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A short video shows more interior details of the upcoming 2024 Chevy Equinox EV.Now we know the electric Equinox will have a massive touchscreen, customizable ambient interior lighting, and what looks like a column shifter.The Equinox EV in the video is identified as an LT model, and Chevy says its availability will be revealed at a later date. Chevrolet has offered a glimpse inside of the upcoming 2024 Equinox EV in a video posted today on its consumer website. While it’s not the first sneak peek at the electric Equinox’s interior—sketches of the cabin were shown when the new EV was revealed back in January—the video does provide a more realistic, albeit rendered, viewing experience.

The 30-second clip opens with a glowing bow-tie logo sitting above the Earth spinning below during a lunar eclipse. In the video description, Chevy writes: Lunar eclipses bring new beginnings. The first ever All-Electric Equinox is coming. Of course, we’ve known for a while that the Equinox EV is set to arrive in the fall of 2023. Along with giving off sci-fi vibes often associated with electric vehicles, the lunar eclipse in the video coincides with the actual lunar eclipse that occurred today (May 16).

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Next, the video transitions into a close-up shot of the new HVAC vent, which is one of two circular units located on either end of the dashboard. The fine print below tells us we’re looking at the inside of an LT trim level, but we’re told its availability will be announced at a later date. The RS model will likely arrive first in the fall of 2023. Chevy hasn’t said how much the 2024 Equinox EV RS will cost, but the LT is said to start around $30,000.

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The next shot shows the Equinox’s floating center console, complete with an open storage space on the bottom and a cubby on top that’s located underneath the center stack. One of the most distinctive features shown in the video is the ambient lighting on the passenger side of the dash and on the panel near the door handle. In the video we see the color of the lights change from white to blue, and Chevy says on its consumer website that the colors can be personalized.

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The final scene is a wide-angle view of the dashboard, including the digital gauge cluster and the massive touchscreen that controls the infotainment system. We also catch a glimpse of the SUV’s steering wheel and what looks like a column-mounted shifter. This is corroborated by the lack of a gear selector on the center console, which we get to see from a higher angle that shows a pair of USB-C ports alongside a pair of cupholders.

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A closer inspection of Chevy’s video shows an odometer reading of 48,211 miles. That number is also the zip code for GM’s Factory Zero plant in Detroit, Michigan. That’s the same factory where the GMC Hummer EV is being built, and it’s part of GM’s ambitious plan to build 400,000 EVs in North America by the end of 2023. Naturally, the 2024 Equinox EV will play a big role in that when it hits the streets.
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Production of the 2023 Cadillac Lyriq is underway, with deliveries of the Debut Edition starting this summer and pricing announced for the mainstream models.The single-motor, 340-hp, rear-wheel-drive Lyriq starts at $62,990, and it will start reaching customers this fall.The 500-hp dual-motor, all-wheel-drive Lyriq will start at $64,990, with deliveries beginning in early 2023. In March, production began on Cadillac’s first fully electric vehicle, the Lyriq crossover. Deliveries will initially be of the Debut Edition, a version of the rear-wheel-drive Lyriq only available in silver or black with a limited options list. An advanced reservation was required for the Debut Edition, which started at $59,990 and will reach customers this summer. Now Cadillac has shared pricing information for the mainstream rear-wheel-drive and all-wheel-drive Lyriqs that will go on sale in the near future.

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Cadillac says that the order books for the rear-wheel-drive and all-wheel-drive Lyriq models will open on May 19. The single-motor Lyriq RWD, which produces 340 horsepower and 325 pound-feet of torque and has an EPA-estimated 312 miles of range, will start at $62,990. Deliveries of this model will start in the fall. The all-wheel-drive model, meanwhile, adds an electric motor on the front axle for an even 500 horsepower and has a 3500-pound towing capacity. The Lyriq AWD will start at $64,990, with deliveries starting early next year and an official EPA-estimated range revealed closer to the start of production. The Lyriq also gains two new colors: Opulent Blue Metallic and Crystal White Tricoat.

