The 2021 Polestar 2 will look and feel a lot like a Volvo, but federal and state regulators won’t treat it like one in the U.S. when it comes to qualifying for various green-car incentives. The biggest incentive is the $7,500 offered as an Internal Rev…
Author: Andrew Ganz
How the 2020 Toyota Highlander Hybrid 3-row crossover gets compact-car economy
When the 2020 Toyota Highlander Hybrid goes on sale next year, its EPA fuel-economy estimates may match most versions of the Corolla compact sedan. And it has room for eight passengers. To figure out just how Toyota eked out a manufacturer-estimated 34…
2019 Nissan Leaf Plus vs. 2019 Chevrolet Bolt EV: Which electric car is best?
We’re a long way from peak electric car, but we’ve finally left base camp. Big strides in battery capacity mean that picking between the 238-mile 2019 Chevy Bolt EV and the recently boosted 226-mile 2019 Nissan Leaf Plus comes down to a doz…
2019 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid first drive review: all the bits and pieces in place
The 2019 RAV4 Hybrid is Toyota’s way of flexing its corporate might. It’s as if the automaker called on each of its departments to create the new hybrid crossover SUV. The folks from design coughed up some 4Runner and Tacoma cues to give it…
Toyota Corolla hybrid will join Prius next year
The redesigned 2020 Toyota Corolla sedan will soon spawn a hybrid variant, the first gasoline-electric version of the automaker’s popular compact car. Toyota made the announcement Thursday as it unveiled the Corolla sedan at simultaneous events in Cali…
2019 Audi e-tron prototype first ride: Soothingly familiar
At 5 o’clock in the morning, the only sound heard at the summit of Pikes Peak, 14,114 feet above sea level, is the ceaseless whipping of the wind. Inside the Audi e-tron electric crossover SUV prototype, I hear almost no sound at all. Silence, li…
2018 Kia Niro hybrid nets top Safety Pick+ award, when properly equipped
Tick all the right boxes and the 2018 Kia Niro earns a Top Safety Pick+ award from the IIHS, the crash-testing agency said last week. To get to the highest-rated Niro, buyers need to opt for LED headlights and automatic emergency braking, features that…
Kia to build electric cars in India by late 2019
Kia will spend $1 billion on a new assembly plant in southern India to build an electric car for that market by late 2019. The move comes just over a decade before India intends to ban the sale of fossil-fuel vehicles. Just what form an Indian-market e…
South Korean government trims orders for Hyundai Nexo hydrogen-fuel cars
Nine months after announcing its intention to buy 10,000 Hyundai Nexo hydrogen-fueled cars, the South Korean government has halved its order. That’s according to Business Korea, which said Tuesday that a report published by the government earlier this …
Chinese electric-car startup Byton reveals its second concept: a Level 4 self-driving sedan
Just months after debuting its first concept vehicle, Chinese electric-car startup Byton on Tuesday took the wraps off a second model that it says previews a production-intent self-driving electric sedan with a lightweight, aerodynamic body. The Byton …
