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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

MINNEAPOLIS — Hell has frozen over. The Chevrolet Equinox is cool.

The brand’s compact-class SUV was a reliable flavor of vanilla its first three generations. For 2025, it’s added Chunky Monkey Peanut Butter Rocky Road Chocolate Crunch to the recipe. I suppose this was predictable. After all, the entry-level Chevy Trax was my 2024 Detroit...Read more

Ford Motor Co. is leaning into what it sees as an underserved market with a refresh on the Bronco Sport for 2025 with expanded availability of the Sasquatch off-road package, updates to its technology and new features to tackle adventures.

Since it launched for the 2021 model year, Bronco Sport has attracted buyers looking for an SUV capable of...Read more

As the Volkswagen Group has a large fleet of vehicles across its array of brands, the need for another SUV in the fleet is shocking, but in 2024 the VW Taos arrived in Grasso’s Garage for a slice of the review pie.

In hopes of competing with the Hyundai Kona and Kia Niro, Volkswagen delivers the Taos, a basic and plain subcompact SUV fit for ...Read more

You have to applaud the Hyundai executives and designers for the redesigned 2024 Hyundai Santa Fe, the company’s three-row crossover. In a market where bland design uniformity prevails, it stands apart, a brutalist breadbox that proudly proclaims its identity. There’s no mistaking it for anything else — except possibly as a Land Rover ...Read more

General Motors Co. is bringing its BrightDrop electric commercial vans under the Chevrolet brand in an effort to expand sales beyond delivery companies.

Since commercial customers pay close attention to the overall cost of ownership over the life of the vehicle, EV commercial sales have consistently been seen as a growth opportunity by ...Read more

General Motors Co. and Samsung SDI this week finalized a battery joint venture agreement that the companies announced in 2023, with the companies' plant in Indiana to open in 2027, a year later than originally planned.

GM and the South Korean battery supplier last year said they would build a multibillion-dollar battery cell manufacturing plant...Read more

Volvo used to be the go-to brand for safe vehicles that lasted a long time. Then everyone else began making "safe" vehicles, chiefly because the government was mandating that.

Other-brand vehicles also became as or even more reliable than Volvos used to be.

Now Volvo is making electric vehicles like the 2024 XC40 Recharge -- and ...Read more

Troubled electric vehicle maker Fisker Inc. has reached a settlement with creditors that will allow it to liquidate its assets while working with owners to keep their pricey SUVs on the road.

The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in June after failing to reach a strategic agreement with another automaker that could provide it ...Read more

Q: I recently ordered a new 2024 Ford F-150 crew cab. I am considering having a ceramic coat done by a local detail shop. They’re asking $3,200 and state that they’ll provide a lifetime warranty. Your thoughts on this product?

T.M., New Lenox, Illinois

A: It's good stuff. It had better be for that price! Even the best car wax products are ...Read more

General Motors Co.'s self-driving unit Cruise LLC and Uber Technologies LLC have entered a multiyear deal for customers to book autonomous Cruise robotaxis through the Uber platform, the companies said Thursday.

Cruise and Uber expect to launch the service in 2025 with Chevrolet Bolt-based autonomous vehicles. Specific details of the ...Read more

Authorities have identified the man killed in a Wednesday afternoon workplace incident at the Toledo, Ohio, Jeep factory as 53-year-old Antonio Gaston.

The Toledo resident was working in Stellantis NV's Toledo Assembly Complex plant that builds Gladiator pickups on Wednesday afternoon when the incident occurred, police said. United Auto Workers...Read more

You might think that the battery-electric 2024 Honda Prologue is a first for the brand. But it’s not. Honda has tried selling EVs before. But you can be forgiven if you don’t remember the Honda Clarity and Fit EVs.

But the Prologue is aptly named, as it’s the opening salvo in Honda’s aim to reach 500,000 North American EV sales by 2030,...Read more

As Porsche has always appealed to consumers in the under-40 age bracket, in 2002 they expanded their horizons with the release of the Cayenne, their first SUV to the market. Twenty-two years later, the Cayenne is still going strong and is as stout as ever. Our tester in Montego Blue offered a rare base-model powertrain review offering exactly ...Read more

The United Auto Workers has laid out a timeline that could see workers at some Stellantis NV plants go on strike as soon as mid-October if grievances over the automaker's reopening delays at the Belvidere Assembly Plant in Illinois go unresolved.

The planning timeline provided to UAW locals representing Stellantis plants shows an aggressive ...Read more

A person died Wednesday in a workplace incident at Stellantis NV's Toledo Assembly Complex in Ohio, which builds the Jeep Wrangler SUV and Gladiator pickup, authorities said.

Toledo police were called to the plant at 1:55 p.m. and the incident was under investigation, Lt. Paul Davis said. The Lucas County Coroner's Office said investigators ...Read more

Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday it's cutting capital expenditures in electric vehicles, delaying the launch of its next-generation all-electric pickup truck set to launch in Tennessee and has changed plans for a forthcoming three-row SUV to be hybrid, not all-electric.

EV sales are growing, but it's at a slower rate than what the industry had ...Read more

Stellantis NV has hired an executive from the electric vehicle maker Rivian Automotive Inc. to oversee its North American manufacturing operations, the transatlantic automaker said Tuesday.

Tim Fallon served as a vice president over manufacturing for Rivian since early 2022, and before that spent more than 16 years at Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. in ...Read more

Mazda's CX-30 has a couple of things going for it that most of its competitors either charge extra for -- or don't offer at all.

The CX-30 also hasn't got two things that are getting hard to avoid in a new crossover.

What It Is

The CX-30 is Mazda's compact, lowest-priced crossover. It differs from other small crossovers in that it ...Read more

Q: During a thunderstorm, my daughter's EV was plugged into the charger in the garage when lightning hit her house. It affected the car’s charger, her electric fence and all her outdoor lights by the pool. Her EV car (Ford Mustang) seems to be fine with another charger. Do EVs have surge protectors built in?

G.R., Virginia Beach, Virginia

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