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Tesla Inside: The Ultimate Vintage Land Rover Retrofit

Cars That Think

From the outside, this Land Rover Defender looks like any other example of the postwar British classic that conquered the African outback—and the automotive world’s heart. We said, ‘Let’s take a British farm vehicle and turn it into a luxury SUV for the American market,’ ” Wallace recounts during my tour of E.C.D.’s

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BYD launches $233K Yangwang U9 electric supercar that will smoke a Ferrari and can dance

Baua Electric

The world’s leading EV maker, BYD , is taking aim at exotic car manufacturers like Ferrari and Lamborghini with the new Yangwang U9. In December, the brand began deliveries of its first vehicle, the U8 off-road SUV, with starting prices over $150,000 (1,089,000 yuan). Like the U8 SUV, the U9 includes premium features like tank turns.

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Kelly Blue Book: EV prices increased slightly in March, bucking general downward trend

Green Car Congress

Two luxury brands now have average transaction prices over $100,000: Land Rover and Porsche. Kelley Blue Book data presented here does not include brands such as Ferrari and Rolls Royce.) Luxury cars and luxury full-size SUVs saw price increases between 0.8% For comparison, in March 2018, the luxury share was 14.0%

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New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

All the new electric cars, electric SUVs and electric utes arriving in Australia in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Alfa Romeo Tonale – the Italian brand finally has a rechargeable car in its ranks in the form of the Tonale PHEV compact SUV. Aston Martin DBX PHEV and EV – electrified versions of AM’s first SUV on the cards.