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Ram announced on Wednesday that the 1500 REV will now arrive in 2026, a year later than originally promised when the electric full-size pickup truck was unveiled in early 2023. Instead, Ram will focus initially on the 1500 Ramcharger series plug-in hybrid, with order books for that model set to open in the first halfContinue reading “Ram punts 1500 REV electric truck to 2026”

The 2025 Toyota Tacoma features few changes following 2024’s redesign The popular midsize pickup truck continues to offer the choice of gas and hybrid powertrains The 2025 Tacoma arrives at dealerships in the winter with a starting price of $33,085, including destination The Toyota Tacoma was redesigned for 2024, so for the second year ofContinue reading “2025 Toyota Tacoma adds new details for TRD Pro, Trailhunter”

The Porsche Macan Electric is a Motor Authority Best Car To Buy 2025 finalist The Macan Electric’s handlng delivers on its Porsche promise Prices start at $77,295 and range up to $107,295 The Macan Electric marks an important change for Porsche, transforming its second best seller from gas power into an EV that brings aContinue reading “Porsche Macan Electric: Motor Authority Best Car To Buy 2025 finalist”

Honda announced a next-generation hybrid powertrain due for launch in 2025 The powertrain is designed to run either a 1.5- or 2.0-liter inline-4 as its gas component The first application will be a modern Prelude Honda on Wednesday provided the first details on its next-generation hybrid powertrain, set to roll out from 2025, starting withContinue reading “All next-gen Honda hybrids to have Honda S+ Shift”

Mercedes-Benz’s MBUX voice assistant enhanced with AI can deliver accurate and up-to-date responses to a broad array of questions The new functionality relies on Microsoft’s Bing search engine and ChatGPT generative AI Mercedes plans to further leverage AI to deliver an even more personalized experience in the near future Starting this week…

Honda and Nissan are close to starting merger talks, according to a report from Japan Any successful merger could potentially lead to Mitsubishi also joining the party Nissan, in particular, is struggling, and an insider recently warned the automaker only has 12–14 months to survive Two of Japan’s biggest automakers could merge to form a…

BMW to Present the New BMW Panoramic iDrive User Interface During 2025 CES Actor and comedian Tim Meadows has been hired to help present the user interface BMW Panoramic iDrive will first feature in BMW’s Neue Klasse family of EVs, the first member of which is due in 2025 BMW will use the 2025 ConsumerContinue reading “BMW Panoramic iDrive: Next-gen user interface set for 2025 CES”

The current seventh-generation S-Class is about to receive a mid-cycle update A prototype for the updated Maybach S-Class variant has been spotted A redesigned S-Class is expected by the end of the decade with gas and electric options Mercedes-Benz is working on a mid-cycle refresh for its S-Class, and the latest prototype to be spottedContinue reading “2026 Mercedes-Benz Maybach S-Class spied with updates”

The Honda Prelude will return to the U.S. by late 2025, Honda announced on Tuesday. The car, which will likely arrive as a 2026 model given the timing, will be a production version of the Prelude concept rolled out at the 2023 Tokyo auto show, and it will retain the show car’s hybrid powertrain. PrototypesContinue reading “Honda Prelude to return to US in 2025 as a hybrid”

Market debut of new platform set to also underpin Q6 Sportback, A6 sedan Audi SQ6 E-Tron does 0-60 mph in 4.1 seconds, from 509-hp dual-motor system Gets an EPA-rated 275 miles in SQ6 E-Tron, up to 321 miles for base Q6 E-Tron Audi has always leaned into performance. Its vehicles have always been at theirContinue reading “Review: 2025 Audi SQ6 E-Tron tunes into the driver”