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Right now, China’s electric vehicle sector is delivering a generation of new cars so high-tech that they make some of the best rides in America look like whatever hooptie you drove in high school.
Chrysler decided it wanted to change the Diablo, forcing designer Marcello Gandini to revise his original concept for the car significantly, much to his chagrin.
The largest came on June 13 for failing rearview cameras in 1,033,433 Jeep Grand Cherokees, Wagoneers, Chrysler Pacifica minivans, Dodge Durango SUVs, and Ram pickup trucks.
It has a 3.0-inch taller roof, 3.0-inch thick bulletproof doors, an onboard oxygen and fire suppression system, special run-flat tires, and a whole host of safety equipment.
We didn’t do any range testing, but the Equinox’s EPA-rated 3.2 miles per kilowatt-hour puts it about mid-pack compared to similarly sized, two-wheel drive EVs.
The team hit the ground running, announcing a remastered version of the Aston Martin Vanquish—a design he felt deserved a facelift—alongside a handful of projects in outside sectors.
Launching later would push it perilously close to the 2026 model year, but regardless of the timing, it will mark Subaru's return to the hybrid world after canning the electrified Crosstrek in 2023.
Even with all-wheel drive and sticky tires, though, this is still a pretty scary EV conversion, although if you take it to a drag strip with a grippier surface, it should catapult itself off the line and easily beat a Model S Plaid.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg even had to explain the basics of how the program works to Donald Trump Jr, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and their millions of followers on social media platform X.
Things are so bad that the US Stellantis National Dealer Council sent an open letter to former CEO Carlos Tavares in September, blaming him for the "disaster" and the "rapid degradation" of the American brands.
Citing unnamed sources familiar with Nissan's plan, questions arose months ago from managers about the lack of hybrid models for the US market.
As a refresher, Mazda reinstated its rotary team in February 2024 with the goal of developing "attractive cars that excite customers with our challenger spirit."