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2021 Toyota Avalon Hybrid Review By Larry Nutson

2021 Toyota Avalon Hybrid Review By Larry Nutson

2021 Toyota Avalon Hybrid A true big family sedan By Larry Nutson Executive Editor and Bureau Chief Chicago Bureau The Auto Channel Last year was tough on the auto industry due to the Covid pandemic. However, car brands are now enjoying sales increases in 2021. ... Continue reading

LA AUTO SHOW ANNOUNCES “THE ZEVAS” EV AWARD WINNERS

LA AUTO SHOW ANNOUNCES “THE ZEVAS” EV AWARD WINNERS

announced the winners for its inaugural zero-emission vehicle awards program—THE ZEVAS™—powered by Electrify America, the nation’s largest open ultra-fast DC charging network. ... Continue reading

California Voters Support Full Transition to Electric Vehicles by 2030...Delusinarians

California Voters Support Full Transition to Electric Vehicles by 2030...Delusinarians

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Nov. 16, 2021 -- According to a new poll commissioned by Coltura, 62% of California voters support a policy that would require all new cars sold to be electric by 2030 to reduce air pollution, combat climate change, create jobs, and keep energy dollars in the state. ... Continue reading

U.S. News & World Report Announces the Best Vehicle Brand and Best CPO Program Awards

U.S. News & World Report Announces the Best Vehicle Brand and Best CPO Program Awards

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 2021 -- U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in rankings and consumer advice, today unveiled its Best Vehicle Brand awards and Best Certified Pre-Owned Program award for 2022. ... Continue reading

New-Vehicles Sales Satisfaction Rankings Unchanged from Year Ago, J.D. Power Finds

New-Vehicles Sales Satisfaction Rankings Unchanged from Year Ago, J.D. Power Finds

customer satisfaction with the vehicle purchase experience holds steady year over year, according to the J.D. Power 2021 U.S. Sales Satisfaction Index (SSI) Study, SM released today. ... Continue reading

Facts Not Fairy-Tales, Solar Generation was 3% of U.S. electricity in 2020, Projected To Rise To 20% by 2050 (Sure Blows "Green" EV Recharging Out Of Water)

Facts Not Fairy-Tales, Solar Generation was 3% of U.S. electricity in 2020, Projected To Rise To 20% by 2050 (Sure Blows "Green" EV Recharging Out Of Water)

In our Short-Term Energy Outlook, we forecast that solar will account for 4% of U.S. electricity generation in 2021 and 5% in 2022. ... Continue reading

Just Delivered Lucid Air EV Named Motortrend Car Of The Year - Huh!

Just Delivered Lucid Air EV Named Motortrend Car Of The Year - Huh!

MotorTrend announced today that the Lucid Air has won the 2022 MotorTrend Car of the Year, the first instance in which the initial product from a new automotive brand has been awarded the “Golden Calipers.”MotorTrend’s Car of the Year award is considered one of the most prestigious in the automotive industry. The ... Continue reading

The End Of The Internal Combustion Engine? Really? SPECIAL GUEST EDITORIAL

The End Of The Internal Combustion Engine? Really? SPECIAL GUEST EDITORIAL

There is an article in this month’s (January 2020) Fortune magazine, an opinion piece by Christina Figueres, that is titled “WE’LL WITNESS THE END OF THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE ERA” in the 2020s . That’s a pretty bold statement. And it’s not one I agree with. ... Continue reading

Lower Carbon Emissions? Mazda Gets It - Its Not The Engine, Change The Fuel - Mazda to Participate in Motor Sports Race Powered by Next-Generation Biodiesel Fuel

Lower Carbon Emissions? Mazda Gets It - Its Not The Engine, Change The Fuel - Mazda to Participate in Motor Sports Race Powered by Next-Generation Biodiesel Fuel

In efforts to realize carbon neutrality, Mazda Motor Corporation aims to popularize the use of next-generation biodiesel fuels and will participate in the Super Taikyu Race in Okayama to be held at the Okayama International Circuit on Saturday, Nov. 13 and Sunday Nov. ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap-up November 14, 2021

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap-up November 14, 2021

The past week's important, relevant, semi-secret, or snappy automotive news, opinions and insider back stories presented as expertly crafted easy-to-digest news nuggets. ... Continue reading

Lazy Man's Guide to Understanding the Global Warming Hoax

Lazy Man's Guide to Understanding the Global Warming Hoax

By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL As I've stated elsewhere, I'm not a scientist so I have to carefully read through and watch and listen and then go back and do it again. And not being a scientist means that I can't then turn around and relate the details to your in highfalutin technic ... Continue reading

Hyundai Retro EV Model Tribute to Original Grandeur Flagship Sedan with Heritage Series EV

Hyundai Retro EV Model Tribute to Original Grandeur Flagship Sedan with Heritage Series EV

November 12 2021 To celebrate Grandeur’s 35th anniversary, Hyundai designers gave the boxy original a retro-futuristic makeover to find new inspiration for the future First generation of Grandeur reborn with an all-electric powertrain, Parametric Pixel exterior and sound architecture interior while keeping the 1980s ... Continue reading

Fuel Retailers Applaud Passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

Fuel Retailers Applaud Passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6, 2021 -- NATSO, representing truckstops and travel plazas, SIGMA: America's Leading Fuel Marketers, and the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) applauded Congress for passing the historic Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), H.R. 3684, which ensures a long-term plan for t ... Continue reading

Plus Selects Aeva 4D LiDAR for the Volume Production of Autonomous Trucks

Plus Selects Aeva 4D LiDAR for the Volume Production of Autonomous Trucks

Plus.ai), a global provider of self-driving truck technology, has selected Aeva , a leader in next-generation sensing and perception systems, to supply automotive grade long-range 4D LiDAR for the production of driver-in and fully autonomous trucks powered by the PlusDrive system. ... Continue reading

Kandi America Introduces the K32 Luxury Off-road Electric UTV

Kandi America Introduces the K32 Luxury Off-road Electric UTV

he U.S. subsidiary of Kandi Technologies Group Inc. (NASDAQ GS: KNDI), an international automotive and powersports manufacturer, today introduced its first off-road all-electric dual motor 4-wheel drive UTV, the K32. ... Continue reading

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