I own a property in a MURB or multiple-unit residential building — an apartment building. So this EV (electric vehicle) announcement from Ottawa grabbed my attention last summer: all light-duty cars and passenger trucks sold by 2035 must be zero-emission. What? Really? No warning? I thought this was planned for 2040? Ah, the late-summer election. …
Grocery-Getter for the Gearhead: Mazda CX-3
You can pick up Mazda’s cute and useful little CX-3 crossover for as little as $22,050 (plus fees and taxes), or you can take the big jump to something like the test ride I’ve just visited – the $31,800 all-wheel drive (AWD) Platinum Quartz Metallic GT at a 50% premium over the front-drive base model …
Volvo XC40 Recharge Aging Well in a Growing Field of Rivals
When launched in 2021, the XC40 Recharge was a harbinger of Volvo’s future as a first pure battery electric automaker. The XC40 was a first from Volvo and things on the EV front have moved fast ever since. J.D. Power & Associates includes 47 electric vehicles (EVs) in the new 2022 Electric Vehicle Consideration Study, …
2022 Toyota Supra Video Review
A fine automobile, developed in partnership with BMW.
July 6, 2022 | Commentary, First on the Grid 1 Comments (0) |
How Geely Engineered a Reinvented Volvo Cars
Twelve years ago, Volvo became a ward of Chinese carmaker Geely. It was a terrible time for the Swedish automotive brand, and a triumphant one for Geely, the first Chinese carmaker to buy an established Western automaker. Volvo was desperate at the time because an equally desperate Ford Motor had spent the previous decade driving …
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