Enlarge / The proposed replacement USPS mail truck got a lot of attention for its odd looks, but the real crime is a pathetic 8. 6 mpg fuel efficiency—barely any improvement on the current vehicles. The United States Post Office’s plan to replace its aging delivery vehicles has been heavily criticized by the Environmental Protection […]
Enlarge / South Korean safety researchers discovered a bug that can prevent a Tesla’s seatbelt chimes from chiming. (credit: Getty Images) Tesla has issued a new recall this week. On Tuesday it notified the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that some brand new Models S and X, as well as potentially any Models 3 or […]
Enlarge / This looks much like any other of Airstream’s “silver bullet” travel trailers, but the eStream is a new battery-powered concept. (credit: Airstream) Concepts—mocked up products of the future—aren’t unique to the car industry. Today’s vision of an electrified future comes from a car-adjacent manufacturer: the travel trailer and coach builder Airstream. Together with […]
Enlarge (credit: Sony) If Sony and Polyphony Digital stick to their current deadline, the newest installment of the 25-year-old Gran Turismo franchise should launch on March 4. Gran Turismo 7 will be the first GT game for the PS5 console (there’s a PS4 port for those of us who can’t get hold of the latest-gen […]
Enlarge / UVeye’s technology uses scanners and AI to diagnose defects. (credit: UVeye) Can you train an AI to take a breath, wince, and remark, “Well, it’s going to cost you”? That’s probably easier than teaching one to diagnose problems with your car after a visual scan of its undercarriage, and yet the latter is […]
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Tesla’s controversial hands-free driver-assistance system is the subject of yet another safety recall. In November, the automaker had to recall nearly 12, 000 cars after a sacrifice of fowl. |leaving the|a|using} software update affected some of the cars’ forward-looking safety systems. Now, Tesla wants to recall 53, 822 […]
Enlarge / The start of the 60th running of the Rolex twenty-four at Daytona International Speedway. (credit: Rolex) As is often the particular way with endurance racing, typically the 60th running of the Rolex 24 at Daytona turned into a sprint race for this flag, following a safety car intervention with less than an hour […]
Enlarge / A trio of E-Transits in high and low roof configurations. (credit: Ford ) Ford provided two nights in a hotel and a flight from Washington DC to San Francisco so we could drive the new E-Transit. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. SONOMA, Calif. —The US commercial pickup market is often dominated […]
Enlarge / This is Kia’s distinctively styled EV6, a new electric crossover that’s one of the best we’ve tested. (credit: Jonathan Gitlin) Kia provided two nights in a hotel and a flight from San Francisco to Washington DC so we could drive the new EV6. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. HEALDSBURG, Calif. —Remember […]
Enlarge / The intersection of Interstates 10 and 610 in Houston, Texas, during evening rush hour. (credit: Getty Images) Statistics help tell stories, and one often touted by technologists and engineers and police officers and even the federal government told a tale. The statistic: 94 percent of US traffic crashes are the result of human […]