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Volkswagen hides a gas engine inside its newest EV-badged SUV for China
3+ hour, 20+ min ago (235+ words) Volkswagen's ID.ERA 8X debuted at Chengdu with up to 345 km of electric range, a hidden 1.5-liter generator engine, and a price tag nobody has confirmed yet. At 5,020 mm long with a 2,970 mm wheelbase, the ID.ERA 8X is strictly a five-seater. Compared to…...
Nobody Expects This: A Newer Used Pickup Can Actually Be Less Reliable, Consumer Reports Warns
22+ hour, 27+ min ago (361+ words) A fresh Consumer Reports breakdown shows reliability scores swinging wildly year to year within the same pickup model — sometimes by 21 points. Here's what buyers need to check before signing. You'd think a newer used pickup means fewer headaches. Forget that…...
Hyundai Kona Electric and Kia Niro EV Get a Cheaper Fix for Their Worst-Known Motor Problem
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (280+ words) Tarantas News A German Company Just Made This EV's Dreaded Motor Failure a Lot Cheaper to Fix SEG Automotive's Redrive program promises remanufactured drive units up to 30% cheaper than a dealer swap for early Kona Electric and Niro EV crossovers....
Bentley just built a car interior out of paper, walnut, and 1,000 layers of nothing you’d expect
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (269+ words) Bentley’s first electric car gets a walnut-and-paper veneer with nearly 1,000 layers and a 100% Merino wool trim built with Fox Brothers ahead of its September reveal. For the wool trim, the British marque turned to Fox Brothers for help. Pure Merino’s…...
Cadillac Optiq Owners Report a Mysterious Squeak, and GM Still Has No Fix
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (526+ words) Tarantas News GM confirms the noise is real, but admits it has no idea what causes it yet A new GM bulletin confirms rear brake squeak on the Cadillac Optiq in reverse, but the automaker still hasn’t found the cause…...
694,000 Miles on the Original Battery: What Actually Broke on This Tesla Model 3
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (471+ words) A six-year-old Tesla Model 3 Long Range AWD hit 694,353 km on its original battery and motors — but the suspension had a very different story to tell. 694,353 km on the odometer, the original traction battery, and both original electric motors still in…...
Bisimoto's 600-HP Electric Rolls-Royce Just Resurfaced, and the Numbers Don't Add Up
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (219+ words) A 600-hp electric Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow reappeared in California — but its own maker has quoted three different power figures for the same car. You've seen this 600-horsepower electric Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow before — you just didn't expect it to show up…...
Ford Diesel Engineer Says the Power Stroke Can Hit 1 Million Miles
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (333+ words) Ford's diesel technical leader Dave Ives believes the modern Power Stroke can reach one million miles — and he has an 860,000-mile Super Duty to back it up. A soot filter, an SCR catalyst, AdBlue — on paper, a modern diesel should…...
Lexus Just Killed the Gas-Only NX 350 in Japan, and Hybrids Are All That's Left
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (247+ words) Tarantas News The gas engine in the Lexus NX is officially gone, and nobody at Lexus wants to talk about why No fanfare, no explanation — Lexus Japan quietly pulled the plug on the pure-gasoline NX 350. Only the NX 350h and plug-in…...
Tesla Slashes Nearly 20% of Range From the Model Y for a More Powerful Version
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (315+ words) A new Tesla Model Y variant packs the same 78.4 kWh pack as the 821 km Long Range — yet manages just 659 km CLTC. Here's why. Nobody expected the same battery to tell two such different stories. One Tesla Model Y variant packs…...