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MALIBU, Calif. — The all-electric Pininfarina Battista throws around some impressive numbers. Power output in the 1,900-horsepower neighborhood. A 0-to-60 time of less than 2 seconds. A range estimated to be 300 miles. A starting…

ASHEVILLE, S.C. — The 2023 Hyundai Palisade isn’t the new kid in school anymore. It’s established, selling like gangbusters and still being lauded by everybody here at Autoblog — Senior Editor John Snyder even bought one last year.…

TROY, Mich. -- Like many off-roaders of a certain age, the Range Rover has matured and evolved. Conceived in the late 1960s as a rugged ute with British sensibility and taste, it’s grown into a design statement that showcases Land…

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The Genesis GV60 rounds out a trio of new, state-of-the-art electric cars from the Hyundai family. It follows the excellent Hyundai Ioniq 5 and also-excellent Kia EV6, and is built on the same electric platform…

It’s easy to gloss over some new braking technology called “Brembo Sensify.” On the surface, that name doesn’t mean much of anything. What this technology is for brakes in new cars, though, is nothing short of a small revolution.…

IMMENDINGEN, Germany – Mercedes-Benz is taking two starkly different approaches to electrifying its lineup. Some of its EQ-branded electric cars are standalone models without a gasoline-burning counterpart, like the EQS and the EQE.…

“Now that it’s out, you can’t put it back in the box. This car is now in the room whenever anyone is talking about what’s possible and what’s not. It changes what you think is acceptable, and it changes your targets a bit.” That's…

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The coupé-SUV is a relatively new niche, but it’s one that has expanded rapidly in the last couple of years. Initially starting at the larger end of the market with models such as the BMW X6, today, almost every brand in the SUV sector is…

DRUMMOND ISLAND, Mich. – Popping big money for a brand-new, super-capable off-roader and then instantly modifying it isn’t for everybody. For some, though, that might be in your plans, and those folks are exactly who the 2022 Ford…

STEVENSON, Wash. — When the Honda HR-V arrived on the scene, you only needed one hand to count its subcompact SUV competitors. In fact, it helped establish the idea of the subcompact SUV in the first place. Since then, the number of…

It takes equal parts guts and capability to keep the throttle mashed even when you’re not entirely sure what terrain lies ahead of you. That suddenly occurred to me while barreling through the brush-filled desert near Palm Springs,…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — We’re quickly seeing how devoted Hyundai is to getting electrification right. Take the Ioniq 5, for instance, and the oodles of praise we’ve heaped upon it and its platform-sharing cousin, the Kia EV6. But…