October 2022

US-made Bosch EV motors are going into Rivian trucks

Bosch on Tuesday announced the start of EV motor production at its Charleston, South Carolina, facility, with expansion plans already on deck for 2023. Production began earlier this month in a 200,000-square-foot section of an existing building at the Charleston site, Bosch said in a press release. The assembly area includes production of motor… Source:

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2023 Toyota Crown: $41,055, 41-mpg start for big hybrid sedan

Toyota this morning has announced pricing and confirmed EPA fuel economy figures for its upcoming 2023 Crown sedan. The short of it: The 2023 Toyota Crown is more expensive and less fuel-efficient than the outgoing Toyota Avalon Hybrid. But like the Venza crossover introduced for 2021, all versions of the Crown are all-wheel-drive hybrids. And

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2023 Ford Escape Hybrid gets a sporty ST-Line twist, PHEV doesn’t

Ford has announced a refreshed and revamped 2023 Escape lineup that maintains plug-in hybrid and hybrid models, with the latter among the versions that can be had in a sportier-looking ST-Line guise. As the automaker positions it, the move is a natural extension of what it started with the introduction of the Bronco Sport for

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