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Mazda plans to launch a new line of bespoke, in-house-developed electric vehicles, and the first will arrive in 2027. The batteries that will power its new EVs will come from a factory currently that will be built in the Yamaguchi Prefecture in Japan, with Panasonic as a technology partner and…

Electric cars may not be practical for everyone yet, but a plug-in hybrid Toyota Prius Prime may be the next best thing. The Prius Prime offers a substantial EV-only range for everyday driving. It’s still efficient when the battery drains, operating like a conventional Prius. And it’s available for a…

A year ago, at CES, Honda kicked off the year shocking everyone with a wedge-shaped EV concept that it called the “0-series.” This all-black, twin-gullwing concept car was said to be a preview of Honda’s full self-developed EV efforts, unlike the GM-based Honda Prologue meant to be a stopgap until…

Long before there was Optimus, there was Asimo. 

Volvo announced last year that it had delayed its goal to go fully electric by the end of the decade. The way things are going, it may well have stuck to the original plan.

Toyota has spent nearly 30 years positioning itself as a leader in "green" cars on the strengths of its fuel-sipping hybrid technology, which has now spread across almost its entire family of vehicles. The same cannot be said of its approach to fully electric cars, however. Its small family of…

With software-defined vehicles (SDVs), automakers are facing the daunting task of breaking down the information overload on screens into small, easy-to-understand chunks. Battery status, charging status, route planning, ADAS, media, entertainment... there's just too much to unpack. These screens are contributing to increased driver distraction, according to America's top auto…

Here's a question: How much is playing Fortnite natively in your car really worth it?

As the automotive industry braces for an uncertain future, consolidation of big players who were once vicious competitors is all but inevitable. Yet before a battered and diminished Nissan sought out a partner to merge with, its biggest historical competitor Toyota was never on the menu.

No car company wants to be simply a "car company" anymore. The future—however far-off that may be—is about advanced software, electrification, automated driving systems, flying vehicles, personal mobility devices and more. Nowhere is that more apparent than CES, where promises are big but expectations for reality should be tempered. 

Right now, China’s electric vehicle sector is delivering a generation of new cars so high-tech that they make some of the best rides in America look like whatever hooptie you drove in high school. They’re electric, filled with screens and software features, and connected. Here’s a great example: the Xiaomi…