Tech: Engine Variable Compression Gamechanger
At the Los Angeles Auto Show, Nissan introduced a break-through engine technology that can improve the efficiency and power of current engines—variable compression.
Interview: BMW’s Goal: 25 Electrified Cars by 2025
Ralph Mahler, Department Manager of Product Planning & Strategy at BMW of North America, explains what’s coming next, laying out BMW future direction.
News: 2018 Nissan Leaf Electric Car Production Starts in US
The Japanese automaker began U.S. production of the 2018 Nissan Leaf yesterday at its Smyrna Vehicle Assembly Plant in Smyrna, Tenn.
News: 2018 Lexus RX 450hL Hybrid Crossover
The 2018 Lexus RX 450hL doesn’t have a longer wheelbase to accommodate the additional seating as you might expect. Instead, Lexus stretched the standard RX hybrid by 4.3 inches in the back
News: Lamborghini Terzo Millennio: New Electric Supercar
Two laboratories at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) helped to create a new, fully-electric, supercar concept called the Lamborghini Terzo Millennio.
News: 2018 Kia Niro Plug-in Hybrid Introduced
The 2018 Kio Niro Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) took a bow at the Los Angeles Auto Show; the new Kia Niro PHEV and Niro Hybrid are near identical twins.
News: New Jeep Wrangler Gets Mild Hybrid in 2018, Diesel in 2019, Plug-In Hybrid in 2020
The all-new 2018 Jeep Wrangler JL made its debut Wednesday at the Los Angeles auto show as one of the show’s most-anticipated reveals.
News: Volkswagen EV Onslaught to Begin in 2020
At a media program in Los Angeles this week Volkswagen promised that a version of the recently introduced crossover—the I.D. Crozz—would be the first of the new generation of electric cars to hit these shores.
News: Ford Launches Police Plug-In Hybrid
Ford decided to up the ante and offer a police plug-in hybrid version of the company’s Fusion midsize sedan outfitted with all of the requisite law enforcement equipment.
Event: Carl Pope Talks Climate Change Hope
The main point of the book, Climate of Hope, and of Pope’s talk, is that there are many causes of climate change, but are also many solutions.