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Electric luxury car maker Lucid today announced a series of enhancements to the Air Grand Touring sedan for 2024. While still delivering 819 horsepower and unbeatable range of up to 830 km (with the smaller 19-inch wheels), the car is now equipped with the heat pump from the top-line Air …

Tesla has announced a big software update that it plans to roll out in the coming weeks, without being more specific about timing. Here’s what’s in store. First, as you can see on the picture above, the user interface will be revised on Model 3 and Model Y vehicles built …

On this day 60 years ago, the Ford Mustang made its global debut at the New York World’s Fair. The American pony car has become a living legend, and it’s no surprise that the new-for-2024 seventh generation is getting a limited-edition 60th Anniversary package. "We took inspiration from the original …

Budget 2024 tabled by Canada’s Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland on Tuesday doesn’t include any changes to the federal Incentive for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZVE) program. The program will continue as planned until March 31, 2025. The budget proposes to provide the program with an additional $607.9 million over two years, starting …

British Columbia has updated its Motor Vehicle Act to promote cleaner and active transportation and enhance safety for vulnerable road users, including cyclists and pedestrians. The changes came into effect April 5. In particular, the regulations bring into force a prohibition against operation of fully automated self-driving vehicles (level 3 …

Drivers across the country are heavily affected by car theft, which was up 48.2 percent in Ontario and 58 percent in Quebec in 2022 alone according to the latest numbers posted by insurance group Équité Association. The Canadian government announced a series of measures and investments following its national summit …

The Mercedes-Benz EQB , the least expensive electric SUV in the German automaker’s lineup, is refreshed going into its sophomore year. The all-wheel-drive variant is back, though with reduced power and range. Why? Because now it qualifies for the federal EV rebate, too. Instead of the EQB 350 4MATIC that …

Alfa Romeo ’s first electric vehicle, which was unveiled last week as the Milano, will actually be called Junior after the Italian government came out saying that a product manufactured in Poland could not legally go by the name Milano. Alfa Romeo has used the Junior moniker since 1966 with …

Following a drop in deliveries in the first quarter of 2024, and with the growth in EV demand slowing considerably, Tesla is planning to slash its global workforce by more than 10 percent. CEO Elon Musk warned employees in a company email that has since surfaced online. “We have done …

While Tesla ’s Autopilot and so-called Full Self-Driving capability keep making headlines mostly for the wrong reasons, Ford ’s own hands-free driving system—called BlueCruise—is far from perfect, either, and now has the attention of U.S. authorities. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has opened an investigation following two fatal crashes …