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These Are the Cars You Should Buy Used

The Truth About Cars

We chat with Karl Brauer, iSeeCars executive analyst, about the cars you should buy new -- and those you'd be better off buying used. As always, you can find our podcast at the following places: Spotify , Apple , Google , Amazon , and iHeart Radio. Image: Kia] Become a& TTAC& insider. As well as here.

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How Do Automakers Handle Politics?

The Truth About Cars

Not just to those employed in the industry (or in industry-adjacent jobs, like mine) but also to the car-buying public. In order to make a bit more sense of how automakers navigate this part of the business, we spoke with James Bell, the head of corporate communications for Kia. Image: Kia] Become a& TTAC& insider.

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Autonomy orders 23,000 EVs from 17 automakers; $1.2B order covers 45 EV models

Green Car Congress

Autonomy’s order was placed with the fleet departments of the following automakers: BMW, Canoo, Fisker, Ford, General Motors, Hyundai, Kia, Lucid, Mercedes-Benz, Polestar, Rivian, Stellantis, Subaru, Tesla, Toyota, VinFast, Volvo and Volkswagen. The 23,000 order represents 1.2%

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Renault and Volvo team up on next generation electric vans

Baua Electric

The electric van market is heating up with new entries coming soon from Nissan , Mercedes , and even Kia – and now, even more players are getting into the market. The Flexis vans will be Software Defined Vehicles (SDVs) built around Google’s Android Auto operating system.

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The Tesla of vans? Renault and Volvo create Flexis to revolutionise electric light commercial vehicles

EV Central

Kia is developing a family of electric vans that will rival Flexis. Within the new van, Renault-Volvo bosses describe the new Flexis as a Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) with an operating system based on Google’s Android OS that allows fleet operators to integrate their own software into the van via the Google Cloud.

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Toyota is already offering $10k off a lease for its fully electric 2024 bZ4X

Baua Electric

The car-buying website doesn’t say exactly where in Greater New York, but a quick Google search confirmed that this deal does indeed exist: However, when I click on Toyota’s “Greater New York” link, it’s not on the lease deals list. Toyota is getting its BEV sales hat handed to it by other automakers such as Volvo, Kia, and Hyundai.

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TTAC's Best Cars of 2023

The Truth About Cars

It’s the car I drove this year that I most likely can see myself buying for, uh, myself. Honorable mentions: Toyota Supra manual, Toyota Prius, BMW 330i, Cadillac CT4 Blackwing, Kia EV6 GT, Chevrolet Trax Activ. It also has 40 miles of electric range and an updated Google-based infotainment system that is more responsive than before.

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