Electric cars

Rivian’s updated, second-generation R1T electric pickup has a super-powerful Quad Motor version that brings explosive acceleration, individual-wheel-controlled all-wheel drive, and some slick off-road tricks.

A rocky year for the automotive industry has meant the end of the road for some models and a couple of trim levels, as well as murkiness for the fate of some others.

Read here for five things we like about the 2025 Rivian R1S and two things we don’t after time spent behind the wheel.

From what we’ve now seen of the specs of the 2027 Chevrolet Bolt and 2026 Nissan Leaf, which one of them comes out on top?

Tesla is offering a dealer-installed retrofit turn-signal stalk for Model 3s equipped with the automaker’s steering-wheel-mounted turn-signal buttons.

GM will offer “an equivalent discount” itself to the one it had been offering via its captive finance division on EV leases, though that offer will only extend through the end of October.

Cash back and low APR financing deals make these new electric vehicles a steal.

The $7,500 federal electric-vehicle tax credit may have ended, but automakers continue to offer strong incentives on EV leases.

While the Blazer EV’s starting price is in line with other mid-size electric SUVs, the SS trim’s sky-high cost of entry puts it in Cadillac territory.

Like Tesla’s new Model Y Standard, the Model 3 Standard trades slightly lower estimated range, a slower 0-60 mph time and fewer (or less expensive) features for a lower price of entry.