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Auto review: Volvo V60 may be the best car of 2024
Volvo vehicles are easily the most lauded and endorsed in Grasso’s Garage, and for good reason. Their easy display of comfort and luxury is always surprising to me, but their design stands out the most.
Appeal is in the eye of the beholder, and this week’s tester, the Volvo V60 Recharge confirms this because, in our eyes, its appeal, ...Read more
US House passes bill tightening China restrictions for EV tax credit
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday that would tighten requirements around Chinese business ties in determining which electric vehicles qualify for $7,500 federal tax credits upon purchase.
Debate for the bill, which passed along a mostly party-line 217 to 189 vote, was contentious. It set members of the ...Read more
Stellantis spending $406 million for EVs, hybrids across 3 Michigan plants
Stellantis NV said Wednesday it's investing $406 million across three Michigan plants as it gears up to add more electric vehicles and hybrids to its lineups.
The maker of Dodge, Chrysler, Jeep and Ram said the investments are happening at the Sterling Heights Assembly Plant, the Warren Truck Assembly Plant, and the Dundee Engine Plant, and ...Read more
Eric's Autos: 2025 Mazda CX-70
The trend has been to install smaller engines in place of larger engines -- and to charge people more for what they're not getting anymore.
It's nice to see Mazda bucking that trend.
Last year, they brought out a new six-cylinder engine -- rather than a new turbocharged four-cylinder engine. And they put it in a new crossover (the CX-...Read more
Motormouth: Trouble codes
Q: My Jeep was in my garage for 8 months without being started. Of course, the battery died. I am due for a state inspection sticker soon. A mechanic said there is nothing to test because the dead battery erased all info. I was told I need to drive it for 100 miles to get new data for testing. What should I do before I bring it into the station?...Read more
NHTSA proposes new rule to protect pedestrians from front-end crashes
WASHINGTON — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Monday it has proposed new standards meant to reduce harm from vehicle-to-pedestrian crashes.
The standards, if enacted, would apply to all vehicles with a gross weight of 10,000 pounds or less — a cap that includes every new consumer vehicle currently sold in the United ...Read more
Auto review: The 2024 Mercedes-Benz eSprinter electric van is a barn-dominium that hauls big loads
So, my friend asks, “Hey, Casey, what are you driving this week?”
To which I reply, “One of the new Mercedes electric vehicles.”
“Is it roomy?”
“Oh, yeah, lots of space. It’s like a bus inside!”
My daughter overhears this conversation as we’re rushing out the door to my dentist appointment. I’m sure she imagines her ...Read more
UAW's tall task: Rebuilding its political power to boost Harris campaign
WASHINGTON — Just over a decade ago, the United Auto Workers union was instrumental in delivering a resounding Michigan victory for former President Barack Obama in his successful 2012 reelection bid.
UAW officials, then-union President Bob King recalled, received personal thanks for their organizing efforts by Obama and two of his key ...Read more
Auto review: 2024 Revuelto: an electrifying raging bull from Lamborghini
The 2024 Lamborghini Revuelto may be the supercar brand’s first hybrid — and a plug-in hybrid at that — but you’ll never mistake it for a Prius, thank goodness. For the 2024 Lamborghini Revuelto retains wildly classic Lamborghini traits, even as it takes its initial step toward electrification. And, being Lamborghini, it’s little ...Read more
Auto review: 2025 Infiniti QX80 inspires luxury sticker shock
When Infiniti entered Grasso’s Garage in the past, we were excited that the brand’s models exceeded expectations while still maintaining an appropriate price point. With traces of Nissan design are still evident in the 2025 Infiniti QX80 Autograph, we recognized nicely apportioned accouterments. But brace yourself, this one is going to hit ...Read more
Auto review: Affordable Jetta vast, fast, and (at last) fetching
HELL, Michigan — The VW Jetta GLI has long lived in the shadow of its sibling, the OG hot hatch Golf GTI. No more.
With a dramatic refresh for the 2025 model year, the once-frumpy GLI is now a lean, mean, fighting machine.
A lean Golf-like fascia has replaced the previous bulbous, Shrek-like nose. The lower red front lip curls with a sense ...Read more
Why public EV chargers almost never work as fast as promised
For EV drivers traversing the great state of Wyoming, the Smith’s grocery store in Rock Springs is an oasis. It’s just off I-80, there’s a Petco across the street, and it has six plugs promising to charge at 350 kilowatts. At that rate, a Tesla Model 3 could go from empty to full in the time it takes to hit the bathroom and grab a Snickers...Read more
Workers at GM-LG battery plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee join UAW
Workers at the General Motors Co. and LG Energy Solution joint-venture Ultium Cells LLC battery plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee, are joining the United Auto Workers, the union said Wednesday.
A majority of the 1,000 workers at the plant — the second such Ultium Cells facility in the country — signed cards to join the UAW and the company ...Read more
Florida falls short on EV chargers. So why is state sitting on millions to install them?
MIAMI — Outside the Walmart parking lot in Hialeah, a chic young woman smoking a skinny cigarette waited next to her brand-new electric Porsche Taycan, painted an equally chic pale pink color the automaker calls “frozen berry.”
The woman, who would give her name only as Tang P, had driven 25 minutes from downtown Miami to find the closest...Read more
Hyundai shows off new EV model built at soon-to-open Georgia factory
SAVANNAH, Georgia ― With a tug on a drape, Hyundai on Tuesday unveiled the electric vehicle currently under test production at its assembly facility near Georgia’s coast.
The South Korean automaker debuted the 2025 IONIQ 5 during an event at a Savannah dealership. The EV is one of the first manufactured at Hyundai’s massive, 16-million-...Read more
Motormouth: Mysterious gas gauge problem
Q: Love my 2020 Chevy Blazer! Fast and stylish. But I have had this constant issue with the gas gauge going from half full and increasing as I drive, then it drops to empty. I brought it to a dealer many times. Their excuse was "we cannot replicate the problem with our diagnosis systems." Well heck no, it happens if I am on the road and then ...Read more
UAW-Stellantis faceoff over Belvidere plant's future centers on a single contract sentence
One sentence in a contract document that runs more than 300 pages is drawing scrutiny as the United Auto Workers warns it could strike Stellantis NV over the automaker’s delays reopening the Belvidere Assembly Plant in Illinois.
The language says that the company’s investments and employment levels are “contingent upon plant performance, ...Read more
Eric's Autos: 2024 Lexus GX550
When Toyota brought back the Land Cruiser this year, it no longer came standard with a V8. It now comes only with a turbo-hybridized four.
If you'd like something more than that -- as well as less -- Lexus has it.
The new GX550 is a premium-badged (and slightly larger) iteration of the new Land Cruiser that comes standard with a ...Read more
California adds 24,000 charging stations in the first half of 2024
If California is going to hit its ambitious electric vehicle targets, drivers need to know there will be plenty of charging stations nearby. State officials just released statistics showing that in the first half of this year, the Golden State added more than 24,000 chargers available to the public.
That means the number of charging stations in...Read more
New cars cost too much? Consumer Reports offers used model 'top picks'. Here's the top 10
At a time when average new-vehicle prices near $50,000 are pushing more shoppers to consider the used market, Consumer Reports is releasing brand reliability ratings and "top picks" of pre-owned models for the first time.
The consumer advocacy nonprofit, which is providing used car-specific insights available at ConsumerReports.org/usedcars, on...Read more
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