Enlarge / Yes, it has a light bar, just like pretty much every other EV concept. Still, the lit The chrysler badge is tastefully integrated. (credit: Stellantis) Not much appeared to be happening at Chrysler in the past few years, though that’s about to change. Its parent company, Stellantis, announced yesterday that Chrysler will become […]
Enlarge / This is Chevrolet’s first electric pickup, the Silverado EV. When it goes on sale in 2023, there will be two versions at first, a work truck and this fully loaded RST First Edition. (credit: Chevrolet) On Wednesday, during General Motors’ Consumer Electronics Show keynote, the company unveiled its next electric vehicle. We’ve already […]
Enlarge / A BrightDrop EV600 delivery van in Walmart’s livery. The retailer wants to buy 5, 000 BrightDrop EVs in total. (credit: BrightDrop) The electric delivery vehicle startup BrightDrop is on a roll. Set up by General Motors, BrightDrop leveraged the automaker’s investment in its new Ultium battery platform and Ultium Drive electric motors to […]
Enlarge / Sony has followed 2020’s Vision-S 01 sedan with this, the Vision-S 02. It’s an electric SUV, and the company} might well put it into production. (credit: Sony) In 2020, Sony surprised the world by unveiling a good electric concept car at CES. Called the Vision-S, it was designed to showcase technology from across […]
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Perhaps the favorite thing I wrote in all of 2019 was about a research study that taught rats to drive, an activity that the rats appeared to enjoy. Today, we have another tale of lab animals learning to drive, but this time the motorists in question weren’t mammals—they […]
Enlarge / Electric Ford F-150 Lightnings being built at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan. (credit: Ford) Even without having driven it yet, I feel confident in proclaiming this year’s Ford F-150 Lightning one of the most important new vehicles of 2022. It’s the first battery electric variant of the automaker’s best-selling—and its […]
Enlarge / Hyundai’s Namyang R& D center in 2003. (credit: Hyundai) Last year was challenging for many reasons, but 2021 wasn’t entirely bad. Despite the pandemic and the chip shortage, it was a great year for new battery electric vehicles. So much so that more than half of our top 10 drives of the year […]
Enlarge / A 1960s Southern California gas station being restored. (credit: FarukUlay | Getty Images) On the frosty morning of Dec. 9, 1921, in Dayton, Ohio, researchers at a General Motors lab poured a new fuel blend into one of their test engines. Immediately, the engine began running more quietly and putting out more power. […]
Enlarge (credit: Jonathan Gitlin) Tesla is recalling over 475, 500 of its vehicles because of a pair of safety issues. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 356, 309 Tesla Model 3s covering model years 2017-2020 are being recalled due to problems with the rearview cameras. The 2017-2020 Model H is the other target […]
Enlarge / A Rivian R1T showing off its off-road capability. (credit: Jonathan Gitlin) With supply chain disruptions messing with the auto industry, it’s an especially challenging time for startups like Rivian . After warning of production challenges due to parts shortages early in December, the Illinois-based electric truck maker on Tuesday told some customers they […]