Cadillac says all Lyriq customers will have the choice of either two years of unlimited charging credits to use at public EVgo stations or an up to $1500 credit for the installation of a home charger. That credit will provide either a Level 2 AC charger or a 240-volt outlet, and each Lyriq comes with a portable cord-set charging cable that works with 120-volt or 240-volt outlets. Cadillac says the the Lyriq can add up to 52 miles of range in an hour with a 19.2-kW Level 2 AC home charger and around 76 miles of range in 10 minutes with a DC fast-charger.
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Like other “Edition 55” models, the upcoming CLA45 Edition 55 leans heavily on visual updates (and some aerodynamic changes) to offer a small number of buyers a different-looking CLA45 in the U.S. Only 55 units will be sold here.Most of the updates are visual, dominated by the Cosmos Black Metallic paint scheme and plenty of red/black Edition 55 accents on the exterior and inside. Plus, it comes with a free indoor car cover, to keep your new AMG protected when it’s not moving.Pricing has not yet been announced, but Edition 55 upgrades for the new CLA45 in Europe cost around $13,000 to $15,000.In order to celebrate 55 years of AMG, Mercedes-AMG is releasing a limited edition 2022 Mercedes-AMG CLA45 four-door coupe called Edition 55 that offers a number of aerodynamic and visual enhancements. The Edition 55 will be limited to 55 units in the U.S. and will go on sale later this year as a 2023 model.

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AMG fans will not be able to miss the upgrades Mercedes is making in the CLA45 Edition 55. All versions will get the AMG Aerodynamics package as standard. Although the CLA45 Edition 55 will be available in Digital White Metallic paint in some markets, the U.S. will get the car in Cosmos Black Metallic only. There will be plenty of high-gloss black accents sprinkled around the car to match the new exterior updates.

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Let’s start with the AMG Aerodynamics package, which is the only update to the Edition 55 that makes a noticeable difference in how the car moves through the air. The aero package adds a front apron with a larger front splitter, an AMG rear wing, new deflector elements on the simulated side air outlets of the rear apron, and a diffuser blade. The new wind shapes improve the car’s driving characteristics at high speeds, Mercedes said, but even when sitting still, they’ll offer high-gloss black accents that match the many visual changes. That list includes an AMG Night package and AMG Night package II, which brings the high-gloss black look to the front splitter and trim elements, like the AMG side sill panel inserts, the window line trim strip and the exterior mirror housings. Black chrome can be found on the tailpipe and the louvers in the front grille, while other AMG emblems on the vehicle’s side come in various grays or are transparent to fit in wherever they’re located. The CLA45 Edition 55 uses 19-inch AMG cross-spoke forged wheels in matte gray and, surprise, another “Edition 55” design element. The interior has been redone in black and red, which is a theme for the Edition 55 line. The CLA45 Edition 55 has red, illuminated lettering in the door sill panels, red and black floor mats and AMG Performance seats upholstered in two-tone red and black nappa leather. A customized AMG Indoor Car Cover is also part of the deal.Mercedes-AMG’s global birthday celebration has also given the world—i.e., different markets—Edition 55 versions of the A35, A45, CLA35, and G63. The 2022 Mercedes-AMG G63 Edition 55 was announced for the U.S. in March (limited to 55 units), and that model received a unique exterior look and a red and black interior with lots of “55” references.Mercedes is not yet announcing pricing for the CLA45 Edition 55 in the U.S., but we can guess the rough cost premium based on the special models that will be available in Germany. There, the Edition 55 versions of the CLA45 4Matic and CLA45 S 4Matic can be had for an upcharge between around $13,100 and $14,870, depending on powertrain.

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Chevy plans to add Super Cruise to its 2023 Tahoe and Suburban.The tech is limited to high-end Premier and High Country trims.The semiconductor shortage, however, may ultimately affect Chevy’s plans.The 2023 Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban are the latest General Motors models to offer the company’s Super Cruise hands-free driver-assist system. Or at least that’s what the brand intends to happen.

