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Tesla Inc. assures its millions of electric car owners that their privacy “is and will always be enormously important to us.” The cameras it builds into vehicles to assist driving, it notes on its website, are “designed from the ground up to protect your privacy.”  But between 2019 and 2022, groups of Tesla employees privately […]

Friendship Family of Dealerships bought three West Virginia dealerships — including two from LMP Automotive Holdings — in two first-quarter transactions. LMP on March 30 sold Hometown Subaru and Hometown Kia, both in Mt. Hope, W.Va., to the Friendship group of Bristol, Tenn., according to Mitch Walters, the group’s president. The dealerships, which are next

The 2024 Kia EV9 electric SUV will be built at the automaker’s West Point, Georgia, factory starting in the 2024 calendar year, Kia announced Wednesday at the 2023 New York Auto Show. The ramp-up will happen after the EV9 goes on sale in the U.S. in the fourth quarter of this year, with initial units

Lucid Motors layoffs are hitting across all levels of the electric vehicle startup, including its head of customer experience, Len Devanna, who announced his exit on social media. “During my two plus years with the company, I’ve had the pleasure of working with one of the most passionate and dedicated groups of people,” Devanna wrote

During the first quarter of 2023, Audi sold in the United States 52,763 cars (up 49 percent year-over-year from a relatively low base). Out of that, 4,438 cars happen to be all-electric. That’s a 36 percent increase year-over-year and 8.4 percent of the total volume. That’s not bad, considering that the lineup of imported BEVs

The Kona has grown in size, meaning there is more space inside for passengers and cargo. Along with the extra room, the cabin is more upscale and high-tech with dual 12.3-inch screens powered by Hyundai’s next-generation infotainment system with over-the-air updates. Hyundai even added a new shift-by-wire gear selector similar to the Ioniq models, allowing

Another Chinese EV maker is targeting a European market entry, but it’s not as well known as BYD, Great Wall Motor, Nio or XPeng. Human Horizons will launch its HiPhi premium EV brand in some European markets by the end of this year as the company looks to expand overseas. HH co-founder Mark Stanton told Reuters

With a combined 220 horsepower and 139 lb-ft of torque, the Prius Prime has an estimated 0-60 mph time of 6.6 seconds. That’s definitely not sports car-like but it is a 35% improvement over the previous generation’s lackluster 10.2-second time. The 32% torque increase is also a major contributing factor. The SE comes standard with

The interior of the new-gen Prius has been dialed back a bit to appeal to a wider audience; for example, the shifter is now in a normal place, and things are more logically laid out. Seating is comfortable, but finding the correct driving position and being able to see the gauge cluster is hit-and-miss. Visibility

CARLSBAD, Calif. — The plug-in version of Toyota‘s redesigned Prius sedan, the 2023 Prius Prime, is now able to travel up to 44 miles on battery power alone when its larger battery is fully charged and will start at $33,445 — both up substantially from the current generation model it is replacing. The 2023 Prius