After a relatively peaceful few years following Tesla’s dominant rise to fame in the United States’ nascent EV market, that environment is poised for upheaval again this time not because consumers want or don’t want a car or that battery makers just unveiled the ultimate cell. Now, the only real variable to influence America’s EVs […]
Ford’s Design Legacy: 10 Models That Nailed the Look
Ford’s a company that’s been churning out cars for over a century; they’ve made work trucks, reliable sedans for the average family, muscle car icons, and global supercars. Over a century’s worth of automotive output, their designers have tested the waters with all kinds of concept directions, a lot of them have become legends and […]
Stellantis Tests Next-Gen Solid-State EV Batteries on the Road
Electric Vehicle World has long been dreaming about that next big thing in battery tech, the Holy Grail, the one thing that is going to kill all that is hated about EV life: long range anxiety, long charging times and even battery fires. That Holy Grail, in EV’s, is of course solid-state battery technology and […]
Canada’s Auto Future at Stake in Ford, Unifor Talks
Toronto-The air here is thick with anticipation as perhaps the most consequential labor negotiations in a generation are set to get underway. Unifor, Canada’s largest private sector union, is now officially at the table with Ford Motor Company in a negotiation that promises to be a difficult and defining moment for Canadian workers. This isn’t […]
CarGurus Mandates Fee Disclosure, Ending Hidden Car Prices
The car buying landscape is getting much-needed real transformation. Transparency around pricing is really catching steam, and online auto marketplace CarGurus is hopping on board next. Beginning July 14, every dealer listing on CarGurus for a used vehicle must list all mandatory dealer fees directly within the listing itself-to remove any surprise element in pricing. […]
UN Adopts First Global Rules for Autonomous Vehicles
The automotive industry just reached a massive milestone. On June 24, the United Nations passed the world’s first international regulatory guidelines on fully autonomous vehicles (AVs). That means a universal safety standard now exists that will help drive the international testing and adoption of self-driving technology, moving past the confusing patchwork of country-specific rules that […]
Honda Element’s Reported 2029 Return as a Hybrid Crossover
Out of the bland and forgettable world of modern crossovers, some nameplates disappear into the ether, while others leave behind an indelible void that fans will not permit to heal. The Honda Element falls definitively into the second camp. The devoted fans of this compact crossover have for more than a decade kept its spirit […]
Ford’s Lawsuit Alleges Vast Lemon Law Billing Fraud
The stakes of law especially the corner of it dealing with car brands and consumers rights may never have been higher. In a surprising development, one of the globe’s most famous automotive producers, the Ford Motor Co. which typically plays solely on the defensive has initiated a proactive legal maneuver against an established Californian law […]
Carvana’s New Car Expansion Shakes the Auto Retail World
Shopping for a new car is a trial everyone recognizes in the same ways: It’s a day (at least) long haul with haggling, paperwork and an experience mostly under dealership fluorescents. That thought is exactly why 43-year-old Joshua Higginbotham of Kansas City decided last month never to shop that way again. “I don’t want to […]
Detroit’s Auto Giants Drive into the Defense Sector
What most people see as a car town runs deeper built on muscle, sweat, tied tight to how America makes things. Now those old factory floors, where engines roared to life decades ago, hum with new questions. When tensions rise overseas, minds turn back to home soil, what we build here matters more. Factories once […]