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If there’s a new driver or new graduate in your family who needs to drive something other than the family car, consider these safe and affordable 2025 models on your back-to-school shopping list. Hyundai models top the list of the annual Best Cars for Teens list features dependable, reliable models with crash prevention and safety
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The automobile was born on August 26, 1885. That is the day Gottlieb Daimler filed a patent for his ‘riding car’, the world’s first vehicle with an internal combustion engine. Dr. Carl Benz registered a patent for a similar device six months earlier, with three wheels and large enough to carry passengers. So you
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Acura is donating a fleet of 75 all-electric ZDX SUVs to The Nature Conservancy to support its conservation work. It’s the largest-ever vehicle donation by the premium brand, and builds on three decades of collaboration between Acura and its parent Honda with the environmental group.
After more than a decade of promises and hype, Tesla has activated its first robotaxi service, in Austin, close to the company’s headquarters. Like Waymo when it first started, there’s a live person in the driver seat ready to take the controls to steer or stop the car if the AI doesn’t work as programmed. Here’s what top media and Tesla fans are saying.
The new Trump Tariffs are expected to raise the price of new cars as much as $15,000. That’s also putting pressure on the price of used cars. If you are considering replacing Old Breakdown, check out these ten Tariff-free used cars recommended by Consumer Reports.
2024 has been a momentous year in the automotive world, including announcements of major mergers and joint ventures, recalls for problems which make your vehicle dangerous to drive, killing off nearly a dozen models, and so much more. Here’s the top news.
There’s always more happening than we can report here on ecoXplorer. So here’s what we’ve been reading about travel, automotive, food, fraud and the environment that you might have missed, along with news about my hometown New York City – from publications you might not follow, but we do. We link only to intel that’s
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These cars, SUVs and trucks are being killed off with the 2024 models by slumping sales or because the manufacturer is moving to hybrid or EV versions of the discontinued gas-powered one. Vehicles that won’t be back in 2025 follows a similarly long and depressing list of models that were killed off for the 2024
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Tesla’s most affordable Model 3 compact sedan is no longer available for order in the USA, apparently because of new Biden Administration tariffs on Chinese-made EVs and batteries. The Model 3 Standard Range Rear-Wheel Drive, priced at $38,990, uses lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cells sourced from China.
Cadillac describes the Opulent Velocity EV Concept as the “future of all-electric luxury performance”. I’m defining it as an absolutely gorgeous and powerful EV that hopefully will live up to GM’s hype. Concept cars are an important showcase for a car brand. Concepts tell us what engineers and designers are planning, and they make us
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