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Consumer Reports: Tesla and other domestic brands take big steps backwards in reliability rankings

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Every domestic automaker landed in the bottom-half of CR’s latest reliability rankings, which covers 29 brands this year—two more than 2017. Making air suspension and AWD standard in the 2017 model has added more complexity and more things that could potentially falter. —Jake Fisher. Chrysler drops seven spots to number 24.

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Analysis: What’s the Best Way to Market EVs?

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How can they keep their faithful happy while moving into what is looking like, thanks to the climate crisis, the future of transportation? GM is bringing back the Hummer brand as an EV within the GMC brand. All of this made me think about of the differences in the way companies are introducing EVs into their product portfolios.

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Road Test: 2021 Cadillac Escalade Duramax 4WD

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I have driven several Chevrolet and GMC vehicles with the wonderful Duramax turbodiesel engine, so expectations were high for a luxury week behind the wheel. General Motors uses these on its heavy-duty Chevrolet and GMC pick-ups as they can handle the stopping needs when towing as well as dissipate heat under repeated use.

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Road Test: 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz Limited AWD

Clean Fleet Report

Road Test: 2017 Honda Ridgeline. Flash Drive: 2015 GMC Canyon. The system is not as user-friendly as Clean Fleet Report prefers, lacking volume and channel selection knobs, but in time it is easy to figure out and navigating the different screens becomes second nature. Photos by John Faulkner and Hyundai. [ Road Test: 2019 Ford Ranger.

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Is Elon Musk Back In “Production Hell” With Tesla’s 4680 Battery?

Cars That Think

Any whisper of production bottlenecks at Tesla inevitably recalls the Model 3's troubled launch in 2017 and 2018 , the one that had Musk sleeping in his office. Tesla Cybertruck, unveiled to great fanfare in 2019 , will now be beaten to market by this year's GMC Hummer pickup, the Rivian R1T and perhaps even Ford's F-150 Lightning in 2022.

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Road Test: 2022 Ford Maverick XL FWD Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

Clean Fleet Report drove the Maverick XLT that came with power windows and door locks, floor liners, single zone manual climate control with a particulate air filter, two 12V and two USB ports with one each of Type A and C. First Drive: GMC Canyon. Road Test: 2017 Honda Ridgeline. Road Test: 2019 Ford Ranger.

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Calif. Energy Commission to award more than $44M for hydrogen refueling and alternative fuel vehicle projects

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For the current fiscal year, the program is slated to invest approximately $90 million to encourage the development and use of new technologies, and alternative and renewable fuels, to help the state meet its climate-change goals. Studies suggest that 68 stations are needed by 2017 to support the market. Earlier post.).