Hertz's loss could be your gain.  Thanks to their nasty depreciation and high running costs, the rental giant had a bad time incorporating thousands more electric cars into its fleet. Now, it's offloading many of them—including tons of Teslas—at bargain-bin prices.  Hertz's EV blowout Hertz went big on…

Mercedes-Benz Cars reports 496,700 global passenger car sales during the second quarter of 2024, 4% less than a year ago and it was the fourth consecutive negative quarter. Unfortunately for the German brand, its all-electric car sales decreased even faster. In Q2, all-electric car sales of Mercedes-Benz and Smart, an electric-only brand, amounted to roughly…

The rear-wheel drive Tesla Model 3 Long Range has returned The Model 3 Long Range costs $42,490, which is $5,000 less than the AWD model Tesla says the Long Range Model 3 goes 363 miles—2 miles more than the Hyundai Ioniq 6 SE Tesla has added a rear-wheel drive Long Range version of the…

Tesla is playing a game of whodunnit. Someone—or someones—keeps stealing the company coffee mugs at the company's Gigafactory outside of Berlin, Germany, and the management isn't having it anymore. At a recent heated staff meeting where employees butted heads with management over recent unionization efforts, plant manager Andre Thierig told employees that he's tired of…

Spoiler alert: They’re all Toyotas. Need some traction for a snowy winter commute, on a tight budget? If so, one of the market’s low-priced, high-mpg all-wheel-drive hybrids may be your best bet.  There aren’t all that many all-wheel-drive hybrids to begin with. But if we set the cost ceiling in bargain territory by today’s…

It’s not an apples-to-apples comparison. Tesla, led by the world's richest and arguably one of the most influential men, is the world’s largest producer of battery electric vehicles. Rivian is a small California start-up experiencing a wobbly start to its EV journey, bleeding thousands of dollars behind every vehicle sold. But Tesla was there once…

The 2025 Audi Q5 S line TFSI e returns for the new model year with nearly no change, after receiving a more advanced active lane control system and a heated steering wheel last model year. Split among three trim levels, PHEV Q5 prices range from $59,795 to $67,995, including $1,295 in destination. That buys a…

Great news for anyone who missed the long-distance runner of the Model 3 family: Tesla has reintroduced the Long Range Rear-Wheel-Drive version of the Model 3 in the U.S. And with more range than ever at an EPA-estimated 363 miles, this Model 3 may juice sales at a time when Tesla could use the help.…

If you’ve been increasingly noticing an uptick in stainless steel trapezoids cruising around your neighborhood, there’s a reason for that. Tesla is steadily ramping up production and deliveries of the Cybertruck, and Kelley Blue Book (KBB) data suggests that it may now be the best-selling electric truck in America. We saw this coming. Earlier…

The Volkswagen Group, which includes Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche, Skoda, Seat, Cupra, and more, reported 2,243,700 global vehicle sales during the second quarter of 2024, a 3.8% decline compared to Q2 2023. Also, the first half of the year was negative at 4,348,000, down 0.6%. The company's all-electric vehicle sales recently stalled, which is a…