“Due to current supply-chain shortages, certain features—including Super Cruise—have limited and late availability,” a spokesperson wrote in an email to Car and Driver. When asked if Chevrolet may ultimately need to push Super Cruise’s debut in the Tahoe and Suburban to the 2024 model year, the same spokesperson replied that Chevy is “continuing to monitor chip availability and will make this determination when our business deems appropriate in the model year cycle.”

We wager Chevy feels pretty confident it can get the needed semiconductor chips to bring Super Cruise to these two full-size SUVs for the 2023 model year. Otherwise, the bowtie brand would have surely pushed back announcing this information until it had a firmer grasp on its semiconductor chip situation.Nevertheless, it’s entirely possible Chevy released this information under the guise of “hoping for the best but planning for the worst.” If the worst does happen, and Chevy pulls Super Cruise from the options sheets of the 2023 Tahoe and Suburban, then buyers of these big SUVs will find the brand making only a handful of very small changes for the new model year. Three new exterior hues (Silver Sage Metallic, Sterling Gray Metallic, and Radiant Red Tintcoat) are added to the two vehicles’ color palettes, while a new accessory grill, which forgoes the bowtie badge for the Chevrolet name, is available on LS, LT, RST, and Premier trims.That said, if Chevy succeeds at bringing Super Cruise to the 2023 Tahoe and Suburban, then consumers of these models ought to plan on spending big bucks for the Level 2 driving-assist system, as it’s limited to the SUVs’ pricey Premier and High Country trims.
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Mass-market electric vehicles have been available in the U.S. for over a decade, but we’ve only seen small, incremental changes in sales for most of that time. In the first three months of 2022, though, EV registrations shot up an astonishing 60 percent even as the overall market was down 18 percent. With great EV sales comes great charging station responsibility, and figuring out how to offer public charging options to all of these new EV drivers is an ongoing concern.American car shoppers seem to have discovered the electric car. After a decade of slow but steady sales growth, electric vehicle registrations in the U.S. shot up 60 percent in the first quarter of 2022 even as overall new car registrations dropped 18 percent. It’s the latest indication that domestic EV acceptance may have turned some important but invisible corner recently.The sharp increase in electric-vehicle registrations at the start of this year meant that the EV share of the overall market hit a historic 4.6 percent. While places like Norway—where over 86 percent of all new vehicle sales were electric in March—may laugh at that number, EV advocates know that change happens slowly, then all at once, or something like that.

One big reason we’re seeing more EVs in people’s driveways is the explosion in exciting new models, from the Ford F-150 Lightning to the Kia EV6 to the Hyundai Ioniq 5. Experian calculated that there were 158,689 new EV registrations in the first three months of the year. The big winners were EVs from Tesla (up 59 percent to 113,882 new registrations), Kia (up more than eight-fold to 8,450) Ford (up 91 percent to 7,407) and Hyundai (up more than 300 percent, to 6,964), according to Automotive News. These plus other EV sales (the Nissan Leaf and the Volkswagen ID.4 were both in the top 10) meant the segment grew to that 4.6 percent record, which means that a total of 3.4 million new cars were registered last quarter.More EVs on the road might seem like good news, but some people see danger ahead, particularly when it comes to public charging. Despite the fact that most EV charging happens at home, this isn’t a solution for everyone, which means public charging needs to be readily available for some to keep raising the number of EVs sold. The age-old chicken vs. egg story remains alive and well in the EV charging infrastructure world, with a story in the Los Angeles Times last month saying that DC fast-charging station operators need eight to 10 charge sessions a day to turn a “decent return,” but if you also need to have enough fast-chargers available so that drivers don’t face too many waiting times. Finding the balance, especially with EV sales surging, could prove difficult.

