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EVs Will Keep Dealership Service Departments Busy, Experts Say
Dealerships will need to offer entirely new services unique to EVs, such as emergency roadside charging, home-charging packages sold through the F&I department or insurance quotes specifically for EVs, fixed-operations experts say.
By Jim Henry • Oct. 27, 2022 -
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Five Electric-Vehicle Design Challenges to Overcome
Design teams need a cost-effective design solution to meet safety, reliability and performance specifications demanded by consumers and the industry. A systematic development approach, known as robust design, has been created to meet these demands.
By Datsen Tharakan • Oct. 27, 2022 -
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GMC Hummer Crushes BEV Stereotypes
Is it a bit over the top? Of course. But in an era when the industry is still figuring out what’s possible with electrification, the GMC Hummer EV is the moon shot, an in-your-face demonstration of what can be done at the very outer limits of battery-electric-vehicle engineering.
By David Zoia • Oct. 26, 2022 -
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Analyst: Is Auto Industry Too Bullish on Electrification?
“The OEMs have placed billions of dollars of bets and have said they’re going to sell 72 million EVs” by 2030, Gary Silberg says. “Most experts say the total is going to be around 30-35 million. Not all these car companies are going to make it. There's no way.”
By Roger Schreffler • Oct. 25, 2022 -
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Stellantis Builds ICE Bridge to Future With Hurricane I-6
The high-output engine, along with its standard-output sibling and future electrified and 4-cyl. variants, gives the automaker a fuel-efficient internal-combustion foundation for years to come while the industry transitions to battery-electric vehicles.
By Bob Gritzinger • Oct. 25, 2022 -
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Drivers Will Appreciate Toyota’s Civilized Beast of a Powertrain
Powering pickup trucks that can haul heavy loads all day long is promising to be a significant new job for hybrid technologies.
By Drew Winter • Oct. 24, 2022 -
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Ioniq 5 Portends Good Things for Hyundai BEV Technology
Hyundai’s new battery-electric CUV rides on a modular architecture that will underpin more than a dozen new BEVs from the Korean automaker.
By Christie Schweinsberg • Oct. 21, 2022 -
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Cybersecurity Key to Software-Defined Vehicle Growth
Attention to cybersecurity is critical to all the features linked to the SDV, such as personalized driving experiences, mobility as a service, electric mobility and shared mobility, security expert Robert Kaster says.
By Joseph Szczesny • Oct. 20, 2022 -
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Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe PHEV Pleases Both Sides of Your Brain
The Grand Cherokee 4xe – just like the Wrangler 4xe – delivers the best of both worlds to both sides of your brain: the logical side and the fun side.
By Drew Winter • Oct. 20, 2022 -
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Hype Surrounding Ford F-150 Lightning Well-Deserved
The same battery that creates so much towing prowess can be used to power a household during a blackout with the equivalent of 10 standard car batteries; provide juice for a job site or remote campsite; or even recharge a BEV whose own battery is depleted.
By Jim Irwin • Oct. 19, 2022 -
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Schaeffler Expanding Electromobility Capabilities
The automotive supplier is adding an 86,110-sq.-ft. building to “significantly up-scale its activities in electromobility and acquiring major customer projects.”
By Paul Myles • Oct. 18, 2022 -
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Lucid Air a Monstrous Lightweight
The Lucid Air lands on our 10 Best list in the first year of eligibility thanks to extraordinary on-road performance and technical innovations.
By Christie Schweinsberg • Oct. 18, 2022 -
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Nissan VC-Turbo Returns, This Time as a Powerful 3-Cyl.
Nissan’s innovative VC-Turbo claims a third Wards 10 Best Engines & Propulsion Systems trophy in the ’22 Rogue CUV.
By Bob Gritzinger • Oct. 17, 2022 -
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AMG Gives Velvety Mercedes EQS the Hammer Treatment
The Mercedes AMG EQS’s rapid acceleration and quick charging time earn raves from the same Wards judges who honored the non-AMG version earlier this year with a 10 Best Interiors & UX award.
By Jim Irwin • Oct. 14, 2022 -
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What Dealerships Need to Know About Energetic Failure in EVs
Understanding the physical issues and following the protocols associated with electric vehicles will help dealerships maintain employee safety as EV service demands increase.
By Micah O'Shaughnessy • Oct. 13, 2022 -
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Acura 1.5L Sets the Bar for Small-Displacement ICEs
The 1.5L turbocharged engine delivers an impressive 200 hp and 192 lb.-ft. (260 Nm) of peak torque. Those are solid numbers for engines 30% bigger.
By David Zoia • Oct. 13, 2022 -
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Chevy Stalks Entry Segment with Redesigned Trax
At a time when good entry-level vehicles are hard to come by, Chevy will launch a new, attractive, competent and value-priced Trax
By David Kiley • Oct. 12, 2022 -
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Back to the Future: Meyers Manx Goes Electric
Despite battery heft, the new Meyers Manx dune buggy weighs about the same as the original from the ’60s, but with four times the propulsion from dual, rear-mounted electric motors.
By John Faulkner • Oct. 11, 2022 -
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Michigan Lands Two More EV-Battery Gigafactories
The projects by Our Next Energy between Detroit and Ann Arbor, and Gotion High Tech in Mecosta County, are expected to bring Michigan nearly $4 billion in investment and create 4,400 jobs.
By Joseph Szczesny • Oct. 7, 2022 -
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Scalable Battery-Electric Van Built for Last-Mile Delivery
The Shyft Group began developing a battery-electric chassis in the summer of 2021. The result is the Blue Arc van, which is specifically designed for fleet operators whose drivers cover the last mile between a warehouse or depot and the final customer.
By Joseph Szczesny • Oct. 6, 2022 -
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Study: Consumers Don’t Understand Autonomous Vehicles
J.D. Power reports confusion about terms, technology and safety of self-driving cars.
By Nancy Dunham • Oct. 5, 2022 -
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Software Specialist CDK to Open Car-Buying ‘Express’ Lane
“We believe dealers will be the dominant channel moving forward,” says CDK Global CEO Brian MacDonald.
By Steve Finlay • Oct. 4, 2022 -
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Consultancy: Three of Four New Vehicles Sold by 2030 Electrified
The Roland Berger consultancy forecasts global BEV sales will grow from 4.6 million out of 77.2 million units in 2021 to 38 million out of a projected 100.6 million units in 2030.
By Roger Schreffler • Oct. 4, 2022 -
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JLR Bolstering Worker Training for Electric, Connected Future
The goal of the Future Skills Program is to see more than 10,000 JLR and franchised retailer employees in the U.K., plus nearly 19,000 across the rest of the world, trained in skills vital to the transition to electric, connected and autonomous models.
By Paul Myles • Oct. 3, 2022 -
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AV Reality Check: How Far Off Is Widespread Self-Driving?
As the world anxiously anticipates a future of autonomous vehicles, many challenges remain.
By Daniel Davenport and Mathew Desmond • Sept. 30, 2022
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