An Electrified Open-Air Supercar “It’s a BMW Ferrari!” Nothing says it better than this comment from a passerby when I was (carefully) parking BMW’s magnificent i8 plug-in hybrid sports roadster. It really grabs attention, even though most people probably have no idea that it’s partially motivated by electrons. The i8 is one of ... Read More...

One Stop Shop For EV Owners Congratulations on the decision to buy a car that plugs into the wall. Yay! But to get full advantage of your new EV, only using the 120V slow charge is not going to make you very happy. What to do? Does your sales representative at ... Read More...

Road Test: The 2019 Lexus UX 250h Is Your Mom’s New (Small) Luxury Grocery-Getter Crossovers and SUVs of all sizes have taken over the automotive world, accounting for 60 percent of total tales at the end of 2018. What may be surprising for some is the number of subcompact crossovers, especially ... Read More...

A unique, well-equipped hybrid Minivan In 1984 Chrysler created the minivan market segment that set the automotive world on its ear.  Fast forward to 2017 and, with the introduction of the sixth-generation Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivan, Chrysler once again led the way with the most advanced plug-In hybrid minivan available in ... Read More...

Tesla Completes Its SEXY* Quartet Appearing at times light-hearted, at other times nostalgic and sometimes weary, Tesla CEO Elon Musk tonight presented his company’s next car—the compact crossover Model Y. As expected, since it shares three-fourths of its hardware with the Model 3, it’s more a slight departure in style than ... Read More...