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The Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicle is returning in the near future. Here’s what it needs to have to be competitive in the current EV market.

Acura’s sporty compact hatchback gets a standard-equipment upgrade, three new paint colors and cosmetic tweaks for the 2026 model year.

After a week with a new 2024 Polestar 2, we share five things we like about the electric vehicle and three things we don’t.

The iconic British brand Mini has a long history, both in the U.S. and across the pond.

The 2025 Toyota GR Corolla comes out of the box with moderately track-focused brakes, tires and a configurable all-wheel-drive system, but we’d recommend the manual transmission over the new automatic.

Following its regular hybrid counterpart, the Prius Plug-in Hybrid (which until 2025 was known as the Prius Prime) gets a Nightshade Edition for 2026.

With the current generation of the Prius entering its fourth model year, the Prius is unchanged for 2026 and starts at $29,745 (including destination).

The Hyundai Elantra and Sonata, Kia K4, Nissan Murano, and Toyota bZ4X and Prius all won the IIHS’s highest Top Safety Pick+ award for the 2025 model year.

Volkswagen is making relatively few changes to its lineup for 2026, with the biggest news being the new fifth-generation engine powering the 2026 Tiguan SEL R-Line Turbo.

Mazda is recalling more than 171,400 Mazda3 and CX-30 vehicles over an issue with the airbag sensor.