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2024 New York Auto Show: Hyundai Doubles Up

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NEW YORK -- Hyundai kicked off the 2024 New York International Auto Show by dropping the new Tucson and a refreshed Santa Cruz minitruck. The Santa Cruz gets an interior and exterior refresh, standard wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and the XRT trim gets beefed up a bit with all-terrain tires and front tow hooks.

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2024 Chicago Auto Show: Here's the 2025 Kia K5

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The presence of the 2025 Kia K5 at the 2024 Chicago Auto Show is a reminder that the K5 still exists. The new year brings 11 more horsepower as a 2.5-liter All-wheel drive is available on the GT-Line. liter naturally aspirated four-cylinder replaces the 1.6-liter liter turbo. The GT trim continues to use a turbocharged 2.5

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2024 Chicago Auto Show: Kia Puts on A Carnival

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The 2024 Chicago Auto Show is a slow one, debut-wise, this year. The refreshed Carnival gets new infotainment for passengers in both the front and rear, the ability for over-the-air software updates, and more advanced driver-assist tech, including newly available Highway Assist 2. Oh, and a hybrid is now available, pairing a 1.6-liter

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Rivian and Ford chase Pike’s Peak glory, China’s angry, and pricing news

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Audio-only versions of Quick Charge are now available on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , TuneIn , and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday (that’s the plan, anyway). FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. Let us know!

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Kia EV3, a bunch of Volvo news, peak oil, Lectric e-bikes, and electric outboards

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Kia’s opened the order books on its new, affordable EV3 electric car, Volvo has a bunch of news for car enthusiasts and equipment geeks alike, we might be past peak oil, e-bikes are hot sellers, and Scooter Doll checks out some electric outboards from Mercury Marine. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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EV sales take off in May, Tesla delays FSD updates, and big truck news

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EV sales took off in May, Tesla is bringing some Performance to the Chinese market amid delays for its new Full Self Driving update, and there’s some exciting news in the world of commercial electric trucks. Quick Charge is now available on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.

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Skoda Auto India launches Kushaq Onyx with AT at INR 13.49 Lakh – ET Auto

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New Delhi: Skoda Auto India has implemented one more enhancement in its 5-star safe fleet — the introduction of the Kushaq Onyx AT at INR 13.49 This new Kushaq Onyx offering is in response to feedback from our customers, which points at a healthy demand for an automatic variant at a more accessible price point.

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