The Defender enters the 2025 model year with few changes, though there are items that enhance the vehicle’s luxury, and others that should make things easier at ordering time. The new model year brings the availability of packages that group many popular individual options. Among the new packs are some that enhance the driving qualities, …
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What does a car company do when it introduces a completely revised new generation of a vehicle even while fleet sales of its predecessor remain strong? In the case of 21st-century General Motors, you keep making both versions. That’s what GM did when the tenth-generation Chevrolet Impala had its debut as a 2014 model, continuing …
Southern California truck spotters will have plenty of electric semi trucks to watch out for as Amazon adds fifty Class 8 EVs to its commercial fleet. The fully electric Volvo semi trucks purchased will haul both heavy cargo containers and customer package loads in Amazon’s first- and middle-mile operations in California. The trucks will join …
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Polestar 2 (Source: Polestar) Thanks to the $10,000 Polestar Clean Vehicle Incentive introduced last week, 2024 Polestar 2 lease prices are now over $120 a month cheaper. CarsDirect reports that through May 31, the 2024 Polestar 2 Long Range Dual Motor can be leased for $299 for 27 months with $3,299 due at signing. The auto research …
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An example of one of the most unusual Formula 1 cars in history is up for grabs. This 1977 Tyrrell P34 six-wheeler will be one of the featured lots at RM Sotheby’s upcoming auction in Monaco. Scheduled to be offered for sale May 11, it’s an artifact of a bygone era where small, modestly funded …
BMW has launched a new generation of its hardcore M4 CS. The car isn’t quite as extreme as the recent M4 CSL, but it comes with the same 543-hp rating, as well as a track-tuned chassis. Bentley’s venerable 6.0-liter twin-turbocharged W-12 ceases production in the summer, but the automaker has a more powerful powertrain waiting …
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The U.K.’s Everrati continues to grow the number of classic cars it can convert to electric power. The company’s most recent conversion is the W113-generation Mercedes-Benz SL-Class from the 1960s, commonly known as the Pagoda for its distinctive roof shape. Everrati first revealed the electric SL-Class last fall, and on Wednesday the company confirmed final …
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Rimac may be best known as a supplier of leading electric vehicle technology, as well as the maker of the Nevera electric hypercar, though that isn’t where the company’s future exclusively lies, judging by recent comments made by CEO and founder Mate Rimac. Speaking during this week’s Financial Times Future of the Car conference in …
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Kia confirms the EV3 for production. Rivian revamps its Illinois plant for R2 production. EVs are already having a big effect on gasoline demand. And how small of an EV is big enough? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Rivian is rejiggering the production capacity of its plant in Normal, Illinois, to accommodate …
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Just after the reveal of its more affordable R2, R3, and R3X models in March, Rivian announced plans to rejigger its production capacity at its existing plant in Illinois, to accommodate the R2 electric SUV at that plant instead of an even larger one in Georgia that remains on the drawing board. Recognizing that the …
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