Ram will use the 2021 State Fair of Texas kicking off on Friday at Dallas’ Fair Park to present a trio of special-edition pickup trucks soon to be on offer for the 2022 model year. The highlight will be the 1500 TRX Ignition Edition which adds unique touches to the powerful pickup. It’s based on […] More
Porsche is out testing prototypes for an updated version of its Cayenne mid-size crossover. The popular performance crossver looks set to take on a radical—at least for Porsche—new look judging by the changes spotted on the prototypes. The front end has been completely revised and features new headlights with a flatter, more angular shape similar […] More
Ford on Wednesday announced plans to partner with Tesla co-founder J.B. Straubel’s Redwood Materials on battery recycling. The plan is for recycled materials to be fed back into the United States EV battery supply chain, creating a so-called “closed loop,” according to a Ford press release. This reduces costs, as well as the overall environmental […] More
Maserati is about to expand its lineup with a second crossover, the Grecale, which the automaker has confirmed will debut on November 16 in Milan, Italy. The Grecale will be a smaller sibling to the Levante, sharing its platform with the Alfa Romeo Stelvio crossover. That platform is the rear-wheel-drive design known as Giorgio, which […] More
Porsche used September’s Munich auto show to present a concept of an electric race car that could potentially form the basis of a zero-emission one-make race series around the middle of the decade. However, the automaker was also keen to point out that the concept, dubbed the Mission R, was about the size of a […] More
The days of spritely, adequately powered roadsters that can be maintained on a shoestring budget may be a thing of the past, but a consortium of firms in the U.K. are out to show that it doesn’t have to be this way. They worked together to produce the Aura concept, a modern take on the […] More
BMW never built a Z8 coupe, but if it did it might have looked something like the Oletha from a startup by the name of Smit Vehicle Engineering. The Oletha isn’t based on the Z8 convertible that BMW briefly built in the early 2000s. Instead, it has much humbler roots. Judging from the interior shots […] More
General Motors on Tuesday revealed more about the motors and propulsion systems that will power a generation of Ultium-based electric vehicles. Motor design and efficiency is an unsung hero in the drive for pushing EV range higher without having to upsize the battery—and the demand on charging infrastructure—so GM’s in-house-developed solutions could potentially help make […] More