Supply-chain problems plaguing the auto industry may have an impact on which cars are being sold, given that some automakers have to make production decisions about which models to build or not build based on the supply of semiconductor chips or other components in short supply. If you’ll allow a bit of speculation, the fact that EVs command more attention from the public and the higher starting prices for many EVs could be two potential reasons for automakers to prioritize EVs over internal combustion engine vehicles. Automotive News notes that it and Experian used registration data to get a clearer picture of EV sales in the U.S., since, for example, Tesla does not release sales figures. Other industry analysts have slightly different figures for EV sales at the start of 2022, but they all show major increases compared to last year. Cox Automotive’s estimate of the EV market share for the first quarter of 2022, for example, was 5.2 percent compared to 2.5 percent in 2021. Whatever the exact numbers, something’s certainly happening out there.
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• This one-owner, special edition 1993 Saab 900 is up for sale on the Bring a Trailer auction website right now.• Aside from its obvious charms, it’s important as one of the last few hundred coupes Saab built for the U.S. in the 900’s last model year. Having said that, the car was unchanged for more than a decade at that point.• The auction is set to end next Friday, May 20, but bidding is already up to $33,065 with a week to go. The Swedes had no sacrificial justification to build the same cars and fiercely resist change from the late 1970s all throughout the early 1990s. This wasn’t the immediate postwar era, for instance, when automakers had to stick with the limited parts they could get. No, Saab was just conservative, and cheap. And people loved them for it.

That brings us to this a one-owner 1993 Saab 900 selling on Bring a Trailer (which, like Car and Driver, is part of Hearst Autos). As the Commemorative Edition, the car’s owner explains, this 900 is one of the last 325 hatchbacks built for the U.S. in its final model year. Another 500 cars ended the convertible’s run for 1994. Esoteric discussions over headlights, grilles, and carbureted versus fuel-injected engines could go on forever. We’ll keep it simple: This was the same damn car Saab had been selling since 1978.While an all-new 900 dropped in 1994 and later renamed itself the 9-3, General Motors helped develop those cars (it purchased half of Saab in 1990). Among the Saab faithful, the 900,000 900 models built during the first generation were the purest, most iconic expression of the brand before GM butted in. Its devoted owners were furious when GM killed the company in 2011, as they should have been.

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When it was new, a 900 was the smart look among compact luxury cars. It was upscale without the glam, overengineered to a charming fault, and, with a double-wishbone front suspension and turbo engine, surprisingly quick and agile. Of course Saab built very safe cars. But where Volvo avoided speed and risky styling, Saab made Swedish cars desirable. The graceful notchback slant of the huge tailgate, long overhangs, and expansive rear windows seem at total odds with the shorter hood and narrow wheelbase. That’s how your mind first processes a 900. Saab played with a cab-rearward layout like a sports car but kept the footprint of a front-wheel-drive family sedan. Yet the 900 doesn’t feel like one. These proportions, plus the curved windshield, rear fender vents, high-mounted spoiler, and three-spoke dish wheels, were a genuine nod to Saab’s jet fighter division. Then or now, it’s never an ordinary car.

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The CE came only as a coupe in black over tan leather and featured a five-speed manual paired to Saab’s most powerful turbo-four. With 185 horsepower at 5500 rpm and 201 pound-feet of torque at a low 2800 rpm, the 2.0-liter engine was a true pioneer for turbocharged output and response (Saab had a regulator that could modify boost based on temperature and fuel octane, a big deal back then). This 900 CE appears to have all the correct parts, including the requisite headlight wipers and gray 15-inch wheels. There’s even an accessory louvered window cover. While the shift knob is worn out and the carpets have some strange cutlines along the transmission tunnel, the leather trimming the seats and door pockets is nearly crack-free. The back seat looks like no one ever sat there. The burl walnut trim is practically dripping.

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The current owner spent $1800 to make repairs, which is entirely normal for an old Swedish car. It’s now selling for a third of its $33,065 sticker price (and can you believe Saab offered a six-year/80,000-mile warranty?). The Saab parts community is very strong, so all the second owner must do is gaze upon this beauty, twist the ignition key between the seats, and send the turbo gauge to the red zone. That’s good enough reason to build the same car for 16 years.

