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BMW’s ‘Dee’ Virtual Assistant Is Like the Metaverse With a Steering Wheel
By Aaron Cole / Updated Jan 4, 2023
ZF’s New Heated Seatbelts Are Like a Warm Hug From Your Car
By Rob Stumpf / Updated Jan 4, 2023
Here’s Your First Look at the VW ID.7 Electric Sedan Debuting at CES
By Caleb Jacobs / Updated Jan 3, 2023
Frozen Tesla Door Handles Fixed With $50 Stick-On Parts
By Lewin Day / Updated Jan 2, 2023
Buying an Electric Car in 2023 Just Got a Whole Lot More Confusing
By Aaron Cole / Updated Dec 30, 2022
Watch a Lego Car Gradually Evolve Into the World’s Best Parallel Parker
By Peter Holderith / Updated Dec 29, 2022
Electric ATVs and UTVs Could Get $2,500 Discount If New Tax Credit Passes
By Caleb Jacobs / Updated Dec 29, 2022
Tesla-Swapped Can-Am Is So Quiet You Can Hear the Paddle Tires Rip Through Sand
By Caleb Jacobs / Updated Dec 22, 2022
Car Safety System Names Like Autopilot Are Too Confusing: Report
By Aaron Cole / Updated Dec 22, 2022
Canada To Pursue New EV Sales Mandate From 2026
By Lewin Day / Updated Dec 21, 2022
Feds Delay New EV Tax Credit Guidelines Until March 2023
By Aaron Cole / Updated Dec 20, 2022
Rivian Adds Snow Mode in New OTA Winter Update
By Lewin Day / Updated Dec 20, 2022
Toyota’s CEO: ‘Silent Majority’ Want More Than Just EVs in the Future
By Aaron Cole / Updated Dec 19, 2022
Yellow Off-Road Lights Work. Here’s Why
By Jonathon Klein / Updated Dec 19, 2022
These $159,000 Electric Chevy Pickup Restomods Are Coming in 2024
By Caleb Jacobs / Updated Dec 16, 2022
Mazda EV Compact Sedan Detailed in New Patent Application
By Peter Holderith / Updated Dec 16, 2022
Workers Fled Out the Back When Labor Investigators Arrived at Hyundai Supplier: Report
By Aaron Cole / Updated Dec 16, 2022
Hankook’s Line of Tires Exclusively for EVs Finally Hit the US
By Hank O'Hop / Updated Dec 16, 2022
How the McMurtry Electric Fan Car Clocked a 7.9-Second Quarter-Mile
By Jerry Perez / Updated Dec 16, 2022
Feds Looking Into Cruise Self-Driving Taxis That Suddenly Stop and Clog Roads
By Aaron Cole / Updated Dec 16, 2022
Huge 3.6L Four-Cylinder Claims 500 LB-FT With LS Head and a Turbo
By James Gilboy / Updated Dec 15, 2022
The First Factory-Backed Nismo Tune For the 2023 Nissan Z Is JDM Only
By Peter Holderith / Updated Dec 13, 2022
McLaren Partners With Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works To Do…Something
By Peter Holderith / Updated Dec 13, 2022
The Difference Between Halogen, HID, and LED Light Bulbs
By Chris Rosales / Updated Dec 13, 2022
EVs Are Quicker and Cheaper Than Supercars. They’re Also Heavier and More Dangerous, Too
By Rob Stumpf / Updated Dec 12, 2022
Hyundai’s Future Performance EVs Will Add In Fake Gear Shifts, Exhaust Noise
By Peter Holderith / Updated Dec 12, 2022
LG, GM Secure $2.5B Loan From Feds for Ultium EV Battery Facilities
By Aaron Cole / Updated Dec 12, 2022
Massachusetts Senator Urges Automakers to Retain AM Radio
By Chris Rosales / Updated Dec 10, 2022
Another Death From a Recalled Takata Airbag in a Honda: NHTSA
By Chris Rosales / Updated Dec 10, 2022
Listen to This Rotary Engine Simulator Brap and Stutter Just Like the Real Thing
By Aaron Cole / Updated Dec 9, 2022
Make Your Own 996-Generation Porsche 911 Turbo With a Legendary Audi Engine
By Peter Nelson / Updated Dec 9, 2022
