Category: Electric & Hybrids
Flagship Returns: 2023 Toyota Crown
While other automakers have given up on large sedans, Toyota has doubled down with a new full-size model that resurrects the legendary Crown flagship. Replacing the now canceled Avalon sedan in North America, the ...
Ford F-100 Eluminator takes restomod to EV level
What do you get when you combine a Mustang Mach-E with a classic F-100 pickup truck? You get the Ford Eluminator, a rolling showcase of possibilities for what you too can do with the all-new Ford Performance Elumi...
Ford Maverick Beach Watch Hybrid by DRAGG
The Beach Watch Ford Maverick show truck was built by D.R.A.G.G. Which is an after school program partnership between Oxnard Union High School and the Oxnard Police Department where at risk youth work with industr...
Ford Maverick Crash Tests: New IIHS Test Scores Are In!
The IIHS crash tests are in for the popular Ford Maverick compact pickup truck which has taken the market for a ride. And according to the latest and more stringent testing it's a safe bet overall, though room for...
Ford Maverick Hybrid Brake Issues: Is The Fix Finally In?
Last October we reported on a widespread braking issue with the 2022 Ford Maverick Hybrid where at slow speeds the electronic braking system exhibits abrupt jerking and locking up. Now we can report that the fix i...
Ford Maverick Hybrid Brake Problems Part 2: Still Not Fixed
The saga of the Ford Maverick Hybrid grabby drive-by-wire brakes has been with the new compact pickup since they began arriving into customer hands a year an a half ago. The problem with the software and electroni...
Ford Maverick Hybrid Engine: Where is it really made?
There have been a growing number of anecdotal accounts online in owner forums and even on YouTube that Ford has shifted production of the 2.5-liter Atkinson Cycle engines found in the Ford Maverick Hybrid from Mex...
How It’s Made: 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning
With over 150,000 reservations on hand for the new electric F-150 Lightning pickup trucks, the first pre-production units are now rolling off the line. Everything about how the Lighting is put together is subs...
Hybrid: BMW Concept Active Tourer Outdoor
BMW continues their flirtation with compact crossovers with their latest Concept Active Tourer Outdoor. Adding to the theme of outdoor lifestyle is a plug-in hybrid drive-train that likely foretells of future offering...
Hyundai Tucson Hybrid: Under The Hood
https://youtu.be/vqZvPs4mud4 The 2022-2025 Hyundai Tucson Hybrid features a now well proven 1.6-liter direct-injected turbocharged four-cylinder engine. The gasoline engine itself has 180 horsepower and 195 poun...
