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In its quest to get a million electric vehicles on the road by 2030, Illinois was counting on $148 million in federal funding to help build a statewide network of public EV chargers.

Now that funding has been frozen — and targeted for possible reduction or elimination — under a wide-ranging executive order that President Donald Trump signed...Read more

NEW ORLEANS — Stellantis NV executives on Saturday repeatedly apologized to dealers who suffered through dismal sales results much of last year, promising a bounce-back in 2025 through more consistent vehicle incentive programs, increased advertising, and several vehicle tweaks.

"We were all over the board last year on our product, our ...Read more

Q: Three nights in a row, I have seen a medicine commercial on TV that features a car with no nameplate of any kind, front, back or side. The car is obviously an orange 1964 and a half Mustang. (I should know because I had one in my early years only it was brown.) Why no name plates on the car? Is this going to be a trend of having no ...Read more

Buick has made great strides in recent years, and 2025 is no different. The division of General Motors has made exceptional revisions in the latest refresh of its flagship vehicle, the Enclave. Our 2025 Buick Enclave Sport Touring tester was outstanding, comfortable and nicely equipped. The redesign included an array of nicely chosen upgrades ...Read more

Shel Singh has gone all-in on electric vehicles in recent years. The 36-year-old business owner currently drives an electric Porsche. Before that, it was a Tesla.

But with President Trump working aggressively to reverse policies enacted by former President Biden intended to bolster the EV market and phase out gas-powered vehicles, he's starting...Read more

Cadillac is putting the V in EV.

General Motors Co.'s luxury brand is rolling out the first performance V-Series model in its electric lineup with the midsize, 2026 Cadillac Lyriq-V. Like its gasoline predecessors, the CT5-V and CT4-V sedans and Escalade-V SUV, the Lyriq-V will bring higher horsepower and a higher sticker price to the Lyriq.

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SAN ANTONIO, Texas — I’d like to start my review of the 2025 Volkswagen Taos subcompact SUV from the backseat.

It’s terrific. I can easily sit behind myself. I’m 6’5” and my knees don’t even touch the seatback in front of me. I can cross my legs, and my giraffe neck isn’t stuffed into the roof. In fact, I have plenty of headroom...Read more

It’s been a decade since the Nissan Murano was last redesigned, an eternity in the car business. As Nissan executives have been busy purging its top ranks of outside influence, be it foreign-born CEO Carlos Ghosn or overseas investors such as Renault, they have taken their eye off of what really matters: creating great vehicles.

Exhibit A: ...Read more

You’ve plugged your electric vehicle into your home charger and hit the sack. Overnight, high winds topple a power line. Your charger blacks out. Then, a report of a fire, followed by an evacuation order. Your battery’s only charged to 25%. And it’s your only car.

Such are the fears some California car buyers are expressing amid the fires...Read more

With the strides Colorado has made in adopting electric vehicles, state officials believe it’s “full speed ahead” on realizing state goals even if federal incentives are rolled back.

Colorado edged out California in the third quarter of 2024 to take the nation’s top spot for market share of new electric vehicles. A report said electric ...Read more

A top Stellantis NV executive told employees Wednesday that the automaker will build the next-generation Dodge Durango SUV in Detroit and a midsize pickup truck at the currently closed assembly plant in Belvidere, Illinois.

Both of those manufacturing sites had been mentioned in the company's 2023 contract with the United Auto Workers, but the ...Read more

Automotive product legend Hal Sperlich passed away Monday at 95, but his memory lives on in the millions of pony cars and minivans that ply our highways.

Sperlich was known as the father of two American icons, the Ford Mustang and Chrysler minivan. Colleagues remember him as one of the most significant product developers of his generation.

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Remember when what was once commonly referred to as a standard -- that is, a manual -- transmission was ... commonly standard? And automatics were generally optional, with the exception of luxury-brand (and "loaded") vehicles?

Fast-forward to the present. It isn't easy to find a manual transmission as an option -- in anything. Even the...Read more

President Donald Trump pledged in his inauguration speech to swiftly roll back what he has labeled the "electric vehicle mandate," or federal regulations that would've required increasingly strict vehicle emissions standards over the coming years.

Trump claimed the coming executive order — expected to be signed later Monday as part of a ...Read more

Donald Trump’s tariff threats stand to hurt American economic interests because they would disturb automotive supply chains where the U.S. is strong and drive up consumer prices, said the head of General Motors Co.’s Canadian unit.

“It is a disruption that is in no one’s interest, especially in the U.S.,” GM Canada President Kristian...Read more

Public charging for electric trucks — including the largest semi-trailers — is on the way in Illinois.

The state has landed a $100 million federal grant for the construction of 14 public charging stations for medium- and heavy-duty trucks.

Located at strategic points along major truck routes, the charging stations will have a total of 345 ...Read more

Q: I have a 2010 Nissan Altima 2.5S with 131,000 miles. For normal operation, the owner’s manual vaguely states that the transmission fluid should be “inspected” every 60,000 miles. Additionally, I do not see any recommendation to ever change the transmission fluid. Thus, my questions are (1) when inspecting the fluid, is there anything ...Read more

The nation's largest automotive lobby said Friday it's suing the Biden administration over a new automatic emergency braking rule adopted last year.

The Alliance for Automotive Innovation, which represents all major U.S. automakers except for Tesla Inc., filed the petition in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit against the U.S. ...Read more

As the smoke clears from devastating Los Angeles wildfires, efforts to clean up the affected areas are being complicated by burnt-out electric and hybrid vehicles and home-battery storage systems.

Lithium batteries from Tesla Inc., along with those from other carmakers, have added to the mix of toxic materials requiring specialized removal in ...Read more

As Porsche has been a staple in Grasso’s Garage for awhile now, due to their sportiness design and powertrains, the opportunity to add the Taycan EV to the fleet was a no brainer and the Taycan was born. Similar to our tester in October 2022, the Taycan was a powerhouse and easily outstanding. In this year’s test, things get even better.

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