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Jonathan Elfalan

Director, Vehicle Testing

Jonathan Elfalan has worked in the automotive industry since 2005. As a director of vehicle testing at Edmunds, Jonathan has tested and reviewed thousands of cars and written thousands of car-related articles over the course of his career. Jonathan got his start testing cars for Road & Track magazine as a newly minted mechanical engineer grad from University of California, Irvine, and has also contributed to Motor Trend and the Associated Press. He likes to say he learned to drive a manual transmission in a rear-wheel-drive mid-engine vehicle but often omits it was his family's 1991 Toyota Previa minivan.

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Which EVs have the best electric car range? The EPA provides range estimates for every electric vehicle, but they don't test EV range in the real world -- and Edmunds does. Read all the latest real-world EV test results from the Edmunds experts.

By Jonathan Elfalan

Edmunds Tested: Electric Car Range and Consumption

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We head to Spain to test Maserati's sharper, lighter, more powerful MC20 GT2 Stradale on road and track.

By Jonathan Elfalan

2025 Maserati MC20 GT2 Stradale First Drive: Mid-Engine Maser Gets a Sharper Edge

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We reflect on our multiyear ownership experience with the Rivian R1T electric pickup truck. Here's what went well, what went wrong, and the answer to the most important question: Would we do it again?

By Jonathan Elfalan

Rivian R1T: What We Learned After 30,000 Miles of Ownership

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The new Lucid Gravity arrives in 828-horsepower Grand Touring guise, with 450 miles of EPA-estimated range. We take a brief drive in Lucid's new luxury SUV and find that it just might set a new benchmark for EVs.

By Jonathan Elfalan

2025 Lucid Gravity First Drive: A New Benchmark for Electric SUVs

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Thanks to a NACS adapter, Rivian owners can now make use of the Tesla Supercharger network. Here's how it went when we took our long-term Rivian R1T to the nearest Supercharger station.

By Jonathan Elfalan

The Reality of Charging Your Rivian at a Tesla Supercharger

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Hybridization is not just for fuel economy anymore, it's also for pushing the performance envelope (responsibly). The 2025 BMW M5 is yet another example of having your cake and eating it, too.

By Jonathan Elfalan

2025 BMW M5 Prototype First Drive: Why You Should Embrace Plug-In Power

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The EV9 is the Edmunds Top Rated Best of the Best winner for 2024, so we brought one home for a long-term test. We'll be spending the next 12 months with Kia's three-row EV.

By Jonathan Elfalan

Edmunds Top Rated Kia EV9 Joins Our Long-Term Test Fleet

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This might just be the best road-going BMW M4 available today. Here's why we'd buy this one over the sharper M4 CSL.

By Jonathan Elfalan

2025 BMW M4 CS First Drive: Hardcore Performance You Can Actually Live With

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The 2024 Mercedes-AMG CLE 53 is a masterful combination of performance, style, comfort and practicality.

By Jonathan Elfalan

2024 Mercedes-AMG CLE 53 First Drive: The Do-It-All Sport Coupe

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The new 2024 Mercedes-Benz CLE Cabriolet borrows the best elements from convertible forebears to make a winning topless recipe.

By Jonathan Elfalan

2024 Mercedes CLE Cabriolet First Drive: Weekend Luxury You Can Enjoy 7 Days a Week

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By Jonathan Elfalan

U-DRAGS: Audi S4 vs. VW Golf R