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1. 2025 Camry hybrid review, Highlander EV, Prius recall: Today’s Car News

   The 2025 Toyota Camry goes all-hybrid and does that matters to Camry shoppers a little bit better. Prius owners need to keep those doors locked. And is the U.S.-made three-row Toyota electric SUV a Highlander EV? It’s a variety pack of Toyota...

2. Report: US-made 3-row electric SUV is Toyota Highlander EV

   The Toyota Highlander midsize SUV could go all-electric, while the Grand Highlander would continue with internal-combustion engines, according to a new report from CarBuzz. This is part of a strategy to replace the...

3. 2023-2024 Toyota Prius recall prompts advice to lock doors

   Toyota on Wednesday announced a recall of 2023 and 2024 Prius hybrid and Prius Prime plug-in hybrid models due to a potential fault with the cars' electronic rear door latches. In the approximately 55,000 vehicles recalled in the U.S., water can...

4. Review: 2025 Toyota Camry hybrid blends into the background

   Toyota just doubled down on hybrids, again. As the automaker marches towards electrifying its entire lineup, the updated 2025 Camry model line going hybrid tells the tale of Toyota's current strategy: potent (enough), practical, efficient, and...

5. Lucid Air charging boost, Mercedes range extenders, EVs losing money: Today’s Car News

   Lucid adds a heat pump and subtracts charging time for its range-leading Air electric sedan. Mercedes-Benz might not see what Ram sees in a plug-in range-extended vehicle. And why is each...

6. If $50,000 EVs still lose $6,000, when will EVs become profitable?

   Legacy automakers are still losing thousands of dollars on many EV sales, according to newly published analysis from the Boston Consulting Group. BCG estimates that most automakers lose around $6,000 on...

7. Report: Mercedes pulls the plug on range-extended EV possibilities

   Mercedes-Benz is scrapping extended-range EV powertrains after tests of prototypes, according to an Autocar report citing an anonymous source with knowledge of the matter. Mercedes built and tested some prototypes based on existing models,...

8. 2024 Lucid Air Grand Touring adds heat pump, charges up to 30% faster

   The 2024 Lucid Air Grand Touring—the longest-range version of the Air luxury sedan—gets some small but notable changes for the current model year, Lucid announced Wednesday in a press release. The Grand Touring is...

9. Ioniq 5 N review, GMC Sierra EV arrival, Maserati EVs, Mercedes eSprinter: Today’s Car News

   Maserati might have the first U.S. electric convertible in years. Mercedes adds lower-priced versions of its eSprinter. GMC sets the price, range, and more for the arrival of its Sierra EV pickup. And we look at...

10. 2024 GMC Sierra EV boasts 440-mile range, CrabWalk, lower price

    GMC confirmed on Tuesday that the limited-edition launch version of its 2024 Sierra EV pickup will arrive in summer 2024—with about 10% more EPA range than originally suggested. The full-size electric truck, touted to be the “Denali...

11. Maserati reveals US-bound luxury electric convertible

    The Maserati GranTurismo Folgore is getting a convertible sibling that will create a new EV market niche in the U.S. Unveiled Monday, the Maserati GranCabrio Folgore is scheduled to arrive in the U.S. in the fourth quarter, as a 2025 model,...

12. Review: 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N enthusiast EV shows it's worth the wait

    The good folks at Hyundai have scrambled my brain with the 2025 Ioniq 5 N, a devilish little electric compact crossover that might just be a motorsports game-changer. Most electric vehicles are a blast to drive in a straight line, with...

13. 2025 Mercedes-Benz eSprinter adds smaller battery, shorter wheelbase

    The Mercedes-Benz eSprinter electric van debuted for the 2024 model year with a long 170-inch wheelbase, a large 113-kwh battery, and a high roof. For 2025, it adds a shorter 144-inch-wheelbase version, a smaller 81-kwh battery, and a...

14. Rivian grades chargers, China's battery problem, EV ownership cost: Today’s Car News

    China is making too many EV batteries. Rivian is applying real-world letter grades to EV fast-chargers for smoother route planning. And despite depreciation woes, many EVs still pay back big over five years of ownership. This and more, here at Green...

15. Rivian EV route planner will grade charging networks

    Rivian announced Monday that its vehicles will plan routes around charger reliability in a new way—by grading each real-world charge site. The change is part of Rivian’s Software Update 2024.11.01, which...