Stellantis has renewed its relationship with France’s research institution CEA to work on an in-house design for next-generation battery cells. The end goal is more affordable and sustainable electric cars; the method is a multiple year R&D program on battery cells. CEA has over 25 years of experience in lithium-ion batteries; Stellantis has worked with … Read more
Fiat’s Tychy plant in Poland has started to make Leapmotor cars under a joint venture which will ease the Chinese company’s entrance into Europe, according to Reuters. Stellantis’ leader warned about the impact of inexpensive Chinese electric cars on Europe, as had Fiat’s leader, before forming a joint venture with a Chinese company to bring … Read more
The 2024 Jeep Wagoneer S Launch Edition will mark the formal introduction of the EV era for the Trail Rated brand and to celebrate the new Tesla competitor, Stellantis has emblazoned the plush SUV on the side of the company’s massive headquarters in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Over the course of the past decade or so, … Read more
Last week, the 2024 Jeep Wagoneer S was launched as the offroad-oriented brand’s first all-electric vehicle. Based on social media comments, many people don’t realize that the Wagoneer S isn’t really related to the existing Wagoneer (aside from the name) and that the two vehicles are vastly different sizes. Some people could not believe that … Read more
Yesterday, Jeep took the wraps off of the brand’s first all-electric vehicle in the form of the 2024 Wagoneer S, and thanks to information shared ahead of the debut, there aren’t many surprises – and that is a good thing. The first all-electric Jeep packs gobs of power and luxury into a roomy five-passenger SUV … Read more
Jeep released the first promotional video for the upcoming Wagoneer S battery electric vehicle. The video is titled “Surpass Yourself”, it is just under two minutes long and we wouldnt called it an ad, because it doesn’t tell us enough, but we also wouldn’t call it a teaser video below is tells us too much. … Read more
Late last year, the news that the next generation Jeep Wrangler would only be offered as an EV and a hybrid quickly spread across the internet with the same reception that most news about a popular model going all-out-electrification receives. Jeep fans weren’t as unhappy as, say, Dodge Charger fans, but as it generally the … Read more
Hemi V8 lovers can rejoice to know that the 6.4 is definitely still in production, albeit not quite in the same quantities as in the past; but there is darker news, too—again, for those who insist on eight pistons per engine.
When the 2025 Ram 1500 RHO begins reaching owners and those drives begin hitting their local off-road parks, there is a good chance that this new off-road truck will prove to be better than the TRX in many off-road situations. Many of us hate the fact that the Hemi V8 engines are being legislated out … Read more
This morning, all of the information on the 2025 Ram 1500 RHO was released and while we will take a look at the specifics, here are the key points. The new Ram RHO is not a replacement for the Ram 1500 TRX but rather, a direct competitor to the V6-powered Ford F150 Raptor. When compared … Read more
Ram is keeping V8s in some of its trucks—but only the BGE version, which is the 6.4 liter “truck Hemi” used in the Ram 2500 and 3500 pickups, and its chassis cabs.
The news comes today as Stellantis North America released its list of active plants. This listing confirms that the Saltillo Engine facility is the only source of Hurricane twin turbo engines…
The Hurricane six-cylinder engine is just 3.0 liters in displacement but outpowers the still-competitive 5.7 Hemi V8 used in 2023 Ram 1500 pickups. Some were disappointed in the 2025 Ram 1500’s official gas mileage figures, but a bit of research shows that the gain is really quite substantial—and hidden somewhat by the nonlinear nature of … Read more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency has, given slower than expected launches for new battery technologies and chargers, relaxed its rules for phasing in electric cars and trucks. The agency finalized a rule which is still tough on car emissions, but has cut back projections of EV sales from 67% by 2032. The agency now … Read more
The 2025 Ram 1500’s mileage is now out at the EPA web site, for all three engines—the carryover 3.6, the new Hurricane which replaces the 5.7 Hemi, and the Hurricane which would replace the 6.4 “392” Hemi if it had been sold on Ram 1500s. The Ram 1500 with the hot 6.4 engine, which produces … Read more
The Hemi might not be available, but the 2025 Dodge Charger Six Pack will provide anti-EV Mopar fans with a gasoline-powered option when the next generation arrives. There will be two variations, both of which will come with the twin turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-six engine, an 8-speed automatic transmission and standard all-wheel-drive. The standard output model … Read more
Over the course of the past two weeks, we have discussed a ton of information on the 2024 and 2025 Dodge Charger. The new Dodge Charger Daytona is an electric vehicle, but the Dodge Charger Six Pack will use the twin turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-six engine, so it isn’t an EV-only affair. Since we covered so … Read more