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Kia's popular 2024 Telluride has been awarded the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's highest accolade, with the strong-selling family SUV receiving the Top Safety Pick+ from the IIHS. Kia's best-selling model, the 2024 Sportage, managed to clinch the Top Safety Pick rating.
Volkswagen is facing legal action in Germany regarding the Felicity Ace saga, with claims suggesting a Porsche EV (presumably a Taycan) was at the root of the dramatic fire that caused thousands of burnt luxury vehicles to sink to the bottom of the Atlantic in 2022.
The Ford Transit van is celebrating ten years of production in America, and to mark the occasion, the Blue Oval has introduced several updates to the all-electric E-Transit, such as increased range and faster charging.
The European New Car Assessment Programme — more commonly known as Euro NCAP — will give lower safety ratings to new cars that are built without buttons, stalks, or dials for critical functions including turn signal indicators, hazard lights, windshield wipers, the horn, and emergency SOS calls. Basically, the most important accessories in a self-propelled vehicle — those to do with safety — must be operated by physical switches to qualify as safe.
Nissan has announced pricing for the 2024 Ariya. Surprisingly, the stylish electric crossover arrives with a lower MSRP than before, a common theme in the stagnating EV market.
CarBuzz has discovered eight new trademarks filed by Volkswagen over the past few weeks in various intellectual property offices, the bulk of which were filed at the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA). A couple more were filed with Mexico's and Chile's respective equivalents, potentially indicating that these new names are destined for vehicles outside the North American market.
Waymo is getting ready to expand its self-driving efforts across the San Francisco and Los Angeles regions, following approval from the California Public Utilities Commission.
Jaguar US boss Joe Eberhardt has confirmed that the premium British automaker will cease production of its sedans and sports cars in June this year, leaving the brand as an SUV-only company for the immediate future. Models sold in the USA that will end production include the F-Type and XF, while the XE sedan, which hasn't been available in the US market since the 2020 model year, also faces the axe.