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Auto review: '25 Taycan confirms Porsche delivers EV sportiness with a flare
As Porsche has been a staple in Grasso’s Garage for awhile now, due to their sportiness design and powertrains, the opportunity to add the Taycan EV to the fleet was a no brainer and the Taycan was born. Similar to our tester in October 2022, the Taycan was a powerhouse and easily outstanding. In this year’s test, things get even better.
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Auto review: The 2025 Nissan Altima SR may be the Snoop Dog/Martha Stewart of pleasantly perfect sedans
I have to confess one of my recent guilty pleasures has been watching the Martha Stewart documentary, “Martha,” on Netflix. She’s as perfectly pleasant and prone to details as ever, but post-prison Martha has a bit more edge, hanging with Snoop Dog and dropping F-bombs like garden flower ordinances. If she had an automotive alter ego, it ...Read more
Auto review: 2025 Toyota Camry is more of the same, but now even better
While the Toyota Camry has been mocked as something akin to a toaster, the comparison is absolutely misinformed. As anyone who’s bought a toaster recently can attest, they are cheap junk made and imported from China and sure to break sooner than a politician’s promise. Trust me, I’ve been through far too many toasters in the past few ...Read more
FTC to ban GM from sharing connected vehicle data with consumer reporting agencies
The Federal Trade Commission will ban General Motors Co. from sharing customer geolocation and driver behavior with consumer reporting agencies for five years under a newly proposed order settling the commission's allegations.
This is the FTC's first action related to connected vehicle data, according to a news release. The agency alleged that ...Read more
GM signs supply agreement with Norwegian synthetic graphite manufacturer
General Motors Co. has signed an agreement with a Norwegian synthetic graphite manufacturer for large-scale production for electric vehicle batteries, the companies said Wednesday.
The "multibillion"-dollar deal, according to a news release, covers supply of synthetic anode graphite toward 2033. Ultium Cells LLC, GM's battery joint venture with...Read more
US closes safety investigation of GM's Cruise robotaxi unit
U.S. auto safety regulators ended a federal investigation into Cruise robotaxis without taking action, removing an overhang weeks after General Motors Co. decided to shutter the struggling business.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration had opened a preliminary evaluation in late 2023 to determine potential safety risks from Cruise...Read more
Eric's Autos: 2025 Honda Prologue
The Honda Prologue isn't really a Honda -- in that it's based on the Chevy Blazer EV -- but it is different in a couple of ways that may make it worth a look if you're wanting an electric vehicle sold by Honda.
What It Is
The Prologue is a midsize/two-row electric crossover based on the Chevy Blazer EV.
It differs from its ...Read more
New Jeep, Dodge EVs hit dealers after software-related delays
DETROIT — The first all-electric vehicles from Dodge and Jeep are starting to reach U.S. dealers after the launches of both EVs faced delays to fix software problems, executives with the Stellantis NV brands said.
Around 100 Windsor-built Dodge Charger Daytona muscle cars had arrived at dealers as of Friday, brand CEO Matt McAlear said. Jeep ...Read more
Electric car owners don't pay gas tax. Concerned cities facing deficits for road care want that changed
As electric cars get more popular, South Florida cities say they’ll be the ones paying the price.
Westlake Mayor JohnPaul O’Connor has urged the Palm Beach County Legislative Delegation to push for a new state bill to find an alternative to pay for transportation funding as electric cars evade the gas tax, and the idea has the attention of ...Read more
Motormouth: 4-wheel-drive dilemma
Q: I drive exclusively on well-paved roads and live where it seldom snows. With 4-wheel-drive vehicles, all four tires, regardless of age, must be replaced if just one is damaged beyond repair. So why would I want to own such a vehicle? This happened to my son's less-than-one-year-old SUV, and it cost him a small fortune. And what do ...Read more
Here are the winners: 2025 North American Car, Truck, Utility of the Year
DETROIT – The envelope, please . . .
