Author: John Faulkner

John Faulkner is Road Test Editor at Clean Fleet Report. He has more than 30 years’ experience branding, launching and marketing automobiles. He has worked with General Motors (all Divisions), Chrysler (Dodge, Jeep, Eagle), Ford and Lincoln-Mercury, Honda, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan and Toyota on consumer events and sales training programs. His interest in automobiles is broad and deep, beginning as a child riding in the back seat of his parent’s 1950 Studebaker. He is a journalist member of the Motor Press Guild and Western Automotive Journalists.
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Your Essential Guide to Safely Exiting Your Tesla: Understanding Manual Door Releases During Power Loss

The modern world of electric vehicles brings a lot of excitement, but it also comes with some real worries that hit close to home for many drivers. Electric cars like Teslas rely heavily on electronics for just about everything, including those sleek door systems that look so futuristic. The flip side is that when power […]

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Ford’s High-Stakes Electric Gamble: CEO Farley Unveils Self-Driving Ambitions for 2025 Pickup and Strategy to Challenge Tesla, Counter China

It was electric pun intended when Jim Farley beginning in 2025 was first talking big about the next electric pickup by Ford. Out there he was telling Bloomberg how this thing, called Project T3 or Trust the Truck within the company was going to allow you to relax on the highway, to even take a […]

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Toyota’s Hybrid Powerhouse: An In-Depth Look at the 2025 and 2026 Electrified Lineup

Man, I’ve followed cars long enough to see trends come and go, but Toyota’s hybrid strategy just keeps proving itself smarter every year. Here we are in 2026, and while some brands are all-in on full EVs with big promises (and big charging headaches), Toyota’s quietly made hybrids the default across almost their entire lineup. […]

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