KANSAS CITY, Mo. — If you’ve never driven across it, it’s difficult to appreciate just how large the United States is. The trick to any road trip, particularly a cross-country one, is to have the […]
SAN DIEGO — BMW has long offered electrified vehicles. The German marque was one of the first to sell a full EV with the odd i3, and it has offered plug-in hybrids for years across […]
DETROIT — A tax credit of up to $7,500 could be used to defray the cost of an electric vehicle under the Inflation Reduction Act now moving toward final approval in Congress. But the auto […]
SAN DIEGO — There are basically two flavors of electric car. First, there’s the electrified version of a current vehicle, like the Ford F–150 Lightning. It looks like a standard, gas-powered F–150 and feels like […]
SAN DIEGO — GMC’s Denali is one of the most successful subbrands in automotive. I can’t tell you how often I’ve talked to someone who had just purchased “a new Denali” rather than a new […]
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — The most surprising thing about the Ford Bronco Raptor isn’t its prodigious off-road performance. That was no surprise to me, given the Raptor badge and the Bronco pedigree, that the new […]
PARK CITY, Utah — Okay, now I get it. For years, General Motors and CEO Mary Barra have been talking about the company’s Ultium platform and how it’s such a big deal. GM has invested […]
SAN DIEGO — The engine inside the RAM TRX pickup was something no one asked for. Half a decade ago, engineers inside Dodge’s SRT division — secretly! — took the brand’s excellent 6.4L V8 and […]
AUSTIN, Texas — I like electric cars, but I don’t think they’re suitable for everyone. Not yet. With a few exceptions, most of the country does not have the infrastructure to handle long road trips […]
MILAN — The car a person chooses, like their choice of dog, says an awful lot about them. I’ve made this assertion before about supercars, but it holds for basically every car purchase. What car […]
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