Next-gen SH-AWD, double-wishbone front suspension, brake-by-wire arrive in the redesigned sedan this fall, followed by a turbocharged V-6 Type S performance variant next spring.
The 50-50 venture with South Korean battery maker LG Chem has begun preparing the site of the new plant which will manufacture the cells for batteries powering future GM electric vehicles.
Unlike other Toyota models offered in both gasoline and hybrid-electric versions, including the Camry, Corolla, Highlander, RAV4 and Avalon, the ’21 Sienna and Venza will follow the lead of the Prius and come only in hybrid guise.
A team working on the upcoming Golf R is getting involved with R-line models for electric powertrains, a VW executive says, but for now the automaker is keeping its Golf focus on gas-powered performance models in North America.
GM’s battery-electric vehicles from Cadillac and GMC Hummer remain on schedule to launch next year. Around mid-decade, Morris expects EV sales to be brisk.
The Polestar 2 is Volvo's first all-electric vehicle to be crash-tested, the first to offer Acoustic Vehicle Alert System technology and the first within the Volvo Car Group to be fitted with front-inner-side airbags, Polestar says.
On the Federal Test Procedure cycle for heavy-duty engines, the Tula-equipped X15 engine achieves a notable 45% reduction in NOx, according to a paper being presented virtually this week at the International Vienna Motor Symposium.
A European Union judge says that while the emissions-test-cheating devices were fitted at Volkswagen’s plant in Germany, the harm to car buyers took place in Austria, so courts in both countries have jurisdiction under EU law.
