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Auto review: 2025 GMC Hummer SUV is electrifyingly large and in charge

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There’s an irony in the Hummer nameplate being brought back as a battery-electric sub-brand of the GMC family. Given its extreme bulk, there’s a sense of GM executives paying penance for the brand’s previous gas-guzzling ways.

And despite what GMC has said since Hummer returned from purgatory, this is NOT GMC’s “first ever” EV. Not ...Read more

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How future cars could power homes in California

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Electric vehicles provide energy storage, on wheels. But until now, this has been an untapped resource, unable to help shore up the power grid and back up homes and businesses during outages.

Last weekend, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a new law that will help harness that energy. SB 59, proposed by State Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, ...Read more

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Henry Payne: How Honda is going hybrid in racing and production

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NASHVILLE — Win on Sunday, sell on Monday.

Honda’s first hybrid IndyCar won big at the season finale here at the Big Michigan Music City Grand Prix Sept. 15 as Colton Herta took the checkered flag first — and Alex Palou clinched the overall driver's championship. And for customers who want a hybrid Honda of their own for the street, 2025 ...Read more

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Auto review: 2024 Subaru BRZ is entry level fun

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As Subaru has been absent from Grasso’s Garage, we have witnessed a slew of convertibles which are ready to enjoy fun in the sun. But today, we see a different kind of fun, and that is without the sun. I give you the 2024 Subaru BRZ-tS, Subaru’s rear wheel drive, two-door coupe.

Powered with a 2.4-liter horizontal-opposed DOHC engine with a...Read more

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Cadillac Vistiq to be built at Tennessee plant, more news coming 'later this year'

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General Motors Co. will build its coming all-electric three-row Cadillac SUV, the Vistiq, at its Spring Hill, Tennessee, plant where the smaller Cadillac Lyriq electric SUV is already produced, the automaker said this week.

The luxury brand has two new EVs coming soon with production of the 2025 Optiq SUV starting later this fall at the Ramos ...Read more

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Stellantis CEO mulls exiting after contract ends in 2026

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In his first public comments since Stellantis NV confirmed it had started searching for his successor, Chief Executive Officer Carlos Tavares signaled he’s open to leaving the automaker just over a year from now.

Leaving when his contract expires in early 2026 is “one option,” Tavares told reporters Thursday at a press conference in ...Read more

The future of EV Charging looks a lot like an airport lounge

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Charging an electric vehicle in the future increasingly looks like an experience somewhere between a truck stop and an airport lounge.

Most public chargers sit in parking lots, often three or four machines along the side of a hotel or grocery store. Drivers are exposed to the elements and — unless they need to go shopping — are basically ...Read more

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Stellantis sales declined in the third quarter. This is how much

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Stellantis NV's U.S. sales fell 20% in the third quarter compared to the same period last year with all of its major brands — Jeep, Ram, Chrysler and Dodge — dropping.

The transatlantic automaker sold 305,294 vehicles in the United States in July, August and September, compared to 380,563 in the same period a year ago.

The decline comes as...Read more

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Ford ekes out Q3 sales growth, but falls behind GM in EV sales

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Ford Motor Co.'s U.S. sales grew less than 1% year-over-year in the third quarter, and General Motors Co. overtook it in electric vehicle sales.

Ford sold 504,039 vehicles in the July-through-September quarter, up 0.7%, compared to last year's 500,504 vehicles. Hybrid sales grew by 38%, and EVs were up 12%, while gas- and diesel-fueled vehicles...Read more

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History casts doubt on Donald Trump's auto industry promises

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Former President Donald Trump has been promising Michigan voters this fall that he can revive the state's auto industry and return it to "greatness," but the Republican nominee failed to fully deliver on similar guarantees, made eight years ago, before his first term in the White House.

On Friday night, Trump told a crowd at Macomb Community ...Read more

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Game on: Automakers expand video entertainment options in vehicles

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TROY, Michigan — The automotive industry is flipping on its head a long tradition of car racing video games by bringing the gaming experience into the vehicles.

