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EPA RANGE : The Great Equalizer and the Latest MT Metric
Whether a vehicle runs on fossil or electric energy, it’ll only run so far.
MCITY EXISTS TO MAKE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES LESS SCARY
THE RESEARCH BODY IS DEVELOPING TESTING PROTOCOLS IN ORDER TO WIN PUBLIC TRUST AND REDUCE CONCERNS ABOUT RIDING IN AVS
HOW CHINA'S AUTOMOTIVE FUTURE WILL DRIVE THE WORLD
THE INEVITABLE
2022 Ford Maverick
Redefining the (small) truck.
CARLOS GHOSN
SPEAKS ON HIS TIME IN A JAPANESE PRISON AND LIFE AS A WANTED FUGITIVE
2022 GMO Hummer EV
Our kind of monster.
2022 TOYOTA TUNDRA
THE ALL-NEW TRUCK AIMS AT THE HEART OF THE MARKET.
Powertrain Tech Deep Dive
CAR OF THE YEAR WINNER
LUCID AIR
THIS GAME-CHANGING ELECTRIC SEDAN POINTS THE WAY FORWARD
Lithium-sulfur battery promises 3x energy density, pricing that undercuts combustion.
Might lithium-sulfur batteries push solid-state aside as The Next Big Thing in battery technology? Silicon Valley battery tech company Lyten just came out of stealth mode at September's Motor Bella car show/mobility conference in metro Detroit after several years of federally funded research, and it made a very promising pitch: Triple the energy per weight!
The one new car I most want to drive.
The Big Picture
2021 Ford F-150
No, no—relax. There is no V-8 under the hood of the 2021 F-150 Raptor. At least, not yet—Ford says the eight-cylinder Raptor R super truck is rumbling its way toward the horizon break and should arrive sometime next year. For now, the standard Raptor is the top-of-the-line off-road baddie from the F-150 family.
2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz
MotorTrend’s Truck of the Year competition isn’t a comparison test, but when it came to the new Hyundai Santa Cruz, judges found it difficult to avoid comparisons with the Ford Maverick, the other new compact pickup that dropped this year.
2022 Ford Maverick
It’s been a long time since Americans have been able to buy a new compact pickup truck, but as the 2022 Ford Maverick proves, it’s not the size of your truck that matters, but rather how you use it.
2021 Honda Ridgeline
The 2021 Honda Ridgeline came back for 2021 with mostly small updates that made the unibody truck more distinctive without losing its metropolitan vibe.
2022 Mazda MX-30 EV
100-mile range makes this one a tough sell.
2022 Nissan Frontier
We waited nearly two decades for a new Nissan Frontier, so perhaps we let our expectations for the all-new 2022 model creep a bit too high.
2022 MOTORTREND SUV OF THE YEAR
THE BEST GENESIS VEHICLE EVER PUTS AN ENTIRE LUXURY SUV SEGMENT ON NOTICE GENESIS GV70
2022 Hyundai Kona N
An impressively great and practical time.
2022 Rimac Nevera
We had to make it quick, for now.
2022 Subaru WRX
A bigger, more powerful fifth-gen WRX.
2022 Toyota GR 86 FIRST DRIVE
Fun gets even better.
ELON'S NIGHTMARE?
LUCID MOTORS’ ALL-ELECTRIC FIRST CAR IS ABSOLUTELY A THREAT TO TESLA AND OTHER LUXURY AUTOMAKERS
Porsche to race on $45/gallon eFuel from direct air carbon capture.
Technologue
Silent running: Why EVs won't save the planet. Yet.
When Mercedes-Benz finance chief Harald Wilhelm announced the company would reduce its investment in internal combustion engine research and development by 80 percent by 2026, the automotive world shifted a little on its axis.
2022 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing Bombastic fantastic.
Mirza Grebovic’s eyes light up when he talks about brake pad compounds. He’s Cadillac’s performance variant manager, and his passion clearly goes beyond the paycheck.
FOUR-DOOR FIRE
THE GIULIA QUADRIFOGLIO AND M3 COMPETITION FACE OFF TO IDENTIFY THE ULTIMATE CHAMP
SEEKING THE COMPACT CROWN
HONDA’S CR-V HAS REIGNED SUPREME. CAN TOYOTA, NISSAN, OR HYUNDAI LEAD AN SUV REVOLUTION?
2022 Mercedes-EQ EQS
Look elsewhere for a Tesla competitor.
2022 Ford Maverick
Small truck, small price, big mpg.