Last week, Lyft suddenly announced that its cofounders, president Logan Green and CEO John Zimmer, would step away from the ride-hailing company after 11 years. David Risher, a former executive at Microsoft and Amazon who has been on Lyft’s board since 2021, will take the helm later this month. Lyft’s C-suite shuffle was sudden,…

California-based e-bike company Super73 has been shaking up the electric bicycle market since 2016 with its unique and unconventional two-wheelers. Unlike the standard electric bicycle, Super73's offerings borrowed heavily from the styling of motorbikes, and enthralled enthusiasts with their throwback styling.  Now more than ever, electric bikes are gaining popularity among folks of all…

The 2023 Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid adds a second and more economical powertrain to the compact SUV that debuted last year. Dropping Toyota’s well-proven and fuel-efficient hybrid system into the Corolla Cross boosts fuel efficiency to an estimated 42 mpg combined, against the 30 mpg combined of the standard AWD model. All hybrid versions of…

During the first quarter of 2023, Audi sold in the United States 52,763 cars (up 49 percent year-over-year from a relatively low base). Out of that, 4,438 cars happen to be all-electric. That's a 36 percent increase year-over-year and 8.4 percent of the total volume. That's not bad, considering that the lineup of…

The 2023 Toyota Prius Prime is a plug-in hybrid version of the conventional 2023 Prius hybrid launched earlier this year. It shares that car’s striking new shape, the one that wowed reviewers and shoppers.  The Prime adds a much larger battery that can be plugged into the grid to recharge—giving it an estimated EPA combined…

In March, the total sales of Ford and Lincoln vehicles in the United States increased by 7.9 percent year-over-year to 171,944, while in Q1 sales amounted to 475,906 (10 percent more than a year ago). Results in March and year-to-date: Ford sales: 164,977 (up 8.7%) and 456,972 (up 10.7%) Lincoln sales:…

Obsessive wind-tunnel work—of the sort that used to be reserved for racing and supercars—has become an essential in building modern electric vehicles like the Volkswagen ID.7. Aero can go a long way toward accelerating EV adoption. It isn’t just the key to more miles of range and better efficiency. It helps keep battery packs smaller,…

Ford is on track to reach the ambitious goals of manufacturing up to 600,000 electric vehicles by the end of this year and more than 2 million by the end of 2026, its 2023 Integrated Sustainability And Financial Report shows. After announcing investments of over $50 billion in its facilities around the world from…

Did a big Tesla price hike help the world’s biggest maker of only electric vehicles get back on track with sales and growth? The short answer by the numbers appears to be: yes and no.  Tesla on Sunday reported that it delivered 422,875 vehicles over the first quarter of 2023. While that total was…

Elon Musk is Chief Executive Officer of both Tesla and Twitter. Since Tesla has no marketing or PR department, its CEO has long used the social media platform to respond to criticism, make company announcements, and, well, publish a whole lot of other nonsense. Perhaps the best,  most useful intersection of Musk's two companies, though,…