2021 was the year micromobility as a concept, a solution and a way of life really started to settle in. Increased shared micromobility and COVID-ridden public transit helped make small electric vehicles mainstream enough for people to wrap their heads around purchasing their own. Consequently, 2021 was the year of the e-bike, with a growth [...]
TOKYO — From personal music players to games consoles, Sony Group has often gambled in order to be a pioneer, but a leap into electric cars could take the risks to a new level for the Japanese consumer tech giant. While investors were wowed when Chief Executive Kenichiro Yoshida this week told a Las Vegas [...]
GMC already has an uber-expensive electric pickup in the Hummer EV. By now you've no doubt seen the 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV. It's a pickup. It's electric. It looks a little bit like an Avalanche. Hmm. You know what else was a pickup that looked a little bit like an Avalanche? Why, the Cadillac Escalade EXT, [...]
Yes, you read that right, we finally know when the production version of the ID.Buzz electric van concept will be revealed. It's going to be shown on March 9, 2022. Five years after the concept made its debut, we finally get to see the real thing. The announcement came from Volkswagen Chairman Herbert Diess on [...]
Nissan is adding the Murano to its range of blacked-out Midnight Edition cars for the 2022 model year. Also offered on the Altima, among other nameplates, the appearance package bundles a handful of black exterior accents that give the crossover a more sinister look. Ticking the Midnight Edition box brings a black grille, black exterior [...]
Chevrolet still hasn't released an alternative to the Ford F-150 Raptor, but it nearly beat its arch nemesis to the high-performance midsize truck segment with Camaro-sourced bits and help from Australia-based sister company Holden. The project was canned at the last minute. Australian publication Drive spoke to some of the folks who developed the truck [...]
Mercedes-Benz is coming to the 2022 edition of CES with its most ambitious electric car project to date. It’s called the Vision EQXX, and it’s planning on revealing the car on January 3, 2022. The headline feature is a targeted range of over 621 miles on a full charge. For our metric-minded friends, that’s equivalent [...]
LONDON — Sir Frank Williams, the founder and former team principal of Williams Racing, has died. He was 79. Williams took his motor racing team from an empty carpet warehouse to the summit of Formula One, overseeing 114 victories, a combined 16 drivers’ and constructors’ world championships, while becoming the longest-serving team boss in the [...]
The much anticipated Hyundai Ioniq 5 will apparently have a guest role in the upcoming Spider-Man: No Way Home. To spotlight the fact, Hyundai has come out with a short video featuring the electric hatchback and two of the franchise's stars. The clip begins with Peter Parker, aka Spider-Man, (played by Tom Holland) watching TV [...]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — We like quirky vehicles that don’t fit into established segments, like the Polaris Slingshot. We love manual transmissions. It’s certainly no surprise, then, that after spending a couple of weeks with a 2021 Slingshot equipped with a proper shift lever and clutch pedal, we walked away secure in the knowledge that the [...]