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Pininfarina has announced it’s selling five non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, related to the 1970 Modulo concept.The RM Sotheby’s auction house is handling the transaction in an event that happens later this month.Could there be a worse week than this week to announce it, with the way the metaverse is trending? Well, we can’t be sure.The late Norm MacDonald had a routine about giving lottery tickets as gifts. It went something like, “Here’s what I got you: nothing!” Speaking of which, let’s talk about NFTs! Can we presume you’re up on NFTs? If not, here’s the idea: you own a digital file and it’s all yours—a photo, a video, whatever. For a while there, NFTs were going strong, with Bored Ape Yacht Club (pictures of sleazy humanoid monkeys) leading the way. But somehow, it seems that public sentiment is turning, and now maybe some people are reconsidering the idea that a JPG of a monkey, or of anything, should be worth more than a house.

So, just in time for the NFT market bloodbath, Pininfarina has announced a new NFT collection devoted to its 1970 Modulo concept car, with the five NFTs to be auctioned by RM Sotheby’s later this month. Right about now Pininfarina is probably wishing that last sentence was past tense and read “last month,” before Tether untethered and Luna crashed and Coinbase stock dropped 75 percent. Okay, let’s talk about cars. Sort of.

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What is Pininfarina auctioning, exactly? Well, not the Modulo, or course. But Pininfarina does have original design sketches of the Modulo—which it also is not auctioning. What they are selling is a sort of digital diorama of the Modulo set in each of the five decades since its unveiling, with soundtracks created by Sasha Sirota. Perhaps sensing that this project needs a little bit of an IRL hook, winning bidders also take home two physical prints of the design sketches, each signed by Pininfarina’s chairman, Paolo Pininfarina. Oh, and you get a private tour of the Pininfarina museum and a hang sesh with the design team. Back on the virtual side of things, this prize package also includes unique digital replicas of the Pininfarina Modulo that will give you serious imaginary-car-collector cred in the Metaverse. What’s your bid? The contestant who bids the nearest Ethereum value without going over wins the showcase!
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In its quest to rapaciously separate the dull rich from their money, we wish Pininfarina all the best. But the venerable design house may be overestimating the overlap between people who own NFT wallets and know who Sasha Sirota is, and people who care that Pininfarina is responsible for both the Cadillac Allanté and the Daewoo Lacetti. To us, Lamborghini seems more like the kind of company that would be in tune with the NFT crowd, a brand that would pump out some NFTs while the market was still fizzing. Oh, wait: they did, for a total of more than $600,000. Lamborghini even set up a secondary market page on its NFT site, so original owners can resell them. So far, it has no listings.
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The 2023 Lexus UX will be offered exclusively as a hybrid, with the base 169-horsepower inline-four powertrain no longer available.The UXh also gains a larger optional screen, a redesigned center console, and a new voice activated assistant. The 2023 UXh goes on sale this summer, but pricing has yet to be announced.Lexus is giving its smallest crossover, the UX, an update for the 2023 model year, and the biggest news is that the subcompact SUV will become exclusively a hybrid, with Lexus dropping the 169-horsepower 2.0-liter inline-four powertrain. Under the name UXh, it will now only be powered by a 2.0-liter inline-four and an electric motor powering the rear wheels, with a combined 181 horses.
Along with removing the gas-only model, Lexus made a few small changes to the UXh. Lexus says 20 spot welding points were added to the body to boost structural rigidity, while new Bridgestone 18-inch run-flat tires were designed to reduce noise and vibration. Inside, the optional larger screen grows two inches to 12.3-inches, and the center console has been reconfigured. There’s also a new voice activated assistant and other tech like a digital app-based key.

The 2023 UX 250h F Sport models also gain a Design and a Handling package. The former adds F Sport-specific wheels, grille, a black roof, painted wheel arches, and goodies like a moonroof, rain-sensing wipers, and automatic headlamp leveling. On top of that, the F Sport Handling gains performance dampers and Active Variable Suspension. There are also interior upgrades, with heated and ventilated F Sport seats, steering wheel, shift knob, and aluminum pedals. Lexus has yet to announce pricing for the 2023 UXh, but previously the cheapest UX hybrid trim, the UX 250h, started at $36,825, and we don’t expect the price to increase dramatically. The 2023 UXh goes on sale late this summer.
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