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Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and these favorites from Hulu, Netflix, Amazon Prime, and cable services are better than a box of chocolates. More

We’ve spied the upcoming 2021 Volkswagen Golf R hot hatch before its July unveiling. Compared to the standard 2020 Golf, the R has a different grille and sportier wheels as well as a quad-tip exhaust. Expect to see the new Golf R in late 2020 or early 2021, since the Golf GTI is slated to […] More

Chinese state-owned auto company Chery is looking to sell a compact SUV called the Vantas in the United States. The company claims it’s also going to assemble them in the U.S., but there’s no official timeline, price information, or further details yet on such a plan. The announced importer, Hale and Associates, is staffed by […] More

The Polestar 2 from Volvo’s young performance brand is already known for its vegan interior. Using technology from environmentally conscious company BStar, Polestar intends to bring natural fibers to the dash and panels instead of plastics. In addition to being more sustainable, the tech could reduce weight by 80 percent. Polestar is a brand born […] More

Hyundai says it will deliver five Nexo fuel-cell vehicles to the U.S. Department of Energy and help build a refueling station in Washington, D.C., for them. The automaker also gave the feds a single Nexo vehicle in 2019. Hyundai has been working with the federal government on hydrogen technology since 2004. Hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles have […] More

Autonomous-vehicle research is costing billions, and so far there has been very little short-term reward for it, says tech-news website The Information, relying on data supplied from people involved. Waymo has spent the most, with an estimated $3.5 billion used to finance its R&D. The first self-driving cars will likely be robo-taxis, which are unlikely […] More

Chevrolet has released pricing for its 2021 Tahoe full-size SUV, as first reported by Automotive News and confirmed to Car and Driver by a Chevy spokesperson. It starts at $50,295, which is $1000 more than the previous model year. Pricing for the Tahoe with the new diesel engine hasn’t been announced, but we expect it’ll […] More

President Trump’s budget would eliminate the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program, an Energy Department initiative to lend money to retool factories and advance the progress of electric-vehicle manufacturing. Ohio EV startup Lordstown Motors is reportedly seeking a loan from that program to help it revamp the former GM plant that it acquired last November […] More