Costco is known for its massive warehouses full of bulk consumer products and well-priced appliances, but nestled between discounted 24-packs of paper towel and giant boxes of trail mix, you’ll find something even better; cars. New York Joins California, Banning Non-Electric Vehicles After 2035 Costco members are eligible for discounts on new cars, which is … Read more
Buying a used EV or hybrid can be risky since there is no way to truly know the health and potential remaining longevity of these cars’ integral batteries. Or, at least that was the case until recently. A new product called vsNEW is currently aimed at dealers, but the team is considering making it publicly … Read more
Photo: Logan Carter/Jalopnik When the Volkswagen ID 4 was first introduced, it withstood serious criticism for a variety of reasons, but the one feature that everyone seemed to have a hatred for was its infotainment system, with a special deluxe level of disdain for the car’s unilluminated touch-sensitive climate control and volume sliders. – Logan … Read more
One of the downsides of owning an EV is that you know your battery is degrading over time, but, you can’t really know how much. There are ways to arrive at estimates, but until now, there hasn’t been a definitive way to test it. Well, Jalopnik has been given access to a new system that … Read more
Happy Friday! You made it through another week to reach February 9, 2024, and one final installment of The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Read more… FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article … Read more
Photo: Tesla Earlier this week we asked readers to tell us what new cars look most suspect as far as reliability goes. The usual cars from historically (or anecdotally) unreliable brands, including Jaguar, Land Rover and Fiat made the list, but there were some surprises, too. Readers say modern cars are so complex and dependent … Read more
2024 Chevrolet Corvette E-RayImage: Chevrolet With demand for EVs flaggin, it seems hybrids may be set for a resurgence. CNBC reports that GM CEO Mary Barra has revealed the automaker is planning to bring plug-in hybrid models to market. New York Joins California, Banning Non-Electric Vehicles After 2035 In a Q4 earnings call with investors, … Read more
GM is all in on electric vehicles. Through 2025, the company plans to spend some $35 billion on bringing more EVs to market. While that plan has had a bit of a rough start, GM’s dealers are thinking about a segment GM has essentially abandoned: hybrids. New York Joins California, Banning Non-Electric Vehicles After 2035 … Read more
Image: Polestar There has been a lot of doom and gloom about EV adoption slowing down in the U.S. market lately. Sure, the electric segment hasn’t exploded here like it has in other countries, but just under 1.2 million new EVs were sold in 2023, and that’s nothing to sneeze at. A record 7.6 percent … Read more
When the world shut down in early 2020, the whole idea of “driving a car” ground to a halt for a lot of people. All those hours that would’ve been spent commuting, stuck in traffic, were now spent at home nurturing sourdough starter. But while the amount Americans drive has yet to reach the heights of … Read more
