Enlarge / This is Chinatown in Angel Shores, a substitute for the Bay Area in Bus Simulator 21 . (credit: Astragorn) Have you ever had the game you really wanted to love, but it just didn’t work out? For me, Bus Simulator 21 is that game. News of its impending release caught my eye in […]
Enlarge / This is Porsche’s $131,400 Taycan GTS electric sedan, which goes on sale in the US in Q2 2022. (credit: Jonathan Gitlin) Porsche provided flights to Los Angeles and two nights in a hotel so we could drive the Taycan GTS and another variant you’ll be able to read about in two weeks. Ars […]
Enlarge / Yes, that’s a pickup with a tailgate that displays pixelated emoji. Nissan introduced this and three other concepts alongside its EV strategy. While they may hint at some future designs, they’re so full of the usual concept-car fare (suicide doors, swiveling seats) and absent any interesting features that they’re not worth discussing here. […]
(credit: Tesla / Aurich Lawson ) Tesla has been forced to turn down more than €1. 1 billion in European subsidies for its planned battery plant near Berlin after delays to the flagship project breached a key condition of the funding. The electric car maker had applied for the money through an EU program established […]
Enlarge (credit: SWFT) So far, the two e-bikes I’ve looked at on Ars have been targeting the high end: expensive components and a carefully thought-through riding experience. I looked at them because I thought their creators were trying to do interesting things with the e-bike format, especially compared to the commoditized bikes being offered on […]
Enlarge / No matter if you call it Rapid Red, candy-apple red, or cherry red, it looks gorgeous on the Mach-E. (credit: Eric Bangeman) Last February, we had a chance to spend a couple of days with the Ford Mustang Mach-E. Automotive Editor Jonathan Gitlin’s take on the Mach-E was largely positive, but the short […]
Enlarge / The GTS Sport Turismo is the wagon version the Porsche Taycan always deserved. (credit: Porsche) When Porsche announced the Taycan Cross Turismo, plenty of automotive enthusiasts raised half an eyebrow. The car checked so many boxes—wagon body style, blazing fast, all-electric. Yet at the same time, it was lifted by 0.8 inches and […]
Mmm, the 1981 AMC Eagle SX/4 liftback. (credit: By G. Goodwin Jr. and Snark at en. wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3. 0 ) Quick, what’s the worst year in American automotive history? Recent bias might lead you to select 2008 , when an unprecedented modern financial crisis slammed the overall economy and led to a government […]
Enlarge / The Kia EV9 concept uses pixelated headlights that Hyundai and Kia designers have grown fond of in recent years. (credit: Kia) Amidst the slew of new electric vehicles that have been introduced in the last few years, one thing has been largely missing: a third row. SUVs and crossovers with room for more […]
Enlarge / To put out an EV blaze, a firefighter operates the nozzle from a remote control box. (credit: Rosenbauer) In April, a Tesla Model S crashed in The Woodlands, Texas, after the speeding driver failed to negotiate a turn and jumped the curb. The car then hit a drainage culvert and a raised maintenance […]