With analysts predicting further pump price increases in the months ahead, it wouldn't be surprising to find even more drivers considering an EV.

Volkswagen Group didn't say how its new Scout brand electric SUV and pickup would be retailed in the U.S. when the vehicles arrive later in the decade. We believe they should be sold through a franchised dealership network.

U.S. traffic deaths jumped 10.5 percent in 2021 to 42,915 -- the highest number killed on American roads in a single-year since 2005.

This hurricane of new electrification investment by the auto industry is proving to be geography-neutral.