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Your Round-Up Of Automotive News From CES 2022
The Omicron may have done its best to deter some from in-person appearances, but this year’s consumer electronics show didn’t fail to bring with it a fair chunk of automotive news and motoring tech. Catch up on the highlights with our dedicated hub!
2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV Debuts With 664 HP, 400 Mile Range, And The Avalanche’s Midgate
Ford may have stolen a march on GM by revealing the F-150 Lightning last year, but Chevy’s Silverado EV is coming to do battle soon after. The new Silverado EV will debut in 2023 as a 2024 model and will be built on GM’s modular Ultium EV platform. There’s a 400-mile (644 km) range WT version that’s targeted at fleet use, while later on, a fully-loaded Silverado EV RST First Edition will appear with a dual-motor all-wheel drive system producing 664 hp (495 kW / 673 PS) and 780+ lb-ft (1,056+ Nm) of torque.
2023 Tesla Model 2: Everything We Know About The EV Brand’s $25,000 Compact Car
A compact car from Tesla would undoubtedly be a gamechanger and perhaps even more significant than the Cybertruck or Roadster. Official details are scant, but these independent illustrations show how this compact hatchback could look. And, if it was priced around the $25,000 mark, it could provide serious competition to the VW ID.3, Honda e, and Nissan Leaf.
The Mercedes-Benz Vision EQXX is a new concept from the German manufacturer that can travel 621 miles (1000 km) in a single charge. It features lightweight construction and a focus on aerodynamics to make it highly efficient, rather than being weighed down with excess battery capacity. There are solar cells in the roof, vegan leather, and the use of a sustainable plastic made from landfill waste that includes garden waste and baby nappies to build the non-structural elements of the rear floor.
Chrysler Airflow Concept Unveiled, Brand To Go EV Only By 2028
Previewed again at CES 2022 was the Chrysler Airflow, looking identical in design to the concept shown at Crysler’s EV Day event in 2021. During the preview, the company announced that their first production BEV will be introduced in 2025, likely looking something like the Airflow. The brand will become all-electric by 2028, with Chrysler “at the forefront as Stellantis transforms to deliver clean mobility and connected customer experiences,” according to CEO Chris Feuell.
What Happens When You Drive A PHEV Without Gas?
With the electric range of your common PHEV being the average distance covered each day by drivers (20–25 miles), a plug-in hybrid could conceivably be run on electric power alone for most of its life. But what happens when a PHEV runs entirely out of gas but has some electric charge left? Would it allow you to motor on as an EV-only? Or will it just leave you stranded? To find out, our very own Chris Chilton set off in a Ford Kuga/Escape PHEV with a jerry can and hope.
” Meet Jack Wendel, The Man Who’s Spending $100,000 To Create A C2 Inspired Coachbuilt Corvette C8
Jack Wendel’s project work has prompted a few strong reactions, but perhaps none as strong as what he’s doing to his C8 Corvette. The theme is ‘what might the C2 have looked like if GM had made it mid-engine.’ Wendel told us that “Those that believe I’m trying to ‘convert the C8 Corvette into a C2’ will obviously be critical of the results because they are using the wrong yardstick to measure it by.”
2023 BMW iX M60 Is A $105,100 Electric SUV With 610 HP And 280-Mile Range
The iX M60 is a performance version of the iX SUV and features a 610 hp dual-motor layout sending the vehicle from 0–60 mph (0–96 km/h) in just 3.5 seconds and on to a limited top speed of 155 mph (250 km/h). It’s scheduled to launch in the U.S. in June this year, with an MSRP of $105,100.
Quick Spin: The Toyota Mirai Is A Comfortable And Stylish Fuel Cell Flagship And Classic Drive: Alfa Romeo’s 147 GTA V6 Still Makes Every Other Hot Hatch Feel Like White Goods
A car from the future and a car from the past: this week we drove both a Toyota Mirai and an Alfa Romeo 147 GTA V6. The Mirai may run on a fuel from the future, but it doesn’t feel like some half-baked prototype. Meanwhile, the 147 GTA is a reminder of a hot hatch that didn’t sell in numbers, but now deserves a shot at redemption.
What Else Is Making The News
Passengers Stuck In Mexico After Party Antics
A group of Canadian partygoers has been left stranded in Mexico after the airline they flew in has refused to fly them back. The group was shown dancing, drinking and vaping mid-air aboard a Sunwing Airlines chartered plane. CNN reports that both Air Canada and Air Transat have said they will not fly the passengers home either.
Logan Paul May Have Spent $3.5 Million On Fake Pokemon Cards
update on this: I’m flying to Chicago this weekend to verify the case with BBCE, the company who insured its authenticity
to be continued… https://t.co/grLMa92JCM
— Logan Paul (@LoganPaul) January 5, 2022
Last month, YouTuber and boxer Logan Paul acquired a set of six First Edition Base Set Pokemon Card booster boxes for the hefty sum of $3.5 million. But an investigation by a Pokemon fan community site claims the cards may be fake. Paul has since said that he will be verifying the case with the company that issued its authenticity.