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Jay Leno gives Tesla a helping hand in its time of need
Jay Leno’s Garage (2025) recently offered an upbeat “first drive” of Tesla’s facelifted 2026 Model Y. The centerpiece of the video was an interview with the car’s head designer and engineer, Franz von Holzhausen and […]
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Peter DeLorenzo dunks on car dealers’ short-sighted greed
Peter DeLorenzo is back from a break in writing his column . . . and is in a foul mood. He is particularly critical of dealers being “insanely” optimistic in the wake of the Trump […]
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Automotive News gets surprisingly negative on Tesla Cybertruck
Automotive News isn’t noted for tough-minded journalism, so I was surprised by the negative tone of a recent Tesla Cybertruck story. It started with the provocative headline: “Cyberflop? Tesla discounts Cybertruck as demand cools for […]
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What happens when an alpha male test drives a Tesla Cybertruck
What happens when an avowed alpha male rents a Tesla Cybertruck for the day? I would invite you to find out, because Drew Magary’s (2024) story in SFGate strikes me as quite funny — and […]
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Genesis GV60 is relatively understated but still a quirky electric SUV
We’ve taken to task Hyundai for the gratuitously industrial styling of its Ioniq 5 (go here), so let’s take a look at its Genesis counterpart. The GV60 is based on the same platform as the […]
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Joe Ligo sheds light on why small cars have disappeared in the United States
Joe Ligo has written one of the most interesting automotive articles I have come across in quite some time. Over at The Autopian website he analyzes why the small car died in the United States. […]
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Why is Peter DeLorenzo deathly afraid to acknowledge climate change?
Peter DeLorenzo’s columns have been getting repetitive of late. In his latest missive he complains once again about efforts to electrify the automotive fleet. Even though vehicles with internal-combustion engines have reached a “new level […]
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Can Rivian survive long enough to launch a less-expensive SUV?
On March 7 Rivian is expected to unveil a smaller and cheaper sport-utility vehicle called the R2 to compete against the Tesla Model Y. Although such a move could be crucial to boosting the fledgling […]