Category: Electric & Hybrids
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...
Chrysler Synthesis Cockpit Demonstrator at CES 2023
Reeking of the swagger and futurist zeal of the 1950's auto shows, Chrysler rolls into the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas with not a full car, but the campy Synthesis Cockpit Demonstrator that allows...
2024 Volkswagen ID Buzz: My Take
The long wheelbase Volkswagen ID Buzz that will come to the shores of North America has finally been revealed and will go on sale in 2024. While the reinvented all-electric Microbus retains identical styling to th...
First Drive Review: 2016 Toyota Prius
The 2016 Toyota Prius is all new, and we get our first drive in Southern California along the beach as well as the cone course. The new car has been a long time coming, and it brings with it not only new style, but hi...
2021 Mustang Mach-E: Is it REALLY and Mustang?
Before opening this can of worms, let me qualify myself as one who has spent a lifetime with Mustangs. I have been an enthusiast, an owner, a restorer, a clubber and an event promoter all within the Mustang realm,...
2023 Lexus RZ 450E: Test Drive Review
Leading the charge for Lexus into the electric vehicle revolution is their new mid-size crossover SUV, the 2023 RZ 450E. Now available nationwide, the new model starts at about $60,000 and ranges up from there, ou...
My Take: 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E
The first all-new “clean sheet of paper” Ford Mustang in a long time has finally hatched and it is an electric crossover SUV called the Mustang Mach-E. If it had been unveiled on April 1st, it might have made more sen...
Dodge Charger Daytona SRT Concept: The Electric Muscle Car Future
Drives like a Dodge, looks like a Dodge and sounds like Dodge. That's the tagline Stellantis used when the Dodge Charger Daytona SRT Concept was unveiled, an all-electric lightning rod pointing to the future of th...
First Look: Mercedes-Benz Generation EQ
Making its world premiere at the Paris Motor Show, the Mercedes-Benz Generation EQ Concept debuts the three-pointed star's new electric mobility brand, EQ. The Generation EQ Concept not only is the first vehicle f...
First Drive: 2015 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid
The 2015 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid comes to us in the last years of the current generation, offering the most fuel-efficient version of the Liftback model you can buy. Styling is familiar as the Prius has been the b...
