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2022 Toyota C-HR - Review by Thom Cannell +VIDEO

2022 Toyota C-HR - Review by Thom Cannell +VIDEO

Funky, Safe and Inexpensive Crossover By Thom Cannell Is fun your thing? If so, Toyota’s C-HR relatively inexpensive sport crossover “SUV” may hit your sweet spot with its entry price of $23, 880. Our Nightshade Edition test car seemed more a massively shouldered sedan than boxy SUV. ... Continue reading

Alpha Motor Corporation Enters MoU With Industry Leading Automobile Manufacturer UHI Group To Mass Produce Electric Vehicles

Alpha Motor Corporation Enters MoU With Industry Leading Automobile Manufacturer UHI Group To Mass Produce Electric Vehicles

IRVINE, Calif., May 23, 2022 -- Alpha Motor Corporation and UHI Group ("UHI") have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to confirm a synergistic business relationship between the two companies, pursuant to which UHI will manufacture and validate Alpha Motor Corporation's production-ready electric vehicles. ... Continue reading

Cadillac Escalade-V is Industry’s Most Powerful Full-Size SUV

Cadillac Escalade-V is Industry’s Most Powerful Full-Size SUV

Today, Cadillac revealed full details surrounding the 2023 Escalade-V — the industry’s most powerful full-size SUV. It is the first-ever Cadillac V-Series SUV — an elevation of design, performance and technology and the purest expression of the passion that exists at the core of Cadillac. ... Continue reading

ROSEN Law, Encourages Mullen Automotive, Inc. f/k/a Net Element, Inc. Investors With Losses to Secure Counsel Before Important Deadline in First Filed Securities Class Action Commenced by the Firm

ROSEN Law, Encourages Mullen Automotive, Inc. f/k/a Net Element, Inc. Investors With Losses to Secure Counsel Before Important Deadline in First Filed Securities Class Action Commenced by the Firm

NEW YORK, May 22, 2022 -- WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Mullen Automotive, Inc. f/k/a Net Element, Inc. between June 15, 2020 and April 6, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important July 5, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline in the securities class ... Continue reading

Hyundai to Establish Its First Dedicated EV Plant and Battery Manufacturing Facility in the U.S.

Hyundai to Establish Its First Dedicated EV Plant and Battery Manufacturing Facility in the U.S.

Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) today announced it has entered into an agreement with the State of Georgia to build its first dedicated full electric vehicle and battery manufacturing facilities in the U.S. The Group’s U.S. investment decision will support its goal of becoming a leader in electric mobility in the U.S ... Continue reading

2023 Toyota Tacoma Package Preview

2023 Toyota Tacoma Package Preview

The Toyota Tacoma once again leads the pack on road and trail into the 2023 model year, as America’s #1-selling mid-size pickup will grow to 17 years running. For 2023, Tacoma looks to add to its winning streak by offering two new packages for the SR5 grade. ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Sets out Long-term Ambitions as the World’s Most Valuable Luxury Car Brand

Mercedes-Benz Sets out Long-term Ambitions as the World’s Most Valuable Luxury Car Brand

At the very top end of the product portfolio is an exclusive edition of the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class, known as the Limited Edition Maybach by Virgil Abloh. ... Continue reading

What Family Vehicle Is Celebrating Its 25th Anniversary and Illogical Young Mother's Still Don't Like It? +VIDEO

What Family Vehicle Is Celebrating Its 25th Anniversary and Illogical Young Mother's Still Don't Like It? +VIDEO

Based on the sport-infused XSE grade, the special model gains additional luxury cabin features from the Limited grade and adds exclusive exterior and interior trim. ... Continue reading

Honda Teases Styling of Adventure-Ready Prologue Electric SUV Coming in 2024

Honda Teases Styling of Adventure-Ready Prologue Electric SUV Coming in 2024

May 18, 2022 — TORRANCE, Calif. Styling completed at Honda Design Studio in Los Angeles shows hint of Honda e Prologue to be followed by first models based on Honda e:Architecture in 2026 Honda working closely with dealer network to prep for EV and digital sales future Honda released the first sketch previewing the d ... Continue reading

2022 Subaru Forester Earns Top IIHS Safety Awards

2022 Subaru Forester Earns Top IIHS Safety Awards

The 2022 Subaru Forester, a small SUV, earns a Top Safety Pick+ award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. To qualify for either of the Institute’s two awards in 2022, vehicles must earn good ratings in six IIHS crashworthiness evaluations, including the driver-side small overlap front, passenger-side sma ... Continue reading

Hot Auto Topics From CAR(la) Center For Automotive Research

Hot Auto Topics From CAR(la) Center For Automotive Research

This week, EV batteries were a topic of focus as we saw significant investments in domestic battery production in the US and news regarding battery recycling. There were also some interesting developments in the autonomous truck space. ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz and Sila Achieve Breakthrough With High Silicon Automotive Battery

Mercedes-Benz and Sila Achieve Breakthrough With High Silicon Automotive Battery

STUTTGART, Germany & ALAMEDA, Calif.--Mercedes-Benz takes another major step in building the world’s most desirable electric cars. The inventor of the automobile today announced that it will work with Sila, a next-generation battery materials company, to incorporate Sila’s silicon anode chemistry in batteries which ... Continue reading

Letter From Europe From California - 29th annual media days of the Western Automotive Journalists Group

Letter From Europe From California - 29th annual media days of the Western Automotive Journalists Group

By Andrew Frankl European Bureau Chief Senior Editor-at-large The Auto Channel Half Moon Bay CA May 12, 2022; There is an old saying along the lines of “The right crowd and no crowding“ which neatly sums up the tests of 22 vehicles in California’s Half Moon Bay. For me there two stars of the show-the astonishing ... Continue reading

EVgo and Cadillac Join to Offer 2023 LYRIQ Customers Two Years of Unlimited Charging on EVgo Network

EVgo and Cadillac Join to Offer 2023 LYRIQ Customers Two Years of Unlimited Charging on EVgo Network

LOS ANGELES--EVgo Inc. , the nation’s largest public fast charging network for electric vehicles (EVs) and first powered by 100% renewable electricity, and Cadillac, the first General Motors (GM) brand with plans to go all-electric, today announced a new commercial agreement to offer drivers of the 2023 Cadillac LYRI ... Continue reading

2023 Toyota Camry Nightshade Special Edition Official Close-up Look

2023 Toyota Camry Nightshade Special Edition Official Close-up Look

One of the longest-running nameplates in the auto industry, and with 20 straight years as America’s #1 selling midsize sedan, the 2023 Camry keeps things rolling with a refreshed Nightshade Special Edition. The Camry was among the first Toyota models to offer the distinctive Nightshade edition, a factory designer pac ... Continue reading

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