The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 24, 2023

Earlier this year, Volvo teased the all-electric EM90 minivan. While minivans have become pure poison on our market, Asian countries still utilize them due to the fact that they offer more interior space than just about everything else. That’s mighty quick for a minivan, especially one as big (205 inches long) and heavy as the 009.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

While it lacks the looks and some of the features of its more luxurious sibling, it’s priced $2,500 lower and seems to be arriving at a point where shoppers might be more willing to re-engage with minivans due to their relative affordability. Global production would cease in 2016, leaving the Dodge Caravan as the only holdover minivan.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

You can see the five levels of autonomy from the SAE below, courtesy of a May Mobility blog post. The vehicles are expected to include buses to start, before later including taxis and other automobiles.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 23, 2024

A few years ago, your author speculated that Toyota would probably be having a good run as there was mounting evidence that Americans couldn’t really afford new automobiles. The brand was fielding sporting automobiles loaded with character that one could still utilize as a family vehicle and wouldn’t break the bank.

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China EV

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Liuzhou Wuling Automobile Company was a provincial mini-van maker before the formation of the SAIC GM Wuling joint venture (SGMW) in 2002. I wrote a ChinaEV blog in November 2012 titled “To see the future for GM in China look at the SAIC-GM-Wuling joint venture.” I was the first! And it still does.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 9, 2024

Honda used CES 2024 to reveal a couple of purely conceptual automobiles and then announced that one of them would serve as the basis for its new EV line coming in 2026. The Saloon looks like a minivan concept from the early 1980s — boasting a wedge shape and tons of glass.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 31, 2024

Four of the additional models - a minivan sold under the names of Noah and Voxy, and the RAV4, Harrier, and Lexus LM - are still in production by Toyota while three are no longer manufactured. One could argue that the rigid protocols and checklist result in a better final product or that it’s hampering production unnecessarily.

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