Monday, December 21, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for December 21, 2020

Dec 21, 2020

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2021 Ram 1500 TRX Suspension Deep Dive | Belly of the beast

I think we can all agree that we have been waiting for a gonzo full-size truck like the 2021 Ram 1500 TRX for a long time. After all, it has been over a decade since the Ford F-150 Raptor came out, and it was such an immediate hit that I expected its…

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Toyota open-top Supra and Tacoma-based travel trailer take in the outdoors

Earlier in 2020, Toyota tantalized us with images and videos of a Supra equipped with a removable roof panel. It finally unveiled the model, which it originally planned to introduce at SEMA 2020 . For enthusiasts who would rather go off the pavement, …

2021 Chevrolet Tahoe Review | Bigger, better and redder than ever

Tesla stock falls as it joins the S&P 500 today

DETROIT — In the middle of last year, Tesla's losses were piling up, sales weren't enough to cover expenses and big debt payments loomed. The situation was so bad that one influential Wall Street analyst raised the possibility that Tesla wouldn't be …

Polestar 2 owners in the U.S. could get smarter headlights via OTA update

In Sweden, when the nights become longer than the days, Polestar 2 owners are encouraged to leave their high beams on all the time. They don't have to worry about blinding other motorists thanks to a technology called Pixel LED that deactivates indiv…

Toyota to unveil solid-state battery EV prototype next year

In the race to produce the first electric car with a solid-state battery, Toyota is in the lead. The Japanese giant plans to debut its first working prototype in 2021, with a production car going on sale sometime in the early 2020s according to a new…

AddArmor's Ferrari 458 Speciale is a 605-horsepower safe on wheels

Exotic cars and armored cars are often found in the same garage, but they're positioned on opposite ends of the automotive spectrum. AddArmor leveraged the latest developments in armoring technology to build a Ferrari 458 Speciale that can survive .4…

Moto Guzzi V7 gets 25% more power and additional equipment for 2021

Moto Guzzi is making significant changes to the V7, its most affordable model, for the 2021 model year. It gave the bike with a bigger engine that delivers 25% more horsepower, suspension tweaks, and a subtle nip-and-tuck. Engineers achieved the pow…

Junkyard Gem: 1987 Volkswagen Quantum GL5 Syncro Wagon

One great thing about Colorado junkyards is that you can still find examples of long-forgotten four- or all-wheel-drive cars as you walk their rows. Remember the Toyota Previa All-Trac? Just spotted one with a 5-speed . The Mercury Topaz AWD? Still sh…

Innovative carbon fiber wheelchair design garners $1 million from Toyota Mobility in prize money

Toyota Mobility announced a prize money winner in its international mobility competition that challenged people around the world to come up with solutions to improve the lives of folks with lower limb paralysis. Finalists from Japan, Italy, the U.K. …