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Pickup Trucks (Page 22)

By Marc Stern on January 20, 2023 - 11:26AM
The F-150 Lightning continues to garner its share of awards. This time Edmunds has named the F-150 Lightning winner of its Top-Rated Electric Award. This is the second award for the pickup line from the car-info site. In its second award of the year, the conventional Ford F-150 was honored for its many decades of innovation.
By Marc Stern on January 20, 2023 - 10:38AM
One of Ford's most popular vehicles, the compact Maverick pickup, faces a class-action suit over a side curtain airbag. The suit has done nothing to dial back the compact pickup's incredible popularity.
By Mary Conway on January 19, 2023 - 9:03PM
The people at Ram will tell you that winning never gets old. Winning is especially important when it signifies that you are the best value for your potential customers.
By Marc Stern on January 17, 2023 - 3:23PM
Ford's Bronco, which has garnered its share of attention, has added to its list of honors by being named Car and Driver's "10Best SUV." Meantime, the popular compact Maverick pickup was named the publication's "10Best Trucks."
By Tinsae Aregay on January 15, 2023 - 7:15PM
Tesla Chief Designer, Franz von Holzhausen, in an interview with Ryan McCaffrey of Ride the Lightning: Tesla Motor’s Unofficial Podcast says the new Model S & X yoke steering wheel "makes a lot of sense" for the Cybertruck.
By Marc Stern on January 12, 2023 - 5:51PM
The Ford F-150 pickup and the Escape crossover remained popular vehicles with customers last year as many buyers were forced into the used-car market by high prices.
By Tinsae Aregay on January 9, 2023 - 7:07PM
Tesla supplier, IDRA, has announced that it finished work on a 2nd 9000-ton Giga Press. IDRA, however, has confirmed that, unlike the first 9000-t Giga Press which was shipped to Giga Texas, this machine will not be used to build the Cybertruck as it's destined for Asia. IDRA's announcement suggests that the new machine will be used to build Giga China's upcoming compact car in a single piece.
By Marc Stern on January 8, 2023 - 5:07PM
As Ford's compact pickup, the Maverick, remains wildly popular with customers, it has also become popular with Consumer Reports. Indeed, the Maverick bumped the Honda Ridgeline as the publication's top pickup.
By Mary Conway on January 6, 2023 - 10:51PM
GM sold 2.27 million total vehicles in the U.S. in 2022, compared to Toyota's 2.1 million. Nearly half of those sales were from pickups and large SUVs.
By Harutiun Hareyan on January 6, 2023 - 1:57PM
After a brief period of subtle media coverage, more owners have taken to the forums to express new problems on their beloved 2023 Toyota Tundra. Will this carry on to 2024?
By Mary Conway on January 5, 2023 - 11:17PM
Ram's new battery electric concept called the Ram 1500 Revolution is designed to outdo the competition with more interior and cargo space and faster charging. It also has futuristic features like being able to follow you while you walk and a virtual assistant.
By Marc Stern on January 5, 2023 - 4:15PM
For the 46th consecutive year, the F-Series has again led the market in sales, a position that it has held for nearly half-a-century.
By Denis Flierl on January 4, 2023 - 6:36AM
Is it time for Subaru to build a new midsize pickup? As other automakers pick up the pace with new electric pickups, it makes sense for Subaru now. But customers will have to wait.
By Mary Conway on December 30, 2022 - 10:27PM
The 2023 Ram plays a starring role on the hit television show Yellowstone. Now fans can take a virtual tour of the show's location from the driver's seat of the 2023 Ram 1500 Limited Longhorn truck.
By Marc Stern on December 29, 2022 - 2:11PM
Yes, it has been quite a year for Ford Motor Co. with its successful introduction and sale of new models like its electric truck the F-150 Lightning and its compact pickup, the Maverick. On the other hand, Ford set a rather dubious record for 2022 with the highest number of recalls for the year.
By Marc Stern on December 28, 2022 - 7:44PM
This year has been quite a big one for Ford, with a new model proving so attractive to buyers that the reservation period is over, and buyers won't have their compact pickups until sometime next year. Also, the Lightning continues to attract new buyers to the electric pickup.
By Marc Stern on December 22, 2022 - 11:11PM
Ford has some good advice for owners of electric vehicles as the weather turns bitingly cold and nasty.
By Mary Conway on December 22, 2022 - 4:39PM
The 2023 Ram 1500 TRX Havoc gives Ram lovers another high horsepower beast in its lineup.
By John Goreham on December 22, 2022 - 2:55PM
The Ford Maverick pickup truck is a big hit. However, there is one important thing many owners and shoppers of the Ford Maverick would like to see changed. Here’s what they say when polled.
By Mary Conway on December 14, 2022 - 9:41PM
The vehicles are being recalled over running lights that don't turn off correctly.
By Marc Stern on December 14, 2022 - 4:05PM
Ford's F-150 Lightning won the 2023 MotorTrend Truck of the Year Award. The editors of the publication put the electric pickup through its paces in a series of grueling tests and it passed them. Also, in a first, an electric pickup has been named the winner of the Truck of the Year award unanimously.
By Mary Conway on December 13, 2022 - 9:49PM
The automaker says the recall affects certain 2019-2022 Ram 1500, 2500 and 3500 trucks. The tailgate may not close properly and can fall open while driving.
By Tinsae Aregay on December 12, 2022 - 7:49PM
A few days ago, we got our first picture of the Cybertruck's exoskeleton chassis as it was being worked on in Giga Texas. And today, Sandy Munro has reacted to those pictures and has called the Cybertruck's body "more revolutionary than I thought."
By Tinsae Aregay on December 9, 2022 - 4:02PM
Last month Tesla's Giga Press supplier, IDRA, announced that it has completed assembling and testing a new 9000-t Giga Press that will be used to build the Cybertruck's body. And today, after being disassembled and shipped to the US, the 9000-t Giga Press has finally made it to Giga Texas.
By Tinsae Aregay on December 8, 2022 - 4:25PM
Since Elon Musk announced his intention to buy Twitter, Tesla's stock price has gone down by 47% or by around $500 billion. However, there might be more bad news for Tesla investors as a new report suggests Musk is reconsidering taking out a Tesla-backed margin loan to ease Twitter's Debt burden.
By Mary Conway on December 5, 2022 - 9:21PM
We will see the entire vehicle on January 5, 2023, when Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares unveils it during the keynote at the CES Show in Las Vegas.
By Tinsae Aregay on December 5, 2022 - 6:23PM
Elon Musk has said that in the future Tesla will "make an international version of Cybertruck that will be kinda smaller, kind of like a tight Wolverine package." And today we have seen our first glimpse of a smaller, 2 door Cybertruck design directly from Tesla.
By Tinsae Aregay on December 2, 2022 - 6:07PM
At yesterday's Semi delivery event, Tesla has officially taken the wraps off the company's next-generation V4 superchargers. According to Tesla, the V4 supercharger can charge at 1000KW and has 3 times the current density. However, even more impressively, Elon Musk has also shared that the V4 supercharger "is going to be used for Cybertruck."
By Tinsae Aregay on December 1, 2022 - 5:16PM
It has been 5 years since Tesla first unveiled the company's all-electric class 8 truck. However, today the wait is finally over as the EV maker is only hours away from making the first deliveries. And to add to the excitement, Tesla has announced the event will be streaming live on Twitter. Below are links to all the places Tesla will be live streaming the Semi delivery event.
By Mary Conway on November 30, 2022 - 9:56PM
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