Dan Scanlan, Author at EV Rider

2026 Ford F-150 LOBO Nails The Basics

Dan Scanlan — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 21:01:39 +0000

What is that in my hand, you might ask, as we stand next to a 2026 Ford F-150 LOBO. Well, it’s the ignition key for this kind-of basic pickup truck, albeit one that Ford has added a lowered sport-tuned suspension,...

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Cadillac Optiq-V Delivers Big Power In Small Package

Dan Scanlan — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 10:30:00 +0000

One glance at the 2027 Cadillac Optiq-V shows it has all the right optics, even if it is the baby of the Ultium platform-based Cadillac electrics. Just over two years after the base Optiq, Chevrolet Blazer EV and second-gen Acura...

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2027 Kia Seltos Gives Off More Compact Telluride Vibes

Dan Scanlan — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 13:05:53 +0000

Honey, I shrunk the Telluride. That’s literally what I thought when the 2027 Kia Seltos X-Line arrived at my office. And in Desert Sand Metallic, it looked a lot like the Telluride X-Pro I tested recently, down to its black...

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2026 Escalade IQL EV Is Cadillac’s Biggest, Plushest SUV

Dan Scanlan — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 10:31:00 +0000

Meet the ultimate Ultium. That’s Ultium as in the bespoke EV platform designed by General Motors to underpin its latest electric vehicles, from the HUMMER EV and Silverado EV down to the Cadillac LYRIQ V and GMC Sierra AT4 EV....

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2026 Kia Telluride HEV Ups Efficiency, Lowers Ride Height

Dan Scanlan — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 21:55:39 +0000

You have seen this smoothed-out box before. EV Rider just tested the 2027 Kia Telluride X-Pro, looking rugged and ready to get muddy. Now we have the South Korean manufacturer’s more powerful, and more fuel-efficient version called the Telluride HEV...

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2026 CT5-V Blackwing: Cadillac’s 4-Door ‘Corvette’

Dan Scanlan — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 18:28:00 +0000

Blame Wayne Cherry. Or….we should probably praise him. When he was General Motors’ VP of design from 1992 to 2004, he led a Cadillac styling decision to give the cars sharper edges with light blades – vertical lighting elements that...

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2026 BMW 550e: Plug-in Hybrid With A V8 Turbo’s Punch

Dan Scanlan — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:40:00 +0000

Some might say that the 2026 BMW 550e xDrive is the best of many worlds. First, it is a sedan in a world where so many buy crossovers. Second, it has a turbocharged engine offering 483-hp and all-wheel-drive. And third,...

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2027 Kia Telluride SX Prestige X-Pro Adds Star Wars Fun

Dan Scanlan — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 18:18:00 +0000

For the past seven years, Kia’s midsize SUV has been the leader of its pack when it comes to size, luxury and capability. In other words, it’s a serious enough SUV that the X-Pro really is capable of going off...

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2026 Cadillac Lyriq-V Rips With 615 HP Of Smoothness

Dan Scanlan — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:53:13 +0000

Cadillac is the second oldest continuously operating car company in the U.S., founded in 1902 by Henry Leyland – three years after Buick. Within just a few years, Leyland’s car company had achieve many firsts, including the first electric starter in...

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Luxury Gets Dirty: 2026 Range Rover SE LWB

Dan Scanlan — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 20:40:10 +0000

The grass around our fifth-generation 2026 Range Rover SE LWB was often as high as its 24-inch Pirelli radials as we rolled over bumpy soft sand interspersed with gravel piles. Baby pine trees and tufts of unknown greenery that we...

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