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First Look: 2025 Volkswagen ID. Buzz Three-Row For America

The Truth About Cars

Quick, better run out and buy that Type 2 lover in your life some flowers or, ahem, some other plant life. Buzz has been available in other countries, we in America are in need of something a bit more substantial, so a proper three-row minivan is what will be offered here. An EV minivan is an interesting proposition.

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CyberVan! Li Auto’s Mega MPV launches in China alongside ambitious EV expectations

Baua Electric

Priced at over RMB 560,000 ($77,800), Li Auto expects the luxury minivan to be a top seller in its segment, contributing to its target of 800,000 vehicles sold this year. kWh pack composed of Qilin batteries from CATL , the MPV offers a CLTC range of 710km (441 miles). Not bad for a glorified minivan. Combined with a large 102.7

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Junkyard Find: 1996 Toyota Camry Wagon

The Truth About Cars

Car shoppers on our continent had been steadily losing interest in wagons since the year of Peak Wagon (1977) , with de-wagon-ification really accelerating when minivan sales took off in the 1980s and the SUV craze took full effect in the 1990s. Still, someone was willing to buy this car, and it stayed on the road for 27 years.

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Chrysler Group partnering with NextEnergy to evaluate vehicle-to-grid technology

Green Car Congress

Chrysler Group is working with NextEnergy to evaluate vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology using four all-electric minivans. The battery-powered minivans are connected to a charging module that, using NextEnergy technology, can simulate any electrical grid in the world. An ISO buys, sells and transmits electricity.

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2023 Toyota Highlander Review - Choices

The Truth About Cars

Minivans are better than crossovers. In a roughly similar package, a minivan gives a family more space for both people and cargo than a three-row crossover, as the floor is lower. They’ve recently brought us the Grand Highlander and the Sienna minivan is a shining monument to soccer parents past and future. It shouldn’t be.

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Nobody Knows if the BMW M5 Touring is Coming to America

The Truth About Cars

Wagons haven’t been fashionable in North America since they were supplanted by the minivan in the 1980s. The M5 is expected to start above $110,000 and that price kind of makes any additional practicality offered by the wagon irrelevant, especially on a market where you can still buy full-size luxury SUVs for roughly half that price.

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Who will be in the driver’s seat?

Electric Auto Association

“Mothers are driving the kids, the dog, and lots of stuff around town and there haven’t been a lot of electric minivans. Education is the tool “The more we can educate women on the benefits of driving electric, the more women will buy and lease electric,” Sinclair remarked.