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Exclusive: Volvo’s Conny Perrson Describes All-New 2025 Volvo EX30 EV

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The smallest Volvo SUV ever might be the biggest in terms of impact in the United States and around the globe. With a suggested starting price of $34,950, Volvo EX30 could cause many American consumers […]

Inside General Motor’s Ultra Cruise: Exclusive Interview

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General Motors has been gathering many plaudits for its Super Cruise semi-autonomous driving system, but soon it will be supplemented by the even more sophisticated Ultra Cruise. To go in-depth on the intricacies of Ultra […]

Cross Country Road Test: 2023 Lincoln Corsair Plug-in Hybrid

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The 2023 Lincoln Corsair PHEV is a full-featured 5-passenger luxury crossover filled with high-tech features like Lincoln BlueCruise 1.2 and other niceties. As we found in our 800-mile trek in the heavily revised vehicle, it […]

Performance Lives! Secrets of the 2023 Nissan Z Revealed

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The 2023 Nissan Z loudly proclaims that affordable performance cars are not dead. While many seem to be writing off internal combustion engine vehicles — and all automotive fun — we say, “Not so fast.” […]

Crashing through Maine Woods in 518-hp Land Rover Defender 90 V8

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What happens when you take the latest version of the legendary Land Rover Defender 90 and add a 518-horsepower V-8? Well, one thing that happens is you have the subject of one of our road […]

Are Battery-Electrics the Only Answer to Global Climate Change? Toyota Says No

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Toyota is charting its own course as the industry moves into a new, electrified era, and no one is more in touch with those plans than Cooper Ericksen, the company’s Senior Vice President, Product, BEV […]

Road Testing the 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee in the Wilds of a Maine Winter

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One of the best family vehicles introduced in 2022 is the Jeep Grand Cherokee. It is now available in two configurations: the three-row Grand Cherokee L and the more recently introduced two-row Grand Cherokee. In […]

How AEye LiDar Will Help Your Car See Better So You Drive Safer

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Soon your car will be able to see better than you can. That is the message from Rick Tewell, COO of a company called AEye. His company develops LiDar technology, using lasers to enable your […]

Will COVID-19 Hurt Development of Autonomous Vehicles?

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In this special episode of America on the Road we bring you two special interviews. In the first, host Jack Nerad talks with Kristin Kolodge, J.D. Power expert on autonomous vehicles, about the future of […]

Ford, Daimler, and Toyota take over CES

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Remember when CES used to be about nifty gadgets? Curved televisions, robot dogs, tiny drones that fit in your pocket. These days, however, the hottest new gadgets at CES weigh roughly two tons. Just ask […]