Jeep has canceled the upcoming Wrangler Gladiator 4xe. The plug-in hybrid version of the pickup Wrangler was supposed to debut this year. This is the second time in less than two weeks that Stellantis, Jeep’s parent company, has axed an upcoming model. America’s chance of getting a relatively affordable plug-in hybrid pickup truck just vanished […]
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The 2026 Volvo EX90 gets sweeping software and hardware upgrades. It gets a heavily upgraded voltage architecture for faster charging speeds. There’s also a new highly powerful Nvidia chip that could help the automaker realize its self-driving ambitions. The Volvo EX90 was supposed to put Sweden on the map as a leader in electric and
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Volvo wants to sell more cars in the US. The Swedish automaker confirmed plans to launch a “new, next-generation hybrid model” as it continues to shuffle its lineup. Volvo will build a new, next-gen hybrid in South Carolina Volvo has big plans to revamp the brand and entice buyers in the US. It will all
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The M3 Touring is quick wagon. There’s no doubt about that. Even against the greater sports car segment, it really holds its own. But thanks to the wonders of modern tuning — and the delightful powertrain under the M3 Touring’s sheet metal — it turns out, the performance wagon can even give a large section
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BMW wasn’t the first automaker to experiment with carbon fiber in road-legal cars. Back in 1992, the legendary McLaren F1 was among the early adopters. The lesser-known Jaguar XJR-15 even preceded the BMW V12-powered supercar by a couple of years. While those two were extremely expensive and rare exotics, the 2013 i3 wasn’t. The quirky
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TELO Trucks, the maker of a super small electric pickup truck, announced that they raised $20 million, and Tesla co-founder Marc Tarpenning was among the lead investors. At Electrek, we have been closely covering TELO’s journey over the last few years. Our resident small EV-lover, Jamie, got a close look at the first pre-production prototype
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QUICK LINKS BMW has officially entered the Neue Klasse era, a transformation as profound as the original shift that saved the brand in the 1960s. At a recent roundtable, Joachim Post, BMW’s Board Member for Research and Development, spoke candidly about what makes this program a turning point not just for one model, but for
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Volvo launched the new and improved 2026 Volvo EX90 on Monday. The upgraded EX90 is smarter, delivers faster charging times, and Volvo is rolling out the improvements to current owners, for free. Meet the upgraded 2026 Volvo EX90 First unveiled in 2022, the EX90 was one of the most highly anticipated electric vehicles. Although it
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In an increasingly competitive automotive sector, speed is of the essence. Just as Japanese and later Korean brands rose to fame, Chinese automakers now want a piece of the action. Luxury marques born in the world’s largest car market are starting to threaten legacy players. BMW, Mercedes, and Audi are all struggling in China, especially
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A company that recently installed charging points for every parking spot in a 90-unit condo complex at a cost of just $405/unit is back, with a newly updated charger with more capabilities that should make apartment charging even easier. You may remember a post we did about how a condo complex installed an EV charger
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