Test drive: 2022 Toyota Avalon Hybrid exits in 43-mpg goodness

2022 Toyota Avalon Hybrid XSE NightshadeThe 2022 Toyota Avalon Hybrid, like the one I drove some weeks ago, marks the end of an era. Toyota has indicated that sedans aren’t dead at all, and it plans to offer a range of them for the foreseeable future. So Toyota is putting effort into having them evolve with the times. The Avalon’s replacement, the Toyota Crown, pivots to…
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Honda e:N2 Concept previews EV look for China, perhaps beyond

Honda e:N2 conceptA new Honda concept car previews the styling for future Honda EVs in China. Unveiled at the Fifth China International Import Expo, the Honda e:N2 concept previews future models in Honda’s Chinese-market e:N line, which launched earlier this year with the e:NS1 and e:NP1 crossovers. Honda plans to launch 10 e:N models by 2027. The e:N2 concept…
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Porsche 99X Electric is set for faster Formula E races

Porsche 99X Electric Gen3 Formula E race car revealedFormula E debuts its Gen3 electric race car for the 2023 season. While the official template was revealed earlier this year, Porsche on Monday became the first automaker to reveal its Gen3 racer, and it provided a more in-depth look at the differences between its 99X Electric racer and the outgoing Gen2 cars. To start, the Gen3 car gets a power…
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Subaru likely won't build EVs in the US, citing labor costs

2023 Subaru SolterraSubaru is unlikely to follow other automakers in moving EV production to the United States to align with new tax-credit rules, according to a recent Automotive News report. And the automaker is blaming, among other things, McDonald’s. The recently passed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) makes U.S. assembly one of the requirements for the full $7,500…
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Review: 2023 BMW i7 EV cribs gas 7-Series, emerges shockingly good

2023 BMW i7 xDrive60The 2023 BMW i7 is a revelation. For the first time in 10 years, a legacy automaker has produced a large electric luxury sedan that takes the segment into the modern age—and is conclusively better than its gasoline counterpart. The feat is even more remarkable because the i7 is an adaptation of the gasoline-powered 7 Series, BMW’s…
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Saudi Arabia launches EV brand with Foxconn, using BMW components

BMW i4 production and technologySaudi Arabia doesn’t have much history of car manufacturing, but the nation plans to launch an EV brand with help from BMW and Foxconn. Called Ceer, the brand is a joint venture between the Public Investment Fund (PIF), Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, and Apple iPhone contract manufacturer Foxconn, and will license components from BMW…
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Fisker plans to share EV platforms, sell emissions credits

Fisker Wallbox home chargerFisker plans to share EV platforms with other automakers, as well as explore selling emissions credits, the company revealed in its third-quarter financial results update. “Fisker has begun preliminary discussions with large global OEMs and businesses to explore sharing both Ocean and Pear platforms, joint U.S. manufacturing, and future sales of…
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Lucid Gravity SUV update due Nov. 15 at Air lineup launch

Lucid Air base modelLucid on Thursday confirmed that it plans to show its more affordable Air Pure and Air Touring models with a virtual event on November 15 and a corresponding live reveal at the brand’s store in Beverly Hills, California. Also at this event it will present an update on the Project Gravity SUV that is built on the same suite of…
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Review: 2023 Nissan Ariya turns over a new Leaf for brand

2023 Nissan AriyaThe 2023 Nissan Ariya not only represents the best new ground-up Nissan in years, it also reorients a brand that has seemed adrift since its erstwhile leader, Carlos Ghosn, ran afoul of the law. Yet the electric crossover is not without its problems, most notably in the recurring delays keeping it from the starting line. Timing might not be…
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Coffee grounds could help make biodiesel, offset fossil fuel

Coffee groundsInstead of going in the trash or, perhaps, a compost heap, a new study proposes that used coffee grounds could help feed biodiesel-producing algae. Published in the journal Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, the study was first spotted by New Atlas, which noted that coffee grounds can already be turned into biofuel—no algae necessary…
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