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General Motors is just one among a growing number of automakers revising their electric vehicle plans due to slower than anticipated demand, particularly in North America. CEO Mary Barra shared more bad news this week. Production of electric pickups in Orion , Michigan—home of the Chevrolet Bolt EV until late …

The Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 is back and unsurprisingly more powerful than ever. However, we certainly didn’t expect this much power. Blessed not with an electrified powertrain but rather a twin-turbocharged, 5.5-litre DOHC flat-plane crank LT7 V8, which happens to feature a larger combustion chamber and completely revised intake system, the …

Owner satisfaction with new vehicles has rebounded after two years of unprecedented decline. And surprisingly, electric vehicles from other brands than Tesla are not only achieving all-time high satisfaction, but also surpassing Elon Musk’s company. That’s according to J.D. Power’s 2024 U.S. Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout (APEAL) Study, which …

Things are not going well for Stellantis, particularly in North America where declining sales, rising inventory and weak profit margins are starting to become a serious problem, not to mention the many recent changes in senior management. The world's fourth-largest automaker announced worse-than-expected results for the first half of 2024, …

Canadians are not letting high prices and interest rates prevent them from getting their hands on a new electric vehicle or plug-in hybrid —thanks to Ottawa. A total of 95,775 Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) claims were made by dealers on behalf of customers during the first half of 2024.

Tesla reported a hefty drop in second-quarter profits Tuesday due to the effect of price cuts while spending aggressively on autonomous driving and other technology. Elon Musk's electric vehicle company reported profits of $1.5 billion, down 45 percent, on revenues of $25.5 billion, which were up two percent behind an …

The sporty Honda Civic Si has largely been overshadowed by the sensational, high-performance Civic Type R over the past couple of years. The addition of a Civic Hybrid that’s just as powerful and a lot more fuel-efficient for 2025 won’t do it any good, either. Naturally, the recent update to …

The list of car companies scaling back their EV plans and ambitions due to the segment’s slower than expected growth keeps getting longer and longer. Porsche is the latest. In recent statements quoted by Reuters , the German sports car maker acknowledged that the transition to EVs is taking longer …