benz X-class pickup may come to an end per a news report by the Automotive News Europe. The x-Class pickup has been sold since 2017, with only 16,700 unit sold around the world per the Automotive News Europe story. Daimler’s manufactures the pickup with the aid of Renault-Nissan. The X class uses the same platform […]
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