Winners of the 2025 North American Car, Truck and Utility Vehicle of the Year are the Honda Civic Hybrid, Ford Ranger and Volkswagen ID.Buzz. The prestigious NACTOY awards kicked off the Detroit Auto Show Media Day on Friday morning as the event returned to its traditional January slot as the first auto ...Read more
Oshkosh ready for possible USPS shift to gas trucks from EVs
Oshkosh Corp. is prepared to provide the U. .Postal Service more gas-powered mail trucks if the agency cuts back orders for electric vehicles, which benefit from funding President-elect Donald Trump has criticized.
“We’ll do what they want us to do — supplying either gas or electric,” John Pfeifer, the company’s chief executive ...Read more
Auto review: 2025 Acura ZDX EV is a great Acura that's not really an Acura
We live in an automotive age when we have access to more horsepower than ever before. Yet given the clogged arteries that plague America’s metro areas, it’s unusable and therefore pointless. What good is a 0-60 mph time of 2.5 seconds if it only gets you to the next traffic jam a few seconds sooner? Fast cars don’t do you any good crawling...Read more
Auto review: Lyriq EV woos new-gen buyers with old-school Caddy elegance
STERLING HEIGHTS, Michigan — While my Cadillac Lyriq tester drove itself in Super Cruise at 75 mph on I-696 eastbound, I swiped through the gorgeous, curved 33-inch dash screen to show my friend, Peter, our Zmash Padel destination north of General Motors Co.’s engineering campus on Mound Road.
As we bore down on traffic, the Caddy ...Read more
It's a sad day to be the 2024 BMW X1
Just as recent as last year, we tested the outstanding BMW X1, and its redesigned release to the consumer market. It boasted decent power, great fuel economy, superb comfort and good looks — just what most consumers are requiring in today’s inflated and car market.
In 2024, we test the BMW X1 M35i, an even better looking subcompact luxury ...Read more
Ram shows off its freshened heavy-duty trucks -- and a punchy new CEO
DETROIT — Ram on Tuesday unveiled its updated 2025 heavy-duty pickups that offer more powerful and efficient Cummins turbo diesel engines, refreshed front ends and more interior screen space.
But the bigger recent news for the Stellantis NV truck maker is popular former CEO Tim Kuniskis coming out of retirement.
A day after the automaker ...Read more
Eric's Autos: 2025 Mazda CX-90
It's not easy to pick a crossover from among all the other crossovers because so many of them are more or less the same.
One that's different in a big way is the Mazda CX-90 -- because it comes standard with an inline six-cylinder engine. This bucks two trends. The first is the one that's been trending toward the replacement of six-...Read more
Automakers face affordability challenge in 2025
Affordability will be one of the largest challenges in 2025 for Detroit's automakers after General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. posted their best sales year in the United States since 2019, and as Stellantis NV's declines eased somewhat in the final months of the year.
Inventories swelled in 2024 following the end of pandemic-induced vehicle ...Read more
Blocked US Steel-Nippon deal raises risks for auto industry
Fears that the U.S. auto industry could face monopolistic pricing and dwindling investment into its preferred steel production are mounting after President Joe Biden on Friday blocked a Japanese company from acquiring U.S. Steel Corp.
Although automakers didn't explicitly endorse Nippon Steel Corp.'s $14.9 billion cash-and-debt deal to acquire ...Read more
Back to the future: Detroit Auto Show returns to January in a changed industry landscape. What to expect
The Detroit auto circus is back to its January roots — a new show for a new era.
After an epic, media-stuffed, celebrity-encrusted, 30-year run as the world-renowned North American International Auto Show, Motown’s auto-palooza is dropping its international marketing theme and now is simply called the Detroit Auto Show. Its Detroit Autos ...Read more
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- US closes safety investigation of GM's Cruise robotaxi unit
- GM signs supply agreement with Norwegian synthetic graphite manufacturer
- New Jeep, Dodge EVs hit dealers after software-related delays
- Electric car owners don't pay gas tax. Concerned cities facing deficits for road care want that changed
- FTC to ban GM from sharing connected vehicle data with consumer reporting agencies