This is possibly the highest-mileage Hyundai Ioniq 5, with over 400,000 miles on the odometer. The car hasn't had a ton of issues, but it did need a new battery pack at 360,000 miles. Unsurprisingly, the Integrated Charging Control Unit (ICCU) also failed. The Hyundai Ioniq 5 electric crossover has been quite successful, and it’s…

Brace for impact, as the wrecking ball of President Donald Trump’s sweeping 25% tariffs on foreign auto imports and vehicle parts is about to hit the auto industry. This time, he’s (probably) not postponing his plans. “This is permanent, 100%,” Trump said during his announcement on Wednesday. Now industry analysts are ringing the alarm bells,…

The Ford F-150 Lightning gets a few updates for 2025. BlueCruise 1.4 is included from the factory. DC fast-charging speeds have been improved slightly. The 2025 Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck is here, but you’ll be hard-pressed to tell it apart from the 2024 model year. That’s because Ford is sticking with its guns…

Stellantis may be looking to adapt planetary gear hybrid systems—like the one currently used in the Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid plug-in hybrid minivan—to more rugged vehicles, a patent filing indicates. The Pacifica Hybrid uses a planetary power-split system to juggle its 3.6-liter V-6 and a pair of electric motors, which can both be used as generators for…

BMW has begun testing the future electric M3 around the Nurburgring Nordschleife in Germany. The model will have up to four electric motors and over 1,000 horsepower in its most powerful guise. It's expected to debut in 2027, one year after the electric 3 Series equivalent makes its market debut. BMW producing a fully electric…

This Beijing-Hyundai crossover is designed for the Chinese market primarily, and likely will slot under the Ioniq 5.  It will likely use the same E-GMP platform as the Ioniq 5 and Ioniq 9.  Not much else is known about this small mystery crossover.  Hyundai’s quest to dominate the world’s electric vehicle market is moving forward.…

So far, my time with the electric Dodge Charger Daytona has been a mixed bag. Fun? Absolutely. Efficient? Not really. Dramatic? Always. A great electric vehicle? The jury's out on that one, but I don't think it's going to keep any BYD executives awake at night. But there is one feature I noticed that I…

For 2025, dozens of EV variants top 300 miles of range The top dozen contains pickups, SUVs, crossovers, sedans, and a hatchback Standouts like Lucid Air and Hyundai Ioniq 6 manage market-leading range without huge battery packs Less than a decade ago, 300 miles seemed like the holy grail for EV driving range. Now, even…

Tesla is entering its "find out" era in Canada. The Canadian government is investigating $43.1 million CAD ($30 million USD) in EV sale subsidies requested by Tesla in just 72 hours. Canadian officials have also barred Tesla from iZEV incentives until the U.S. backs off tariffs. Tesla is America's electric car juggernaut; a domestic force…

This Tesla Model Y has a little under 100,000 miles on the clock. Despite the relatively low mileage, the battery pack has a higher-than-average degradation. Electric vehicle batteries are pretty robust these days, with multiple studies showing that the high-voltage packs powering modern EVs will last way longer than originally thought. That said, every once…