What happens when you take the latest version of the legendary Land Rover Defender 90 and add a 518-horsepower V-8? Well, one thing that happens is you have the subject of one of our road tests for this week. Co-Host Chris Teague took command of a 2022 Defender 90 V8 at his home in Maine, and he put it through the acid test. The big question: has the gentrified Defender lost its gritty edge? We’ll have the answer for you and a lot more details as well. But that’s not our only exciting road test this week.

In our second road test in this episode, Host Jack Nerad slipped behind the wheel of the luxurious and sporty 2022 Volvo S90 B6 R-Design. The B6 configuration is new to the S90 this year, and horsepower has been shaved versus the previous T6 high-performance version. So an important question to be answered is: Is this an advance or a retreat? We’ll have our conclusions for you coming up.

Are you ready to take your hands off the wheel and drive? That’s an opportunity General Motors’ Super Cruise offers you. And now Super Cruise has been expanded to almost double the miles of roads. Can you feel comfortable while a GMC Hummer EV SUV or Cadillac Lyric electric crossover drives itself? We’ll find out from a key member of GM’s Super Cruise team, Dave Craig.

In the news, the switch to electric vehicles might be in trouble. While California says it will ban sales of gasoline-powered vehicles in 2035, a new study asks the question will infrastructure problems like poor public charging doom the growth of EVs? We’ll have the details of what J.D. Power experts have to say about that in this week’s show.

Also in the news, two luxury brands just introduced fascinating new concept vehicles that promise to change the way you think about them. We’ll give you the details and our reactions coming up.