If you’re like us, you can remember seas of yellow Ford Crown Victorias dashing through cramped city streets, shuttling tourists and Carrie Bradshaws through New York City. If you’re like us, you’re also probably old. Ford on Thursday debuted two new t…
Author: Aaron Cole
New Ford cab take stabs at fuel-efficient powertrains
If you’re like us, you can remember seas of yellow Ford Crown Victorias dashing through cramped city streets, shuttling tourists and Carrie Bradshaws through New York City. If you’re like us, you’re also probably old. Ford on Thursday debuted two new t…
Volkswagen Group fined $1.2B by German authorities for diesel scandal
The fallout from a global emissions cheating scandal keeps falling. This week, German authorities fined Volkswagen AG nearly $1.2 billion for selling more than 10 million cars with emissions-cheating software. The sum pales in comparison to the billion…
2019 Hyundai Ioniq preview
The 2019 Hyundai Ioniq returns this year as an inexpensive alternative for green car shoppers on a budget. Its lineup has fully matured now; the Ioniq is available as an affordable hybrid, a slightly more expensive plug-in hybrid, or a fully electric m…
Ford confirms new hybrid Explorer for police; is this how SUV buyers will embrace hybrids?
Police work may be ideal proving grounds to convince skeptical shoppers that hybrids can consistently perform when duty calls. Despite skepticism from some that electrification could add complexity and maintenance costs to large fleets, Ford confirmed …
Quantum computers could make specialized batteries for Volkswagen EVs
Quantum computers could analyze and help build highly specialized electric vehicle batteries in the future, Volkswagen announced this week. Using the highly complex computing tech, researchers simulated industrially relevant molecules in EV batteries t…
Daimler ordered to recall nearly 774,000 diesels in Europe for emissions software
Stop us if you’ve heard this before: A major automaker will recall hundreds of thousands of vehicles for software that turns off emissions controls under certain circumstances. This time, it’s Mercedes-Benz’s parent company Daimler under investigation….
Porsche Mission E to be called Porsche Taycan
Porsche announced Friday that its long-running Mission E electric sedan will be called the Porsche TKTKTK when it starts production next year. The 2020 Porsche Taycan takes its name from the horse on the Porsche crest, according to the automaker, which…
Investigators: Autopilot sped up before fatal Tesla Model X crash
A preliminary report released by the National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday said that a Tesla Model X traveling on Autopilot increased the vehicle’s speed before it crashed into a highway barrier and killed its driver. The report of the March…
Tesla Model Y coming in 2020; Roadster and Semi still on the way, says Musk
Tesla CEO Elon Musk told shareholders Tuesday that the last few months have been “hellacious” for building the Tesla Model 3, but that the automaker expects by the end of this month to build 5,000 of the mid-size luxury sedan each week and beyond. “It’…
