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May 11, 2020

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Tesla sues Alameda County over virus factory closure, threatens to leave

Tesla sued local authorities in California on Saturday as the electric carmaker pushed to re-open its factory there and Chief Executive Elon Musk threatened to move Tesla's headquarters and future programs from the state to Texas or Nevada. Musk has…

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Subaru's new, more powerful Crosstrek is nearly as efficient as the existing model

Subaru quietly confirmed the Crosstrek will receive a bigger, more powerful 2.5-liter flat-four engine for the 2021 model year. It hasn't released technical details yet, and it kept its silence when Autoblog reached out for more information, but fuel…

Next-gen Hyundai Tucson reveals its production lights in new spy photos

The next-generation Hyundai Tucson continues to be spied out and about  looking closer to production each time. This round of spy shots brings us our first look at the crossover's production lights, and they sure are funky. Our attention is drawn to …

2021 Chevy Camaro will get two Wild Cherry Design Packages

March brought the first tranche of information on what's in store for the 2021 Chevrolet Camaro . This includes expanded availability of the $4,500 Track Performance Package, the 10-speed automatic becoming an option on the Track pack, Android Auto an…

2021 Kia Seltos SX Turbo Design Driveway Test

As we showed last week , the new 2021 Kia Seltos provides an impressive amount of cargo space for its size and price point. It also has useful storage for small items up front and plenty of comfortable passenger space throughout. When this functionali…

Toyota Prius 2020 Edition marks 20 years of sipping fuel with sportier looks

Toyota is marking the 20th anniversary of its groundbreaking Prius hybrid by officially announcing a sportier-looking commemorative edition of the car called the Prius 2020 Edition. It'll be a 2021 model, and Toyota will limit production to 2,020 uni…

2024 Volvo XC100 Recharge to be Volvo's first foray into crossover coupes

Volvo reportedly has plans to launch an electric crossover coupe called the XC100 Recharge for the 2024 model year. A new report from Motor Trend spills some details, but doesn't cite anybody within Volvo as the source of information. Therefore, we'l…

Michael Jordan's cars showcased in 'The Last Dance' documentary

After the masses begged and pleaded for an early release, ESPN finally unlocked the doors to the biggest production in company history last month. Episodes 1 and 2 of The Last Dance, a 10-part documentary special about Michael Jordan, the Chicago Bul…

[VIDEO] Watching a 2010 Dodge Challenger become a Plymouth GTX is a restomod education

We cover a lot of restomods, many of them one-off SEMA show cars and low-volume builds from professional shops that sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Autoevolution tells the story of Steve Mirabelli, who creates Mopar restomods as a hobby wh…

2020 Porsche Cayenne Turbo S E-Hybrid Coupe Road Test | Worth the explanation

"What do you drive?" If you want the answer to that to be quick and easy, forget about this thing. Never mind that this specific car's name is basically a sentence, officially the "2020 Porsche Cayenne Turbo S E-Hybrid Coupe with Lightweight Sport Pa…