A meme on social media shows a diesel generator powering a BEV charger, suggesting that battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) are just as “dirty” as regular gasoline cars. While the photo itself is a fake (the box is not a diesel generator) and most people get power from the grid, the point has been taken. General Motors […]
The Consolidated EV Hater’s Checklist What will we do what the batteries? They cost $80,000! Who can buy one? But we don’t have any place to plug them in! They don’t work in my particular use case, you know, towing my eight kids and a trailer across the desert every day! Lithium is mined by […]
The upcoming 2024 Chevrolet Equinox EV is due to have a list price of “around $30,000” in the United States, undercutting the cheapest Tesla available by a good margin. The Equinox EV, which follows the dull naming pattern of Silverado EV and Blazer EV, is to be launched in fall 2023. It will use GM’s […]
Geely, the Chinese company behind “Lynk & Co” (to be confused with Lincoln), has a Farizon (rhymes with Horizon and Verizon) Auto division making commercial trucks. The latest release, a full semi, can be purchased with swappable batteries, methanol power, or a range-extended electric drive. Geely isn’t planning to scoop Cummins, Volvo, or Tesla: their […]
The Lordstown auto plant, once owned by General Motors and purchased by startup Lordstown Motors for $20 million, is being purchased by Chinese electronics firm Foxconn, best known for assembling most Apple products. Foxconn has been expanding in the United States, largely at Apple’s behest, and some see the move as paving the way for […]
GM announced a healthy 40% gain in sales over the COVID-afflicted second quarter of 2020; year to date, GM is up by 20%. FCA US, or Stellantis US, posted a quarterly gain of 32%, with the same year-to-date rise of 20%. That’s the good news. The bad news is that, year to date, both companies […]
Last year, Nissan sold a stunning 350,447 Rogues. The small crossovers had gotten an early publicity boost from the 2016 movie Star Wars: Rogue One, which had nothing to do with the car other than the title, but seemed to dramatically lift sales. Their styling could best be described as “distinctive,” but their price and […]
Did you ever spend the day in a wrecker’s yard, searching for the perfect parts for your old car? Did you reclaim and restore-on-the-cheap an old $200 junker given up for dead? Gary Platz and Ed Dreistadt, longtime Slant Six Club writers, illustrators, and meet hosts, have put together some of their old material and […]
Chrysler still dominates the minivan market, despite the discontinued Dodge Caravan posting a 93% sales drop—from 24,931 to 1,709. Most of those lost buyers probably did not move up to the Pacifica, which went up from 24,525 to 34,342, a 40% gain. The Honda Odyssey posted a 22% gain, moving up to 20,066. The Toyota […]
The Ford Mustang Mach E, an all-electric car that just entered production, has already managed to beat all of Alfa Romeo and Fiat in sales. Ford has sold 6,614 Mustang Mach Es so far. Last quarter, Fiat eked out 815 US sales and Alfa Romeo, with its three models and a 25% gain in sales, […]