Henry Payne
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- Jul 30, 2026
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Payne: On the town with the hybrid/EV Lexus ES twins (opens the original)
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Detroit — Exotic and practical, progressive and conservative, modern and traditional. The all-new 2026 Lexus ES has a dual personality: it's offered in electric and gas models while sporting flashy design for customers shy on the latest tech. Rolling into Supino's Pizzeria in Eastern Market to satisfy my appetite for the best Brooklyn pie in town, my electric ES 350e turned heads. If Lexus has been known for its expressive Spindle grilles, the electric ES's design (and its hybrid ES 350h doppelg
See how Ford Custom Garage delivers Mustang, F-150, Bronco, Maverick upgrades (opens the original)
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Brooklyn ― Ford Motor Co.'s toy store just got a lot bigger. With extensive accessory options for brand icons Bronco, Maverick, Mustang, and F-150 models (with more models in the pipeline), Ford Custom Garage encourages owners to customize their new buys with a dizzying array of decals, wheels, interiors, shocks, and engine performance parts ― all under the umbrella of a factory warranty. Goodbye aftermarket, hello Ford dealer configurator. The DIY-palooza not only acknowledges that 46% of new F
Payne: Mercedes CLA EV takes on King Model 3 sedan (opens the original)
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Hell — ZOT! Like a greased jellybean, my Mercedes CLA 350 sedan shot onto I-75. Past a line of traffic. Headed to the moon. Nine years after the Tesla Model 3 sedan became an overnight sensation and ushered in a new age of performance electric vehicles, it's, well ... playing second fiddle to the Model Y. Model 3's SUV doppelganger, introduced in 2019, now outsells the sedan by three-fold in a country ga-ga for utes. From the rugged Rivian R2 to the flashy Mustang Mach-E to the sculpted Hyundai
Q&A: Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe on how AI will transform autos (opens the original)
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Park City, Utah – If the early 20th-century auto revolution was sparked in Detroit by entrepreneurs like Ford, Dodge, and Sloan, the early 21st century has brought a new, digital auto revolution on America's West Coast right out of a science fiction novel. At its forefront are entrepreneurs like Sergei Brin of Google, Tesla's Elon Musk, and Rivian's RJ Scaringe. "I think it's the most exciting time in human history," Scaringe said at the media launch of his Tesla Model Y fighter, the electric R2
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