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Close-up Look At 52 MPG, Solar Roof Equipped Segment-Busting 2020 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid +VIDEO

Close-up Look At 52 MPG, Solar Roof Equipped Segment-Busting 2020 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid +VIDEO

2020 Sonata Hybrid Highlights Best-in-class highway fuel economy on Blue trim level Class-leading combined fuel economy on Blue trim level EPA estimated 52 mpg combined fuel economy rating and 686 miles of driving range on Blue trim level Solar Roof System can increase driving range – think of it as up to 700 “free ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Debuts "WEEKENDER" its First Pop Up Camper Van for the American Market

Mercedes-Benz Debuts "WEEKENDER" its First Pop Up Camper Van for the American Market

Today, Mercedes-Benz announces its first new modern, practical pop up camper van for the U.S. market. ... Continue reading

2020 Toyota Highlander To Appear At Chicago Auto Show

2020 Toyota Highlander To Appear At Chicago Auto Show

For the first time at the Chicago Auto Show, visitors will experience the all-new 2020 Highlander, along with Toyota’s full vehicle lineup of cars, trucks and SUVs. ... Continue reading

Hyundai Sonata and Palisade Win Chicago Athenaeum GOOD DESIGN Awards

Hyundai Sonata and Palisade Win Chicago Athenaeum GOOD DESIGN Awards

Hyundai’s 2020 Sonata and 2020 Palisade have each earned 2019 GOOD DESIGN® Awards from the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. ... Continue reading

Detroit-Hamtramck to be GM’s First Assembly Plant 100 Percent Devoted to Electric Vehicles

Detroit-Hamtramck to be GM’s First Assembly Plant 100 Percent Devoted to Electric Vehicles

General Motors’ vision of an all-electric future is coming into clearer focus and gaining momentum with a $2.2 billion investment at its Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant to produce a variety of all-electric trucks and SUVs. GM’s first all-electric truck will be a pickup with production scheduled to begin in late 20 ... Continue reading

Lincoln and Start Up EV Company Rivian To Produce First Lincoln Electric Vehicle

Lincoln and Start Up EV Company Rivian To Produce First Lincoln Electric Vehicle

The Lincoln Motor Company announced today that it is working together with Rivian to develop an all-new electric vehicle previously announced as part of Ford Motor Company’s original investment in Rivian. ... Continue reading

Frankfurt To Lose Giant German Car Show - Berlin's Gain?

Frankfurt To Lose Giant German Car Show - Berlin's Gain?

Frankfurt, which has been synonymous with one of the world's biggest auto shows, the IAA, for more than 70 years, has been eliminated from the race to host the next event in 2021, organisers said on Wednesday. The next IAA International Motor Show -- which alongside similar events in Geneva and Detroit is traditionally ... Continue reading

UK electric vehicle unicorn Arrival receives €100M investment from Hyundai and Kia

UK electric vehicle unicorn Arrival receives €100M investment from Hyundai and Kia

Hyundai and Kia invest €100M, making Arrival one of the UK’s largest unicornsArrival, Hyundai and Kia will jointly develop vehicles using Arrival platforms and key technologiesArrival’s Generation 2 Electric Vehicles are a new category of electric vehicles that surpass traditional vehicles in cost, design and eff ... Continue reading

UPS invests in Arrival and orders 10,000 Generation 2 Electric Vehicles

UPS invests in Arrival and orders 10,000 Generation 2 Electric Vehicles

Today’s initial order of 10,000 vehicles will be rolled out over 2020-2024 with the option for a further order of 10,000 Arrival's technologies create purpose-built electric delivery vehicles that exactly match UPS’s specifications. ... Continue reading

EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2020

EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2020

January 29, 2020 EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2020 explores the changing U.S. energy mix through 2050 as consumption grows more slowly than production, particularly of oil, natural gas, and renewables, resulting in increasing exports and relatively stable CO2 emissions The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) ... Continue reading

Electric Vehicle Adoption in California Could Increase GSP by More Than $140 Billion, Create Half a Million Jobs in Just 10 Years

Electric Vehicle Adoption in California Could Increase GSP by More Than $140 Billion, Create Half a Million Jobs in Just 10 Years

SAN FRANCISCO--Electrification of light-duty vehicles in California could be a potent catalyst for economic growth over the next ten years. That’s according to a new study of the impact on the California economy if the state achieves electric vehicle (EV) adoption that is consistent with its climate goals. ... Continue reading

Electric Vehicle Stories You May Have Missed

Electric Vehicle Stories You May Have Missed

Michigan, Tesla reach agreement for direct car sales: source Reuters Volkswagen ID Crozz to make US debut at New York Auto Show in April Electrek Subaru sets mid-2030s target to sell only electric vehicles Reuters Could this very odd-looking electric car convince you to ditch ... Continue reading

Car Makers Hope...Consumers Say Nope to Self-Driving and Electric Vehicle Offerings

Car Makers Hope...Consumers Say Nope to Self-Driving and Electric Vehicle Offerings

According to the J.D. Power 2019 Q4 Mobility Confidence Index Study fueled by SurveyMonkey Audience,SM released today, the Mobility Confidence Index remains 36 (on a 100-point scale) for self-driving vehicles and 55 for battery-electric vehicles for a third consecutive quarter. ... Continue reading

Nutson's Automotive News Nuggets - Week Ending January 18, 2020

Nutson's Automotive News Nuggets - Week Ending January 18, 2020

Car and Truck of the Year Revealed; North American Trade Deal Ratified; Toyota Invests In Indiana Factory; Audi, BMW, MB Out Of NY Auto Show; Home Builders Group Takes Sides In Future Fuel Codes; Street Racing In New Corvette; VW Dieselgate Continues; Cars.Com Awards; Detroit Auto Show Super Car Event; New Jersey Force ... Continue reading

2020 Nissan LEAF Official Pricing

2020 Nissan LEAF Official Pricing

The Nissan LEAF PLUS lithium-ion battery pack delivers an EPA range of up to 226 miles1 to meet the driving needs of a wide range of customers Updated tone and volume of LEAF's ... Continue reading

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