Modified Tesla Model S Plaid Crushes Lap Record at Willow Springs
By Peter Holderith / Updated Dec 8, 2022
Sunflare Makes Off-Grid Living Easier with XPLOR Solar Panels
By Peter Nelson / Updated Dec 8, 2022
Hyundai Announces Massive New EV Battery Plant in Georgia to Open in 2025
By Aaron Cole / Updated Dec 8, 2022
Navistar Gives Up on Self-Driving Truck Partnership With TuSimple
By Lewin Day / Updated Dec 7, 2022
GM Is Doubling the Number of Public Level 2 Electric Car Chargers By 2026
By Aaron Cole / Updated Dec 7, 2022
Apple Car Reportedly Won’t Be Self-Driving and Now Delayed Until 2026
By Aaron Cole / Updated Dec 6, 2022
Ram Revolution Electric Pickup Truck Looks Like a Single Cab in Teaser Video
By Peter Holderith / Updated Dec 6, 2022
Toyota’s New Hydrogen-Powered Pickup Is a Testbed for Sustainable Future Trucks
By Peter Holderith / Updated Dec 6, 2022
Polestar 2 Gets a Permanent Performance OTA Upgrade With a One-Time $1,200 Fee
By Nico DeMattia / Updated Dec 6, 2022
This Straight-Piped 2023 Chevy Corvette Z06 Screams Like an F1 Car
By Peter Holderith / Updated Dec 5, 2022
BP’s Big Investment Could Be the Boost Hydrogen Needs as a Fuel of the Future
By Peter Holderith / Updated Dec 5, 2022
This BMW i4 Aftermarket Police Car Promotes Street-Legal Tuning in Germany
By Lewin Day / Updated Dec 5, 2022
VW Will Keep Its Current Small EV Platform Until 2028
By Nico DeMattia / Updated Dec 4, 2022
Small Ford F-150 Lightning Fleet Begins US Forest Service Testing
By Nico DeMattia / Updated Dec 4, 2022
Yamaha Engine Components To Be Made From Lighter, More Recyclable Wood Fibers
By Nico DeMattia / Updated Dec 4, 2022
Tesla Semi’s Enormous Battery Might Weigh 11,000 Pounds on Its Own
By Rob Stumpf / Updated Dec 2, 2022
Hellcat-Swapped 1998 Dodge Dakota Pickup Is the Ultimate Mid-Size Monster
By Peter Holderith / Updated Dec 1, 2022
Hackers Could Remotely Unlock and Start Connected Cars Through SiriusXM Vulnerability
By Rob Stumpf / Updated Nov 30, 2022
Acura NSX Factory in Ohio Will Build Hydrogen Honda CR-Vs Next
By Peter Holderith / Updated Nov 30, 2022
Honda Hands-Free Driving Assists Are Still Years Away for US Drivers
By Caleb Jacobs / Updated Nov 30, 2022
Corvette Will Become Its Own Brand With SUV, Sedan in 2025: Report
By Peter Holderith / Updated Nov 29, 2022
ZF’s Multi-Speed Electric Drive Units Make a Case for Transmissions in EVs
By James Gilboy / Updated Nov 29, 2022
iPhone Maker Foxconn Might Build New Scout EVs for VW: Report
By Rob Stumpf / Updated Nov 29, 2022
2024 GMC Sierra EV Waitlist Proves People Want All the Electric Pickups
By Peter Holderith / Updated Nov 29, 2022
Tesla Model 3 Update Is on the Way: Report
By Rob Stumpf / Updated Nov 28, 2022
Europe Won’t Allow Mercedes’ EV Performance Subscription Fee, For Now: Report
By Nico DeMattia / Updated Nov 27, 2022
Vietnamese Automaker VinFast Beginning Deliveries in December to US
By Nico DeMattia / Updated Nov 27, 2022
Honda Sees a Future Where Cars, Bikes, Mowers Share Swappable Batteries
By Jerry Perez / Updated Nov 23, 2022
This Thing We Thought Was an Electric Corvette SUV Is Probably Just Another Buick
By Peter Holderith / Updated Nov 23, 2022
2023 Fiat Abarth 500e: The Angry Little Hot Hatch Goes Electric
By Lewin Day / Updated Nov 22, 2022
EBay Bans Sale of Aftermarket Parts That Defeat Emissions Systems
By Rob Stumpf / Updated Nov 22, 2022