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Automakers ended 2024 with strong sales that were aided by increased interest in electric models. General Motors was the top manufacturer. It sold more than 2.7 million new vehicles last year, a 4 percent sales increase over 2023. Toyota came in second place with sales of 2,332,623 units, an increase …

AUSTIN, TX – Faced with an aging model lineup and a lack of new models, growing electric niche competition, and an increasingly conservative CEO in Elon Musk, EV maker Tesla experienced a year-over-year sales decline in 2024 for the first time in more than a dozen years. Total deliveries fell …

HARWINTON, CT – The year just ended was a record one for RIDE-CT’s growing YouTube channel with 480,631 views, an increase of more than 130,000 views over 2023 and largely due to one video that was filmed in a cemetery. The channel launched on Dec. 25, 2022 and has now …

TORRANCE, CA – Honda today announced the return of the Prelude model as an all-new, hybrid-electric entry that will hit dealer showrooms in late 2025. “The return of the Honda Prelude as a hybrid-electric sports model demonstrates our continued commitment to offer a variety of exhilarating products to meet the …

Some drivers may still scoff at electric vehicles, but those who own them have intense loyalty and are permanently rejecting gas-powered cars for a variety of reasons. Among them are lower operating costs, the fact they are more climate friendly and are better for the local environment. Of roughly 23,000 …

It’s surprising considering it’s an unknown brand in the United States, but maybe not so surprising because of the company’s extraordinary growth recently. China’s EV-manufacturer BYD, which sold 506,804 units in November alone, is projected to overtake Ford and Honda and become the world’s largest automaker in 2024. BYD delivered …

PORTSMOUTH, RI – It’s one of the most polarizing designs in the history of auto-making, and some would say dressing up a Tesla Cybertruck is like putting lipstick on a pig. Nonetheless, the Newport Car Museum is staging a Cybertruck makeover contest to improve the exterior looks of the top-of-the-line …

The same sample size was small and decidedly unscientific, but viewers of RIDE-CT’s YouTube channel picked Pontiac by a wide margin as a car brand that needs to be revived. A poll this week on the channel’s Community page had 44 percent of voters selecting Pontiac over other defunct brands …

LITCHFIELD, CT – It had been parked in a salvage yard in Torrington for more than five decades, its front end smashed in, when Ed Fischer bought the 1972 Heavy Chevy. That was a year ago; just a week after Thanksgiving. His plan is to restore the cranberry red model …

BOULDER, CO – Instead of just griping about the horrible road habits of drivers, someone in the Boulder area did something about it in the past week or so by installing 14 explicit but fake traffic safety signs around town. Colorado Public Radio reports the illegal signs, which contained messages …