What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for September 9, 2020

Sep 09, 2020

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Ford Bronco Raptor prototype spotted on public roads in spy photos

Ford has hit the ground running with its 2021 Bronco marketing machine, but if these spy photos are anything to go on, there's still plenty of development going on behind the scenes. Our spies claim this beefy prototype is the first development mule …

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2021 Genesis G70 revealed with bodywork to match its brethren

After seeing it in spy photos for a few months , the 2021 Genesis G70 has officially been revealed. It bears the design cues of its bigger siblings, and we find it to be a major improvement. That's despite the fact that it's a relatively minor update,…

2021 Mercedes-Benz E-Class prices set for refreshed range of mild-to-wild cars

Mercedes-Benz has released pricing information for the latest E-Class lineup, which ranges from the base E350 to the fire-breathing E63. Sedan, coupe and station wagon models will arrive for the 2021 model year. Pricing for the 2021 E350 sedan start…

GM will use a wireless system to manage its Ultium electric car batteries

It has been a busy few days at GM on the electric powertrain front, as the automaker announced separate deals with Honda and Nikola. On top of those EV alliances comes word that GM plans to become the first automaker to use a (nearly) wireless batter…

Here are the great-looking new VW Golf wagons you can't have

Volkswagen discontinued the Golf Sportwagen and Golf Alltrack last year in the U.S. It was sad. We mourned . The world moved on. But now there is more news in the Volkswagen wagon world (say that five times fast), and it doesn't apply to us. The eigh…

2021 Land Rover Defender PHEV and diesel six-cylinder announced, but not for America

The 2021 Land Rover Defender , while only the second model year for the off-road-oriented SUV, marks a number of important developments. The most significant of which won't be offered in the U.S., at least for the time being: a plug-in hybrid and a ne…

Ford's rumored long-wheelbase, three-row Escape comes into focus

Ford is still planning a longer Escape, a recent report claims, and we're not talking about the audacious kind Carlos Ghosn is known for . Insiders revealed the Blue Oval's popular crossover will spawn a long-wheelbase variant with seating for up to s…

Electric delivery vans in high demand after pandemic e-commerce surge

Delivery fleet operators face regulatory pressure in California and other states to buy electric vehicles, but a surge in package deliveries thanks to coronavirus lockdowns has major firms itching to switch to electric right now. And they want far m…

VW's new ID.3 electric car harshly criticized by Germany's leading test publication

FRANKFURT — Germany's Auto Motor und Sport said Volkswagen's new electric car, the ID.3, had fallen short of the carmaker's usual standards of fit and finish, and had a limited operating range, in a review of a pre-production model ahead of the car's…

Diesel-powered 2020 Chevrolet Silverado, GMC Sierra get big price cuts

General Motors is reducing the price difference between its diesel-powered light-duty pickups and their gasoline-burning counterparts, according to a recent report. As of September 3, 2020, the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and the GMC Sierra 1500 benefit…

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What You Missed | Your Autoblog Daily Digest for September 8, 2020

Sep 08, 2020

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GM buys $2 billion stake in Nikola, will build Badger hydrogen-electric pickup

DETROIT — General Motors formed its second major electric vehicle partnership in less than a week, this time a $2 billion deal with startup Nikola. GM will take an 11% ownership stake in the Phoenix company and will engineer and build Nikola's Badge…

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Honda Civic Hatchback gets slight price increase for 2021

After detailing the Type R Limited Edition, Honda has released pricing information for the 2021 Civic Hatchback. It's not making any major changes to the model, but it's slightly increasing prices across the board. The lineup consists of four trim l…

Porsche makes a strong case for pairing the 718's flat-six with an automatic

The high-performance variants of the 2021 Porsche 718 are fearlessly arguing that automatic transmissions and sports cars are not mutually exclusive. When ordered with two pedals, the GTS 4.0, GT4, and Spyder variants are quicker than their three-ped…

[VIDEO] Elon Musk takes the VW ID.3 for a spin: 'It's pretty good'

FRANKFURT — Volkswagen's Chief Executive Herbert Diess on Monday sought to quell speculation that the world's largest carmaker, which is on a mass production push for electric cars, has plans to develop deeper ties with startup rival Tesla. Diess me…

Production VW ID. Roomzz, likely to be ID.6, shown with thin disguise in spy photos

With the recent launch of the Volkswagen ID.3 and the imminent reveal of the ID.4 , VW's electric strategy is building momentum. That momentum will continue with the even bigger electric crossover shown in the spy photos above. It's the production ver…

This gorgeous 1950 Chevy Thriftmaster pickup is the latest Icon build

Icon is best known for its restored and re-engineered 4x4s, but the Chatsworth, California company is also heavily into vintage pickups. We were fortunate enough to drive a blue 1952 Chevrolet Thriftmaster not long ago, and now Icon has rolled out an…

Ineos Grenadier reveals scale and inspiration next to classic 4x4s

British chemical giant Ineos developed the Grenadier , its first car, as a no-nonsense off-roader that picks up where classic 4x4s left off. It proved its point by displaying a prototype next to some of the models that inspired it. Autoblog frantical…

100+ mph speeding tickets, traffic deaths spike nationwide: N.C. driver clocked at 187

Authorities in Four Oaks, N.C., said a man faces several charges after being arrested for hitting 187 mph on Interstate 95 over the Labor Day weekend. A state trooper tried to stop the driver Sunday after he sped through a work zone, TV …

Nissan Rogue Sport interior caught in new round of spy photos

The next-generation Nissan Qashqai (sold in the United States as the Rogue Sport) has been spied in the wild yet again, and this time our enterprising photographers managed to snag a few shots of the replacement crossover's interior.  Much of the in…

Move aside robots, Tesla bets on aluminum casting

FRANKFURT/DETROIT — Robots are not efficient enough for Tesla's new car factory in Germany, which plans to replace hundreds of them with giant aluminum casting machines to build simpler chassis parts, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters. …

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