@tomvoelk.bsky.social
I like cars and common sense. Not always in that order. Check out Driven Car Reviews at YouTube.
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01.11.2025 02:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The North American Car, Truck and Utility of the Year Award is among the most coveted honors an automaker can receive. What is NACTOY? How do vehicles get judged? It’s all here, including the new Prelude, Sentra and Palisade Hybrid. #autotmotive
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3 might be the magic number but for Toyota it’s 4. As in RAV4. New for 2026, it’s all hybrid all the time (HEV or PHEV). I drive the Limited, off-road oriented Woodland and new GR Sport (which is more than just a trim package). #automotive @toyotausa.bsky.social
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Just when the Chevy Bolt found its audience, GM canceled it. The General has now righted that wrong. Bolt is back! Range is improved, charging is faster. Starts at just under $30K with shipping. But what’s this “for a limited time” messaging? #automotive
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I bought a used 2021 @porscheusa.bsky.social Taycan 4S 6 months ago. Here’s what it’s like to live with a high-performance EV with 32,000 miles on clock. Likes. Gripes. Issues. Real world range. Charge speed. Would I do it again? It’s all here… #automotive
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The GMC Terrain AT4 gets a tougher look than Denali and Elevation trims. It’ll get owners further down forest service roads too, but stay away from the Rubicon Trail. Comfy. Great design in and out. Could use a little more scoot and about that audio system… #automotive
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Not just one review this week, it’s 15! NWAPA’s Drive Revolution is put on by automotive writers to find the best ICE, HEV and BEV vehicles. It’s automotive speed dating. HEV, BEV and ICE, oh my! #automotive
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I like Mt Dew more as "yahoo, Mountain Dew" with a cartoon hillbilly, and less as the energy sports drink it now claims to be.
23.09.2025 04:09 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Never did ride alongside but I do give show tours full of fun facts. I'm going to try some EV seminars too.
23.09.2025 04:03 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Martin is always there in spirit! But he doesn't go on press drives.
15.09.2025 06:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Tom's... team?
13.09.2025 00:35 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Fortunately I didn't need to go there too often, but thanks! My M1 MBP keeps chugging along!
12.09.2025 16:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
What a makeover! 2026 Nissan Leaf is all-new. Up to 303 miles of range, NACS, 150Kw charging and fresh design. Also, liquid cooled battery and Plug and Charge. All starting at around $31.5K with shipping. And great steering! SO much better. @nissanleaf.bsky.social
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@porscheusa.bsky.social and Audi EV owners rejoice! Tesla Supercharger access happens 9/9. Tesla app will be needed at first. Plug and Charge comes later through the Porsche/Audi app. 25s and 26s get free NACS adapters. '24s and earlier it's $185. Route planners will be updated. #automotive
05.09.2025 16:59 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
For the first time in decades, @hondausa.bsky.social's original 3 Amigos will share the same showroom. That’s right, Prelude is back (!) alongside Civic and Accord. Details and loads of video here. No 4WS but it is a hybrid… #Automotive
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Does the world need another luxo 3-row SUV? Maybe not, but Cadillac Vistiq impresses. Seats up to 7, 300 miles of range, drives smaller than it is. Super Cruise, AKG sound, and dual motor AWD are standard. $79K to start. @generalmotors.bsky.social #automotive
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Toyota is #1. I believe Hyundai is #3.
01.09.2025 18:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Did you know Kia has 10 “electrified” (yeah, I hate that term too) models? Add $1,800 to the ICE Sportage and it buys the efficiency of a hybrid. Plus, this vehicle is a good value to begin with. Jeremy Korzeniewski and I team up on this one. See if we agree. #Automotive
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It would. It really would.
25.08.2025 16:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Agreed. Every time I go to NYC I'm jealous of its transit system. Seattle is marginal, at best.
15.08.2025 16:04 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Renewables are growing, replacing fossil fired plants at a steady pace (cheaper to build and maintain). Even if electricity is fossil generated, multiple studies show EVs use that energy so efficiently, it's still an environmental win. The new combustion? Huh? Also, EVs can be better cars for some.
15.08.2025 16:03 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0This probably isn't for you then
15.08.2025 15:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
How does the new 2025 @volkswagen.bsky.social Tiguan stack up against RAV4 and CR-V? If you don’t need hybrid efficiency, pretty darn well. There’s room, style and chops in the corners. My tester had real wood trim and massaging seats. Welcome back Fahrvergnügen! #automotive youtu.be/uk0mezTgYMA
12.08.2025 22:57 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Optiq is Cadillac thinking outside the box. Good value, creative materials, excellent driving dynamics and range. The brand is gaining traction and skewing younger. Perfect? Nope. But EVs can be better vehicles (if you can charge at home). @generalmotors.bsky.social
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With up to 329 miles of EPA rated range and a peak charge rate of 270kW, the Audi A6 Sportback e-tron continues to advance EVs toward normalcy. And Sportback means it’s a useful hatchback. Feel free to skip the SUV.
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The GMC Sierra EV can expand its bed to carry loads nearly 11 feet long. Lockable storage up front is larger than some compact cars. The tailgate flips and folds in multiple ways. It and @Chevy Silverado EV are incredibly useful. youtu.be/MZV05U-okXk
22.07.2025 21:09 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Thinking about buying an EV? Confused about the federal tax credit expiration? Herb Weisbaum and Checkbook.org to the rescue! I help a little bit too. He's the best consumer reporter I know (and kind of responsible for me meeting my wife).
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Yup, the GMC Sierra EV Denali Max Range is big, heavy and expensive. It’s also powerful, refined, spacious and infinitely flexible. 460 miles of range? 350kW charge speed? Yes please. youtu.be/Oys42NyljEQ #automotive
16.07.2025 00:36 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Look at me all dressed up. Just trying to get the word out that an EV might, MIGHT, be better than an ICE car for many.
10.07.2025 16:30 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Here’s to new challenges. Honored to announce I’ve been chosen as a NACTOY (North American Car and Truck Of the Year) jury member. A great group filled with the most professional automotive writers in the biz. And thankfully, I won’t have to learn too many new names! northamericancaroftheyear.org
08.07.2025 19:14 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
