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Ford and Volvo will join battery recycling startup Redwood Materials in developing processes, starting in California, to collect end-of-life batteries from electric and hybrid vehicles and recover the materials for use in new batteries, the companies said Thursday. Redwood Materials, co-founded by former Tesla executive JB Straubel, formed an earlier partnership last fall with Ford […] February 22, 2022 at 07:00AM

Sales of new cars, trucks and SUVs were drastically affected in 2020 due to the (still) ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The market started to show signs of recovery toward the end of last year before really coming on strong in the early months of 2021. Of course, then pandemic-related parts and worker shortages along with global […] November 05, 2021 at 06:48AM

If you plan on using a vehicle’s third row a lot, let us at least make the suggestion that a minivan would be a smarter bet than anything you’re going to see on this list of best three-row SUVs. Their third rows are bigger, more comfortable and easier to get to. The kids will definitely […] October 14, 2021 at 06:09AM

New car sales were drastically affected in 2020 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, but things started to show signs of recovery toward the end of the year before really coming on strong in the early months of 2021. Now there’s an ongoing shortage of microchips causing a great deal of pricing fluctuation and a […] September 30, 2021 at 06:08AM

Compact SUVs are now the go-to choice for family transportation. Actually, considering how popular they are, they have clearly moved beyond only family duty. With such popularity, though, comes an awful lot of competitors, and it can be difficult to figure out which one might be the best compact SUV for you.  It’s important to […] September 17, 2021 at 06:19AM

HANGZHOU, China — “Do you know how big Volvo is?” asked Don Leclair, finance chief at Ford. It was 2008, and Leclair was responding to an offer from a little-known Chinese businessman to purchase the Swedish carmaker, which Ford owned. The businessman, Li Shufu, had a company with less than half Volvo’s sales and a […] September 06, 2021 at 07:42AM

You might expect to see clouds of blue smoke emanating from the tailpipe of a broken-down hooptie, but surprisingly, excessive oil consumption is also an issue with some late-model vehicles from several different manufacturers. This is according to Consumer Reports, whose reliability surveys identified the issue in 12 different engines for the model years 2010 […] July 28, 2021 at 06:07AM

Image – Volvo Martial Motors Volvo Cars India reports sales of 713 units through H1 2021 at 52 percent YoY sales growth With the first half of 2021 done with, auto manufacturers are still scrambling to get back on their feet. What started as a year that was moving towards normalcy was suddenly not so. […] July 09, 2021 at 07:01PM

If you’re looking for the best crossover SUV, the fact of the matter is there really aren’t that numerous decisions. While there’s an unending ocean of those controlled exclusively by gas, those that include batteries and predominant efficiency along with the blend are rare. The awesome news, nonetheless, is that the decisions you have are […] June 16, 2021 at 06:19AM

If you’re looking for the best crossover SUV, the fact of the matter is there really aren’t that numerous decisions. While there’s an interminable ocean of those controlled exclusively by gas, those that include batteries and unrivaled efficiency along with the blend are rare. The awesome news, in any case, is that the decisions you […] June 16, 2021 at 06:14AM

In this episode of the Autoblog Podcast, Editor-in-Chief Greg Migliore is joined by Consumer Editor Jeremy Korzeniewski. They start off discussing the Volvo S90 Recharge and wonder out loud why the brand’s plug-in technology isn’t also offered with a wagon body style. They then discuss the Lexus RX350 and why it’s likely an ideal premium […] May 22, 2021 at 06:12AM