Announced for the European market, the 2022 Hyundai Kona Electric is getting a handful of enhancements that must also apply to the U.S.-specification models. Hyundai has announced costs for the refreshed 2021 Santa Fe, which arrives in U.S. dealerships by the end of December 2020. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has announced that the 2021 Ram 1500, when geared up with a particular cab type and out there safety features and headlights, meets its Top Safety Pick score criteria. Hyundai has taken the wraps off the upcoming 2022 Hyundai Kona N small performance SUV. Toyota is making it simpler for its customers to research and buy a model new car, truck, or SUV without setting foot in a car dealership.

The sedans are the most recent victims of the American public’s ongoing need to buy crossover SUVs, a development ensuing within the cancellation of greater than a dozen 4-door automobile fashions from various manufacturers over the past three years. Ford had no sooner taken the wraps off of its redesigned 2021 F-150 Raptor when it confirmed that it might provide much more energy and performance next year. And the 2022 Ford Raptor R will indeed have a V8 engine underneath its bulging hood. This week, we reported a number of news gadgets, revealed explainer articles, reviewed the redesigned 2021 Hyundai Elantra and 2021 Mazda CX-30 Turbo, and previewed the 2022 Audi e-tron GT. Is the motoring world ready for an electric-powered off-road car that may rocket from zero to 60 miles per hour in under three seconds?

Hyundai is planning to introduce three new electric automobiles by 2025 in a bid to seize 10% of world EV market share, and each will wear the name IONIQ when the first of the trio goes on sale subsequent year. Toyota has announced 2021 Tacoma prices and changes, including new Nightshade Edition and Trail Special Edition variations of the popular midsize pickup truck. A handful of apparatus and paint color updates additionally accompany the Tacoma into the new mannequin yr.

The glossy and futuristic esthetic of the Star Concept hints at the brand’s design language for its electrical automobiles transferring forward. Ford launched manufacturing of the all-new, F-150 Lightning electrical pickup this week – an indicator moment in America’s transition to electrical vehicles. Trucks are now being manufactured for customers throughout the us, and true to its namesake, the Lightning is the fastest-accelerating F-150 thus far.

Hyundai’s well-liked three-row, mid-size SUV would not see any powertrain updates, however gets improved tech and a sharper design. But we discovered a number of affordable, fascinating prospects to prove they nonetheless exist. A lower total cost of ownership strengthens the case for patrons to buy an electric automobile forward of the 2030 zero emissions deadline. These platforms typically require prospects to decide on a dealership, adopted by their most well-liked mannequin and variant. They will then have to fill in their particulars before paying the minimum reserving payment by way of an internet system, usually involving credit/debit playing cards. Digital automotive reserving platforms are nothing new and became more widespread here when lockdowns had been enforced to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, which resulted in dealerships being unable to operate as a result of SOPs put in place on the time.

We additionally lined the Toyota Prius’ twentieth birthday as nicely as new tech news from Audi. Ford has introduced improved charging occasions for the new 2021 Mustang Mach-E, the automaker’s long-range electric automobile designed to take on the Tesla Model Y. While numbers aren’t fairly where they were forecast to be, a couple of automakers saw year-over-year will increase for the primary time in months.

Volkswagen and the EPA have announced official driving range estimates for the automaker’s new electrical automobile , the ID.4. The first two examples of the brand new 2021 Volkswagen ID.four to go on sale will present 250 miles of vary on a full battery charge. Tesla sales soared in 2020, together with the electrical automobile company’s inventory value.