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General Motors on Tuesday said it’s planning to become the world’s first automaker to use lithium-manganese-rich (LMR) batteries in production trucks and full-size SUVs starting in 2028. The new chemistry marks a major pivot, not just from today’s nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) and lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) batteries, but also from pouch cells GM…

Volkswagen has been trying to adjust its EV aspirations. It may have stumbled out of the gate with the middling ID.3 and ID.4, and its flailing software arm, but it really is trying to right the ship here. It’s partnered with Xpeng and Rivian for better in-car software, while continuously…

Twenty years ago, Ford CEO Alan Mulally revitalized the company in part through his "One Ford" strategy. It saw the Blue Oval doubling down on its global ambitions while reducing the number of disparate vehicles for different markets. It seemed like the natural course for what was then a hyper-globalized…

If you've ever driven a gas car with Auto Start-Stop (AST) tech, you know just how annoying it can be. You roll to a stop and after a slight delay, the RPMs drop to zero until you let your foot off the brake and the engine quickly roars back to…

General Motors and Korean battery giant LG Energy Solution have jointly developed a new lithium manganese rich (LMR) battery chemistry that promises to extend driving range and lower the cost of electric trucks. The new batteries will debut on GM’s models in 2028.

China has been pumping out some pretty sweet EVs lately. They're cheap, packed with boatloads of tech, and are arguably a pretty amazing value proposition for the money. It's kind of obvious why U.S. automakers are worried about the thought of these cars ever hitting the U.S. market.

If you were yearning for an improved Toyota bZ4x, the automaker has just answered your prayers. After showcasing the upgraded electric crossover in Europe early this year, Toyota has confirmed that those changes are also headed to the U.S.

This is the new Audi E-Tron GT Quattro, the cheapest version of the four-door electric grand tourer. As you might imagine, a smaller price tag inevitably leads to some drawbacks, but in the case of the new base-spec E-Tron GT, things are not as bad as they might seem.

The National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA) has sent Tesla a comprehensive list of questions regarding the automaker’s robotaxi rollout. Specifically, federal safety investigators want to know how Tesla’s so-called Full-Self Driving (Supervised) advanced driver assistance system operates in poor weather conditions, such as “sun glare, fog, airborne dust, rain, or…

If you've been dreaming of an EV that costs less than the average family's income, Slate's got you covered for the low starting price of under $20,000 after federal incentives, assuming those are still around when it launches. That puts it within reach of far more buyers than expensive electric…

The U.S. House Of Representatives took the first step toward repealing the $7,500 federal clean vehicle tax credit Monday. The Ways and Means Committee introduced a bill that would kill it after 2026, with the federal $4,000 used clean vehicle tax credit going away at the end of this year.