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Tuesday, May 12, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for May 12, 2020

May 12, 2020

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2021 Chevy Tahoe Police Pursuit Vehicle revealed with slew of upgrades

The 2021 Chevy Tahoe has had a complete redesign , revealed just a few months ago. Now Chevy is showing off the police versions , known as Tahoe Police Pursuit Vehicle (PPV) in road-going form and the Tahoe Special Service Vehicle (SSV) for off-road an…

Porsche Infotainment Review | Fast and clean, just like the rest of the cars

The infotainment system on a Porsche, especially a 911 , is one of the last concerns we have. That big screen in the dash is hard to care about when there's a lovely twin-turbocharged flat-six behind us and an open stretch of road ahead. But sports ca…

2019 Subaru Forester vs. 2020 Honda CR-V Car Seat Test | If we're picking sides ...

We've had our long-term 2019 Subaru Forester Touring for some time now, and I've had my large son's car seat in it — and out of it, and back in it — a fair number of times. Installing a car seat over and over is a pain, but the Forester is actually a…

2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E to get over-the-air updates

Ford's upcoming all-electric performance crossover, the Mustang Mach-E , is an exciting product that could be a game-changer for Ford. While we were initially skeptical of the name, we're already sold on its looks, and the details about its electric p…

Verge TS electric motorcycle has 737 lb-ft of torque, hub-less rear wheel

Finland-based Verge detailed an electric motorcycle named TS with a head-turning design and a jaw-dropping specifications sheet. It's cheaper than the Harley-Davidson LiveWire but not quite as quick to 60 mph. Verge — which was known as RMK Vehicles…

2022 Mercedes-Benz S-Class sheds most of its camouflage on Instagram

Mercedes-Benz hasn't finished testing the next-generation S-Class yet, but a batch of spy shots published on Instagram have revealed the sedan well ahead of schedule. Its exterior styling falls in line with the company's current design language, whil…

Hyundai 45 EV prototype sheds camo, sprouts cage in new spy photos

Hyundai's upcoming all-electric 45 was spotted in Germany wearing substantially less camouflage than in previous incarnations as the new green hatchback underwent performance testing. While the body-hugging vinyl wrap shows off the 45's pop-out doo…

2021 Kia Seltos Review & Buying Guide | Low-cost fashion and function

The 2021 Kia Seltos proves you don't have to spend a lot of money for both function and fashion. Its price and exterior dimensions fall in between the subcompact and compact SUV segments, yet it boasts more interior volume than is expected and an abu…

Americans weary of coronavirus lockdown getting back on the road

Cars on Interstate 40/85 in Mebane, N.C., Monday, May 11. Americans are slowly getting back on the road after hunkering down amid the cornonavirus pandemic, though driving still is well below normal. / AP OAK PARK, Illinois — Americans are s…

Tesla CEO Elon Musk defies lockdown, restarts factory, says he's manning the front lines

FREMONT, Calif. — Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed on Twitter Monday that the company has restarted its California factory in violation of local government orders. In the afternoon tweet, Musk wrote that he would be on the assembly line and asked that …

Monday, May 11, 2020

What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for May 11, 2020

May 11, 2020

Top Stories of the Day

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…

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…