The 2019 Ram 1500 has shed pounds without giving up any of its prodigious capabilities. Add to that a mild hybrid system and you can imagine the Ram will continue to challenge Chevy for the number two spot in the hot pickup world.
Volkswagen recently announced that Electrify America would build ultrafast EV charging stations at more than 200 Target and Walmart locations around the country in 34 states by mid-2019.
The big news for green car fans is that the 2019 Lexus ES 300h hybrid gets an estimated 44 mpg, up four mpg from the previous model, according to Lexus.
The Volkswagen I.D. R’s participation in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb could be another step to getting the company out from under the cloud caused by its diesel emissions scandal.
One look at the all-new 2019 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid confirms the company took it to heart when president Akio Toyoda gave a mandate against making boring cars.
SF Motors unveiled an upscale crossover electric vehicle and showed off some of the company’s technology. While the car itself may be a bit of a me-too (high-power, connected, autonomous-capable in a conventional SUV coupe-like shape), the back story of the technology this well-funded formerly stealth start-up has developed tells a much more interesting story.
At this week’s New York Auto Show, the Korean automaker presented the U.S. production model of the 2019 Hyundai Kona Electric with an estimated 250-mile driving range on EPA test cycle.
I sampled two new LEAFs at the annual Western Automotive Journalists Media Days event. I grabbed it for the first drive of the day, 23+ miles that included some freeway, some in-town, and some open road travel, including the climbing the winding Laureles Grade in Monterey County.
Nissan pledged to maintain its leadership in electric vehicles as the automaker outlined plans to launch eight new EVs and hit annual sales of 1 million electrified vehicles by March 31, 2023. The eight new EVs will come on top of Nissan’s current offerings, the Leaf and eNV200 van. One will be the all-electric crossover based on the Nissan IMx concept, while four of the new EVs will be directed to China.
The 2019 Ford Fusion Energi doesn’t receive any mehcanical updates, but the plug-in hybrid gets a battery capacity boost that gives it a longer electric-only driving range of a projected EPA rating of 25 miles.