MILAN — Europe’s luxury automakers are gung-ho about an all-electric future around the world. But some are more pragmatic than others about when they’ll get there. Mercedes-Benz has set a target to go zero-emission by next decade’s turn, but it has left the door open for continued combustion sales in markets that might not be
Hyundai Motor Group took another step to complete the puzzle for its new $5.5 billion electric vehicle production hub in southeast Georgia with the announcement Friday of a deal to source battery cells through a $4.3 billion joint venture with supplier LG Energy Solution. The companies will each hold a 50 percent stake in a
Tesla knocked the U.S. luxury sales crown off BMW’s head last year, ending the German marque’s three-year reign in the segment. But BMW plans to beat the American upstart at its own game. Over the next few years, BMW will add competitively specced battery-powered models to its lineup of sedans and crossovers. Last year, electric
BMW will expand the 4 Series and 7 Series lineups with electrified variants for the 2024 model year. The German luxury automaker is ramping up its portfolio of electric models as it takes the fight to Tesla and races to meet tightening emissions regulations in major markets. By 2025, BMW says, one-fourth of its global
Mercedes-Benz’s annual North America dealer meeting was themed “Beyond” and offered an early look into how the nearly century-old inventor of the gasoline-powered vehicle will pivot to an electric century. Over two days in Vancouver, British Columbia, late last week, Mercedes treated more than 350 U.S. and Canadian retailers to a product and technology show-and-tell.
Volkswagen Group’s decision to build a 4,000-employee electric truck factory in central South Carolina could put the squeeze on another German automaker in the state. BMW Group operates its largest assembly plant in the world in Greer, S.C., about 100 miles from the site of VW’s planned Scout Motors factory in Blythewood. According to a
The swoopy Mercedes-AMG SL roadster is getting a Formula 1-inspired entry variant in the U.S. with a new engine and rear-wheel drive. The 2023 Mercedes-AMG SL 43 arrives in U.S. dealerships this summer and starts at $111,050, including shipping. An AMG-enhanced 2.0-liter four-cylinder turbocharged engine powers the open-top 2+2 seater, delivering 375 hp and a
Swedish automaker Polestar has slashed its 2023 volume forecast by as much as a quarter and announced a delay — its second — in launching its high-volume electric crossover. Polestar 3 production is pushed to the first quarter of 2024 because of software development issues plaguing affiliate Volvo’s new electric platform, which underpins the midsize
Porsche is launching the most powerful version of the midengine Boxster roadster — a 493-hp two-seater powered by a race car engine. The 2024 Porsche 718 Spyder RS arrives in the U.S. next spring and starts at $162,150, including shipping. The new variant debuts in June at an event in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, Germany, to mark 75
LOS ANGELES — Porsche has put the combustion engine Cayenne on the path to retirement, but first, the automaker is giving the workhorse midsize crossover a midcycle freshening that feels more like a redesign. To elevate the driving experience, Porsche has dialed up engine output across the Cayenne lineup. While the industry steers away from
