Liane Yvkoff

Compare top SUVs and minivans for towing travel trailers. See towing capacities, payload limits, and models that balance power, comfort, and family space.

Check out how this EV handled touring through Arizona’s wine country where charging stations are few and far between.

Next-gen augmented reality is about to get weird. What else are you supposed to look at, stuck sitting in your new EV while it gasses up at a charging station?

Four-digit horsepower stats used to be the number that electric vehicle manufacturers prized. Now they’re bragging about charging stations.

These EVs are designed with the comfort and driving range you need to take on your next long-distance adventure.

At Tesla's AI day, it unveiled the hyped-up Optimus prototype. Experts and fans had mixed reactions, and it isn't clear how Optimus will perform in real life.

A newly adopted landmark ruling requires more than half of all commercial trucks sold in California to be zero-emissions by 2035. Xos is one of the many startups building electric vehicles that could help companies meet that target. Xos, formerly…

When it purchased the assets of the now-defunct Fisker Motors, Karma Automotive inherited a platform developed more than a decade ago and designed only for plug-in hybrids. Since then it’s been quietly working on a new platform that can support a…

Harman's new Ecotect electronics system lets you upgrade audio quality and add features with OTA ... [+] software purchases. There is an unmet demand for premium, branded audio in the automotive market, according to technology company Harman, and a…

Volkswagen is developing a mobile charging system using autonomous robots and portable batteries. If electric vehicles are going to replace conventional gasoline and diesel-burning vehicles in the future, the world is going to need a lot more…

The Fisker Ocean will make its global public debut at CES 2020. If you don’t know what the Fisker Ocean is, you wouldn’t be blamed for thinking it might be another luxury yacht designed by Henrik Fisker. But it’s not. Rather, it’s the new electric…

A battery-electric powered Anheuser-Busch truck delivers beverages to the Enterprise Center in St. ... [+] Louis, Mo. Tesla fans, prepare to be disappointed even more than by the reveal of the EV manufacturer’s truck. Yesterday Anheuser-Busch sent…

Last week Tesla previewed to select media and other brand enthusiasts many features of its V10 software release, which was officially announced today. But the electric automotive manufacturer kept its most controversial feature in its back pocket–a…

The debut of the much anticipated Tesla Insurance product in California didn't turn out the way Tesla had planned. After just a few hours being live, the electric carmaker pressed the pause button on its newest product. Tesla Insurance was supposed…

Tesla announced its long awaited and much anticipated insurance coverage of its vehicles in California. Insurance coverage of these luxury electric vehicles doesn't come cheap, and many companies won't even offer policies for them because of the high…

A Tesla owner tried to put the pedal to the metal, but it turns out that the accelerator is actually made of plastic. He found that out the hard way when it snapped off while he was driving. Bryan Yaninek was returning to his home in Colorado Springs…

DC fast-charging of vehicles is only fast if there's a station that's actually available, which isn't always the case. As Tesla drivers at the San Mateo supercharging station, attendants are needed to ensure vehicles are charged in order and…

Tesla vehicles boast some of the biggest embedded in-dash screens on the market and practically beg you to sit back, Netflix and chill. And actually, that's a feature on the horizon, said Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Twitter. "Ability to stream YouTube &…

With advancement in lithium-ion battery technology slowing, companies are researching alternate materials to increase density—a must if automotive manufacturers will be able to make good on their goals to electrify their fleets of heavy SUVs that…

BMW made over-the-air (OTA) updates available for some vehicles in Europe this week, and along with it introduced Intelligent Personal Assistant as a vehicle feature upgrade. Intelligent Personal Assistant is the automotive equivalent to Amazon's…