Teslas Will Now Deploy Their Airbags Before Crashes Happen Thanks To Cameras The manufacturer says its cameras can now help the restraint system react sooner when a collision becomes unavoidable. By Andrei Nedelea Safety - Jun 25 -
The Production McMurtry Speirling Will Not Look Like The Prototypes The company has shown prototypes with incremental changes but now says the final series Speirling features 95% new components. By Andrei Nedelea Teasers - Jun 25 -
Tesla Is Giving Away Free Supercharging. Here's How To Win. Tesla is gamifying charging and will reward the winners with free Supercharging for the life of the car. Here's how to win. By Rob Stumpf News - Jun 24 -
The Peaq Is Peak Skoda. Too Bad America Can’t Buy It The Peaq is a big, sensible, seven-seat electric SUV with serious space and range and a very reasonable price. By Andrei Nedelea News - Jun 24 -
Slate's $24,950 EV Truck Will Test What America Really Wants The Slate will be both the country’s cheapest new electric vehicle and its lowest-priced pickup. But will it be an automatic slam dunk? By Tim Levin News - Jun 24 -
The Mustang Mach-E Won't Move To Ford's New EV Platform The Mach-E helped make Ford a real EV contender. But the company’s new plan may leave it without a direct successor. By Andrei Nedelea Rumors - Jun 23 -
Rivian Discontinues Its Cheapest R1T And R1S As R2 Rolls Out Rivian flagged earlier this year that the Dual Standard variants of its large SUV and truck were on the way out. By Tim Levin News - Jun 23 -
Jaguar's Former Design Boss Has One Big Problem With The Type 00: Interview I spoke with former design chief Ian Callum, who said the new Type 00 concept lacks one thing that makes a Jaguar, a Jaguar. By Jeff Perez Interview
This Ex-Rental Tesla's Battery Was Heavily Degraded. Then The Decline Slowed After losing 20% of its capacity in its first two years, this abused Tesla’s battery degradation appears to have almost plateaued. By Andrei Nedelea News - Jun 23 -
Rivian Has A Bold Plan For You To Skip The Repair Shop Rivian says 80% of EV repairs could eventually be handled by its mobile fleet, reducing the need for visits to physical service centers. By Rob Stumpf News - Jun 22 -
A Driverless Xiaomi Electric SUV Just Lapped The Ring. We Have Questions A 10-minute Nurburgring lap time isn't impressive. The fact that there is nobody in the driver’s seat is what makes this unique. By Andrei Nedelea News - Jun 22 -
Lucid Lays Off 18% Of Its Workers And Cuts Production At Arizona Plant It's the company’s second round of layoffs this year. By Suvrat Kothari Industry - Jun 22 -
Tesla FSD Finally Reached Europe. Now Speed Limits May Slow Its Expansion Sweden has a problem with FSD breaking the speed limit on demand. By Andrei Nedelea News - Jun 22 -
The Volvo EX60 And EX90 Get An Important EV Fast-Charging Upgrade The automaker is making charging seamless for EX60 and EX90 owners with a new feature. By Suvrat Kothari Charging - Jun 20 -
A Tesla Model Y Battery Test Looked Bad. Then The Degradation Almost Stopped After a sharp early drop, this Tesla Model Y's recent battery health test suggests this mostly fast-charged LFP pack has settled down. By Andrei Nedelea News - Jun 20 -
License Plate Cameras Are About To Start Tracking A Lot More Than Just Your Car These next-gen ALPR systems look to bridge the gap between you and your car—which means tracking your airpods, wearables, and more. By Rob Stumpf News - Jun 20 -
The New Chevy Bolt Was Driven Until It Died. Here’s What Its Battery Buffer Looks Like The Bolt has massively improved for model year 2026. But what happens when its state of charge runs really low? By Suvrat Kothari Range / Efficiency - Jun 19 -
Dacia’s Tiny EV Keeps Its Name, But Not Much Else The next Dacia Spring will still be small and affordable, but production is moving from China to Europe, making it a very different EV. By Andrei Nedelea Teasers - Jun 19 -
Honda Has A New Partner For Solid-State EV Batteries Honda and American startup QuantumScape will work together to develop solid-state batteries and manufacturing processes. By Tim Levin Battery Tech - Jun 18 -
Forget Solid-State. This EV Battery Breakthrough Is Ready To Upend The Market Now General Motors is betting on silicon anodes as the next leap in EV battery technology. By Suvrat Kothari Battery Tech - Jun 18 -
Waymo Just Recalled A Bunch Of Robotaxis Because They Could Drive Into Closed Highway Construction Lanes It's the second Waymo recall in the last two months, after an earlier flaw allowed them to drive through flooded roads. By Mack Hogan Autonomous Vehicles - Jun 18 -
Skipping The Ferrari Luce Could Cost Collectors The Cars They Really Want Ferrari’s first EV may be controversial, but for loyal collectors, saying no could make the next dream allocation more difficult. By Andrei Nedelea News - Jun 18 -
The Rivian R2 Is Just As Efficient As A Tesla Model Y, Despite Weighing More Rivian’s R2 Performance is roughly 500 pounds heavier than Tesla’s go-fast crossover, yet the energy consumption is identical. By Iulian Dnistran Range / Efficiency - Jun 18 -
Electrify America’s Next-Gen EV Charging Stations Are Bigger, Better, And Battery-Backed A huge battery energy storage system backs the American company’s newest large-format station in California. By Iulian Dnistran Charging - Jun 18 -