Entries by Gabrielle DeSantis

Game Changer: Toyota Just Figured Out Solid-State Batteries in This Prototype

by Gabrielle DeSantis

by Gabrielle DeSantis Hyperbole aside, this is a game-changer for battery-powered vehicles. Everyone knows that the current lithium-ion battery system is somewhat of a hamfisted effort. But battery technology, for as much as it has improved, moves slowly. Very slowly. But now, Toyota has a working prototype of a solid-state battery vehicle.  Two things come to […]

The 2022 Outlander PHEV Is Ready to Fight for Its Place in the Hybrid Space

by Gabrielle DeSantis

by Gabrielle DeSantis With the steady stream of dire climate change projections influencing legislative and regulatory trade policy across the globe, major automakers have been ramping up production of hybrid and fully electric vehicles (EVs) for years. Indeed, some automakers have announced plans to manufacture nothing but EVs for certain brands soon. While early hybrids were […]