The Green car movement has just enjoyed two big moments, one very important and potentially transformational, the other merely symbolic and mildly promising. The first was the U.S. Biden administration’s emphatic push for EVs (electric vehicles), to have them account for 50% of all new car sales by the end of the decade. For a …
Road test: 2021 Hyundai Santa Fe tops its class
Over the past half decade, Canadians have gone a bit cold on Hyundai’s Santa Fe SUV (sport-utility vehicle). Sales have been sliding, while just the opposite has been happening with the compact Hyundai Tucson. Why? Confusion and price. Hyundai, in baffling bit of decision-making, chose to turn the Santa Fe into two vehicles, the midsize …
Toyota remains global No. 1: buy the car or buy the company?
Toyota Motor remains the world’s No. 1 automaker, with sales surging 31% in the first six months of 2021 – to a record 5.47 million across all its brands, reports just-auto-com. Germany’s Volkswagen AG retained second spot in the global sale race. Sales jumped 28% from Jan-June, to 4.98 million globally. Yes, millions are buying …
2021 MIDSIZE PICKUPS RANKED FROM WORST TO BEST
All the insights into midsize pickups.
August 13, 2021 | Commentary, First on the Grid Like Comments (0) |
The hydrogen Olympics was a flop — and there’s even more bad news
Toyota Motor and the Japanese government had hoped the 2020 Olympic games of 2021 would be remembered as the hydrogen Olympics – as a showcase for hydrogen as the clean fuel of the future and a signal to the world that a fading Japan had, after decades of economic stagnation, found its mojo once again. …
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