WardsAuto Engine, Propulsion & Tech Update


	DECEMBER 23, 2024

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Dodge Flexes Electric Muscle With Daytona

Stellantis muscle-car brand Dodge launches into a battery-electric future with the 2025 Daytona, which will support BEV and gasoline powertrains. But don’t look for any Hemi V-8s.

ICEs, Hybrids Win Consumer Reports Kudos While Plug-Ins/EVs Suffer

Consumer Reports, perhaps the most influential and extensive arbiter of vehicle reliability, says automakers and consumers are having to work through growing pains of new electrified powertrains and tech related to connected car services, but improvements are underway.

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SDV Market Tracker – 2024 Analysis

This report provides an in-depth analysis of the software-defined vehicle (SDV) market, featuring a 12-year forecast of SDV sales with high granularity.

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Ford Gives Ranger an Engine Upgrade

Ford drops its award-winning 2.7L EcoBoost V-6 into the midsize Ranger, giving the pickup a significant boost, especially in low-end torque.

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Automaker's Smart Cockpit Scorecard 2024

As automakers shift towards intelligent, connected, and software-defined vehicles (SDVs), the smart cockpit is increasingly pivotal in defining user experience, enhancing vehicle functionality, and driving competitive differentiation. To provide a comprehensive assessment of the progress and challenges faced by industry leaders, the Smart Cockpit Scorecard has been developed as the first-ever benchmark for the evolving automotive landscape in the smart cockpit era.

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Mercedes-Benz GLC 350e: Plug-In Performance Perfected

The Mercedes-Benz GLC 350e is a prime example of why hybrids – in this case, a plug-in hybrid – are gaining popularity in the marketplace. This one invisibly combines a robust 2.0L with a powerful electric motor, backed by enough battery to allow more than 60 miles of pure electric propulsion in our test drive.

Time to Rethink Automotive Regulations

Instead of different agencies writing rules that duplicate what’s being done, or even conflict with each other, why not have one office of automotive regulation?

Continental to Showcase In-Cabin Health Monitoring

Invisible biometric scanner monitors vital signs of driver and visual indicators of passengers to adjust car interior comfort levels and give early activation of the vehicle's crash mitigation technologies in the event of a collision..

Volkswagen Charting ‘Reset’ on BEVs

Volkswagen, amidst significant financial, excess production capacity and sluggish battery-electric vehicles sales, is working on a reset of its BEV business with different design and a lower-cost vehicle platform.