Collect virtual coins with an augmented-reality car projected onto the live camera feed from the vehicle, play Uno through the infotainment screen or connect a Bluetooth controller ...Read more

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Ford cuts pricing on BlueCruise subscriptions, adds one-time payment option

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Ford Motor Co. has slashed the cost of its BlueCruise hands-free highway driving subscription and added a new one-time purchase option.

The Dearborn, Michigan, automaker has been increasing the availability of BlueCruise in its lineup — technology it says can reduce driver fatigue and offer the company recurring revenue and contact with ...Read more

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Jeep owner Stellantis warns of fire risk in 200,000 plug-in SUVs

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Stellantis NV warned that nearly 200,000 plug-in hybrid Jeep SUVs worldwide may be at risk of catching fire.

The carmaker is recalling roughly 154,000 late-model Wrangler 4xe and Grand Cherokee 4xe SUVs in the U.S. over the flaw, the automaker said in a statement on Monday. An estimated 14,038 vehicles in Canada are also affected, plus 673 in ...Read more

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GM's Cruise gets more oversight after robotaxi dragging incident

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General Motors Co.’s robotaxi company will undergo tougher oversight and pay a fine to settle claims by U.S. auto safety regulators that it failed to properly disclose information about a crash involving one of its cars that struck and dragged a pedestrian last fall.

GM’s Cruise LLC unit must pay a $1.5 million civil penalty, submit regular...Read more

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Stellantis lowers 2024 outlook, accelerates inventory reductions

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Stellantis NV on Monday lowered its annual financial guidance for the year and said it was accelerating actions to reduce U.S. inventories as sales struggle.

The transatlantic automaker is forecasting an adjusted operating income margin of 5.5% to 7% for the year, down from the expected double-digit projection. Roughly two-thirds of the reduced...Read more

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Ford to cover cost of home charger, installation for EV buyers through end of year

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In an effort to boost sales, Ford Motor Co. will cover the cost of a home charging station and its installation starting Tuesday through the end of the year for customers who buy or lease a new electric vehicle.

EV sales aren't growing as quickly as the industry had expected. Affordability, availability of charging infrastructure, battery ...Read more

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Motormouth: Swivel seats?

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Q: Back in the ‘70s, Oldsmobile had a number of models with swivel bucket seats. Now that I am 80, where are these seats? It would be a lot easier for old folks to get in and out of their car.

M.B., Syracuse, New York

A: The simplest and cheapest solution is a swivel seat cushion. You can find many on Amazon for under $50. Full replacement ...Read more

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Auto review: 2024 Acura MDX Type S is still a great flagship

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As it has been awhile since we reviewed an Acura vehicle in Grasso’s Garage, we made room in our busy schedule to test-drive the Acura MDX Type-S. It was more than worth the wait.

First, power at the driver’s command is considerable, as Acura sticks with what works best: the 355 horsepower 3.0-liter direct injection turbo 6-cylinder engine....Read more

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Auto review: A Honda Civic for everyone

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NASHVILLE, Tennessee — If I lived here in America’s Music City, I would buy a manual 2025 Honda Civic Si, move south of the city and take the twisted, vacant Natchez Trace Highway into work every day. SPORT mode. BWAAAUUWWWWW! Shift to 4th. BWAAAUUWWWWW! Downshift to 3rd with rev match. BWAP! Back on the throttle. BWAAAUUWWWWW! Glorious.

If...Read more

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Auto review: 2025 Polestar 3 is a Scandinavian sweetheart

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The battery-electric 2025 Polestar 3 is the Swedish brand’s first SUV, one that tips its stylistic hat to the Volvo XC40, albeit one that’s been squashed and lengthened. Lower and sportier in style than its Scandinavian cousin, it’s a long overdue stablemate to the somewhat stodgier Polestar 2, and one meant to take on such formidable ...Read more