Sam Abuelsamid is a Senior Contributor at MotorTrend. With a background in mechanical engineering and over 17 years of experience in the automotive industry, he specializes in topics related to automobiles, electric vehicles, and automotive technology. Sam's insights and expertise have been featured in notable publications including Forbes, The Autopian, and NewsBreak.
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The Toyota CH-R is returning to North America as a compact electric crossover coupe in 2026
Toyota adds a third electric vehicle to its lineup in North America with the bZ Woodland, essentially a wagon version of the bZ
By: Sam Abuelsamid
Several years ago, Ford jumped out to an early lead in the battle to challenge Tesla for the battery electric vehicle sales crown in the US market. But then, when consumers realized electric trucks turned out to be less than ideal for towing, and the sales inflection point failed to materialize, Dearborn started delaying and […]
By: Sam Abuelsamid
Flashback to January 2019 and the Detroit Auto Show. While automaker participation in this and other shows had been waning for many years, there
By: Sam Abuelsamid
When Toyota invited us to its North American headquarters for an event this week that included the global reveal of a new product, those of us that cover this industry began discussing what we would see. The consensus quickly became that it would be a new RAV4 since the current fifth-generation model is the oldest […]
By: Sam Abuelsamid
It’s no secret that at the highest levels of Toyota, there’s not a huge amount of love for battery electric vehicles (BEVs). As the pioneer in modern hybrids, the automaker now offers partially electrified powertrains as standard or optional equipment in every model sold in North America and most models globally. Toyota is also a […]
Jeep is finally getting ready to launch a new midsize SUV, again called the Cherokee in late 2025. It will be powered by gas combustion and hybrid powertrains.
The 2026 Cadillac Optiq-V gets more power and acceleration and is the first GM EV confirmed to get a NACS/SAE J3400 charging port
In late-2010, Nissan introduced what could reasonably be called the first mainstream electric vehicle, the Leaf.
By: Sam Abuelsamid
For the better part of a decade, the Corvette rumor mill has been churning about the development of an ultimate performance variant expected to be
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