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It will slot below the Mercedes EQV. Its been less than a week since the Mercedes EQS electric sedan and EQB SUV debuted, but Mercedes is already teasing the next new member of the electric EQ family. On May 10, Mercedes-Benz will present the EQT Concept previewing the electric version of the upcoming T-Class compact city van for families with active lifestyles, allowing Mercedes to expand into other EV segments. The electric family van will be revealed by skateboarding star Tony Hawk, who will...

Theres a big gulf in price between these two vehicles. Ever since the brilliant Porsche Taycan arrived on the scene, this technologically advanced sedan has been touted as one of the biggest threats to the Tesla Model S. The pair has faced off often and remain two of the quickest large sedans in the world. But should the Taycan be more worried about a much cheaper electric sedan in the form of the Model 3? The results from the recent All Japan EV Grand Prix held at the Fuji Speedway indicate th...

Accessible Smooth Power Polestar just announced a single motor version with about half the dual-motors output, but we suspect the Polestar 2 will be best served with that two-motor setup. The company has delivered an incredibly well-refined electric vehicle off the bat, and some of that refinement is in the tuning of the power delivery. When it comes to putting that power down for say, overtaking, theres no big jolt. Instead, you get a super smooth surge that comes in a whoosh as you leave what...

As if the lack of semiconductor chips wasnt already bad enough. Its been a year since the first automotive assembly lines ground to a halt because of the coronavirus pandemic. Most managed to restart production throughout the summer under strict new health regulations to keep workers healthy. Thats the good news. The bad news is that automakers are currently suffering from a global semiconductor chip shortage thats causing reduced production for some of Americas most popular vehicles like the F...

Does this promise need another pinch of salt? The latest controversy to hit EV market leader Tesla is once again news around its full self-driving technology. Tesla began rolling out a beta version of its advanced technology to a sect few customers back in October, and early in March, Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed on Twitter that FSD would launch for non-testers sometime this spring. By the end of March, Musk declared that the FSD beta would only be rolled out in April on cars such as the Model...

by Jake LingemanTechnology The company has clocked more than 100,000 miles in real world testing. Tesla has Full-Self Driving, Cadillac has Super Cruise, and now Ford has proven its own hand-free driving system, calling it BlueCruise. Ford put a half-million miles of development testing into the system, and just finished another 110,000-mile journey to test the system in the real world. It called the test, the Mother of All Road Trips; it included five F-150s, five M...

General Motors did everything it could to prevent this from happening, but it was only a matter of time. Th...

Tesla has earned a reputation for making price changes without advanced notice. Its official website is jus...

Were talking at least 100 charging stalls. General Motors owned the news spotlight over the past week following the reveal of the GMC Hummer EV SUV and the Silverado EV announcement. But theres a certain other automaker that continues to be a thorn in GMs side (and all other legacy brands). Tesla remains the global market EV leader and is expected to remain so for the foreseeable future. Earlier this week it added $50 billion to its value, now rated at $660 billion. To compare, GM is barely wor...

Can Mercedes take back the USA luxury sales crown this year? With the worst of the pandemics effects on the automotive industry hopefully behind us, the leading automakers would have been hoping for a much more positive start to 2021. Mercedes-Benz is one of those brands and it has just released its Q1 sales figures for the North American market. Overall, Mercedes-Benz sold 89,915 passenger vehicles and vans in the first three months of the year, representing a year-on-year increase of 19.5 per...