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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration, months after signaling it might gut the effort completely, unveiled plans on Monday to expedite a Biden-era program focused on building public electric vehicle chargers nationwide.

The U.S. Department of Transportation said it would alter requirements in the $5 billion National Electric Vehicle ...Read more

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — Ford Motor Co. on Monday said it will invest $2 billion in Louisville Assembly Plant here to build the first vehicle — a midsize truck — on its Universal EV Platform using a new manufacturing "assembly tree" more than a century after the invention of the moving assembly line.

It's a "Model T moment" for the Dearborn...Read more

Q: My Camry's backup camera does not work if it’s raining or snowy. Comes up disabled. Brought car into dealer. The response was that is how it works. Had an Avalon previously, and camera worked no matter what weather. Will Toyota ever have new software to rectify this as it is dangerous? I cannot see out of the back rear window as the rain ...Read more

General Motors Co. will import batteries from China for the upcoming electric Chevrolet Bolt as it works to get a U.S. plant up and running.

GM will buy lithium-iron-phosphate batteries from China's Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd., the Wall Street Journal first reported Thursday and a source close to the matter confirmed to The Detroit...Read more

Jeep plans to put a Hemi V-8 into more of its vehicles, and will continue offering the big engine in its top-end Wrangler 392 going forward after that trim was initially expected to come to an end by last year, brand CEO Bob Broderdorf said Thursday.

Jeep's plan to bring back the brawny engines to its SUV lineup mirrors Stellantis NV sibling ...Read more

Mr. T used to say, "I pity the fool." Let's add to that the one who must -- somehow -- design their crossover to stand out from all the other crossovers.

Well, one way to do that is to design it differently -- at least visually -- and that's what Hyundai did with the Santa Fe. It looks very much unlike all the other crossovers.

And more like a...Read more

The Volkswagen ID. Buzz is interesting in that it looks like the old VW Microbus of the '60s and '70s but is nothing like it.

This has its good -- and bad -- points.

What It Is

The ID. Buzz is a kind of visual reincarnation of the Microbus of the '60s and '70s that's entirely different in just about every other way. It has working heat and AC...Read more

When Toyota created Lexus, it did so not because people weren't buying Toyotas. It was done to get people who had more money to spend it on Toyotas.

But what will happen when Toyota-badged vehicles cost as nearly as much as Lexus-badged vehicles?

Will Toyota buyers pay Lexus money for them?

The success (or not) of the new Crown and Crown ...Read more

There used to be luxury brands. Most of them have morphed into luxury-sport brands. The distinction is important -- if you don't especially want a "sporty" ride but do very much want a luxurious one.

In that case, you may like the Lincoln Nautilus.

What It Is

The midsize Nautilus is a midsize crossover with two rows of seats, and like all of ...Read more

They say a bachelor's degree is what a high school degree used to be. In the same way, a 2500 is what a 1500 used to be -- in that most 2500s still come standard with a regular cab, an 8-foot bed and a V8 engine, all of which have become harder to find (and are usually optional) in new half-ton trucks.

You can also get a diesel in a ...Read more

How much is not having a third row worth to you? How about $24,200? That is the difference -- in base price -- between a new Range Rover and the Range Rover Sport, which is basically the same full-size, ultra-premium SUV.

Aside from about 3 inches in length -- and the availability of a third row.

It's available with the same array of engines, ...Read more