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  • Reasonably Priced EV Luxury: The Q6 E-Tron Undercuts Competition

    Reasonably Priced EV Luxury: The Q6 E-Tron Undercuts Competition

    Less expensive than its German competitors, the 2025 Audi Q6 E-Tron offers 302 horsepower to control—422 HP if you get all-wheel-drive. RWD version gets 321-mile range. Do you like the idea of a luxury, electric, midsize SUV in a Teutonic flavor, but the Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV ($77,900), Porsche Macan Electric ($75,300) and the admittedly larger…

  • Shock the World with the New Silverado EV!

    Shock the World with the New Silverado EV!

    The 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV RST cleverly combines electric vehicle strengths with pick-up truck utility. But owning one takes a big chunk of change! What’s GoodBig power. Easy power. Silent power. Functions as a rolling generator to power up to 10kW worth of stuff. Lots of useful tech too. What Could ImproveMassive, 205 kWh battery…

  • Stunning the Crowd! See this Futuristic New Acura!

    Stunning the Crowd! See this Futuristic New Acura!

    The Acura Performance EV Concept points towards the performance brand’s latest design language and a new model built from a new EV platform. Last month, Acura debuted the Performance EV Concept in California. But earlier today, they invited me to a studio outside of Detroit to take a good close look.  It’s quite cool. It’s…

  • Look! The Electric Porsche Macan Heads to the U.S.!

    Look! The Electric Porsche Macan Heads to the U.S.!

    For 2025, the second-generation Porsche Macan grows and eschews internal combustion, opting for two electric motors and a 100 kWh battery pack. On the 25th of January 2024, Porsche revealed the second-generation, 2025 Porsche Macan crossover SUV. It marks the Stuttgart brand’s first battery-electric SUV and second ever BEV, after the Taycan that arrived in…

  • Feast Your Eyes! It’s the 2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ

    Feast Your Eyes! It’s the 2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ

    A massive 200 kWh battery pack delivers up to 450 miles of range. Two electric motors provide up to 750 horsepower and AWD. And a 12 cubic foot frunk will win all arguments at the bar. As Cadillac’s fast-moving transition to selling only EV products continues, we just got a big one: The brands first…

  • Polestar’s New SUV Climbs the Hill at Goodwood!

    Polestar’s New SUV Climbs the Hill at Goodwood!

    The Polestar 3, which arrives in the U.S. in the second quarter of 2024 is the Swedish EV brand’s first crossover SUV and packs more than 500 HP. Polestar continues to grow its lineup. In addition to the already existing Polestar 1 and 2, the electric vehicle brand from Volvo will sell its first crossover…