Ford Performance shifts its focus from engineering the 700-hp Shelby Mustang GT500 to bolting the award-winning, high-output Focus RS 4-cyl. into the base Mustang.
As well as offering conventional combustion engines, the GLB also is being developed as a battery-electric model due to join Mercedes-Benz’s new EQ electric-vehicle sub-brand badged as the EQB in 2021.
FCA, whose brand portfolio includes Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep and Maserati, will pay for the right to count Tesla’s electric vehicles as part of its fleet under a so-called “open pool” option permitted by EU emission regulations.
The European Commission alleges BMW, Mercedes-Benz parent company Daimler, Volkswagen Group and VW subsidiaries Audi and Porsche illegally set their own standards and timeline for the introduction of emission technology.
In celebrating 25 years of Wards 10 Best Engines, automakers were invited to submit videos focusing on powertrain challenges of the past and those lying ahead. This is the second of six videos that will post throughout the year.
The I.D. Roomzz has been conceived to complement the smaller Crozz, but with a longer wheelbase and wider track providing it with space for up to seven occupants in three rows of seats.
Conventional vehicles use components not needed with electric vehicles, but EV motors and batteries also are complex systems that require extra assembly steps of their own.
For the ’20 model year, the Escape adds new engines and propulsion systems, including a hybrid variant and a plug-in hybrid with a 30-mile electric range.