Kia has built a more off-road-capable version of the Telluride, but you can’t buy it. That’s because this one-off 2024 Kia Telluride X-Pro was built for the Rebelle Rally, the annual women’s navigational rally that crosses California and Nevada deserts. Driver Verena Mei and navigator Susie Saxten will cover roughly 1,600 miles in this beefed-up …
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Hyundai Motor Group might soon become another manufacturer that will officially confirm the switch from the CCS1 to the NACS charging connector in North America. This week, several all-electric cars offered by the group – including the Hyundai Ioniq 5, Hyundai Ioniq 6, Genesis GV60, and the upcoming Kia EV9 – were seen at a …
The latest data collected by JATO Dynamics shows very interesting trends in the new car market in Europe. Last April, demand for pure electric cars recorded the second-highest monthly market share, reaching 22 percent, behind only the 25 percent recorded in December 2022. More than one in five new cars registered in Europe were purely electric. Much of …
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Road-trip EV charging often doesn’t always give traveling motorists the break they need. But it can and will get more convenient, and one such template, from startup Rove, was revealed this past week in Southern California. Rove broke ground and detailed plans for its inaugural charging center, in Santa Ana, California, which appears to check …
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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration proposal to hike fuel economy standards through 2032 is not feasible and could cost automakers a total of more than $14 billion in fines, an automotive industry group says. The Alliance for Automotive Innovation, which represents General Motors, Toyota Motor, Volkswagen, Hyundai and others, said the National Highway Traffic Safety …
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We can’t remember the last time when BMW launched such a radical Life Cycle Impulse for one of its products. The X7’s LCI arrived relatively early in the fullsize SUV’s shelf life considering the original model hit dealers in March 2019 and the updated variant was presented in April 2022. Aside from the massively redesigned …
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BMW has issued a service information bulletin concerning several models that may have an issue with the transmission mechatronics. If you’re unfamiliar with the term, it’s used to describe the technology that combines electronics and mechanical engineering. This mechatronics unit takes electronic signals and converts them into hydraulic power to operate the gearbox. The delivery …
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Both pedal bicycles and electric-assist bicycles are important alternative forms of transportation, helping to reduce private car use. But electric bikes have long been the quickest growing category of two-wheelers. This year Germany is set to hit a major milestone that will see e-bikes outsell pedal bicycles for the first time. Germany has spent years …
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Tesla has reportedly started constructing a new restaurant in Santa Monica, the first of its kind in the US. CEO Elon Musk had tweeted multiple times, with child-like enthusiasm, Tesla’s plans of building a futuristic diner and drive-in theater in the Hollywood area, and construction for the same now appears to be underway. InsideEVs viewed …
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Nissan did well selling small Datsun pickups in the United States beginning in the 1960s, with the 520, 620 and 720 generations providing tough competition for such rivals as the Toyota Hilux, Ford Courier/Mazda B-Series, Chevrolet LUV/Isuzu P’up and Volkswagen Rabbit Pickup. A few years after the “Name Is Nissan” ditching of the Datsun name …