Enlarge / Tesla Autopilot is currently under investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for 12 crashes and one death. Now the company is expanding access to an experimental version of the software. (credit: Tesla) Over the weekend, Tesla expanded access to the latest version of the company’s highly controversial $10,000 automated driving feature. […]
Kia has replaced the Sedona minivan with the Carnival, new for model year 2022. [credit: Jonathan Gitlin ] I’m not shy about my affection for minivans. And so, despite having no kids and still being in the middle of a pandemic that makes it dangerous to spend time with other people in small enclosed spaces, […]
Enlarge / Don’t expect cheaper chips anytime soon. (credit: Tommy/Getty Images) The semiconductor chip shortage that has so vexed the auto industry looks set to continue for quite some time, according to a new industry survey . More than half of the companies that were surveyed by IPC said they expected the lack to last […]
Lotus Cars is developing a lightweight electric vehicle architecture for sports cars. It uses a die-cast rear subframe that packages the drive unit. For two-seaters, the battery pack goes behind the passenger compartment. [credit: Lotus Cars ] Of all the automakers that are undergoing the transformation from internal combustion to electric propulsion, few have my […]
Porsche has always shown a degree of creativity in its ability to tweak and slice the 911 to suit different customers. The new 911 GTS exemplifies that. [credit: Jonathan Gitlin ] Porsche provided flights to Atlanta and a night in a hotel so we could drive the 911 Carrera GTS and 911 Targa 4 GTS, […]
Do cars like the VW ID. 4 spell the end of the gas station? [credit: Jonathan Gitlin ] VW provided flights to Chattanooga and a night in a hotel so we could drive the ID. 4 AWD and visit its factory. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. CHATTANOOGA, TENN. —Volkswagen in 2021 seems like […]
Enlarge / The Stella Vita hits the road. (credit: Solar Team Eindhoven ) The creators of a new “self-sustaining house on wheels” are hoping their strange-looking project will help spark interest in solar vehicles. The vehicle, called the Stella Vita, was made by Eindhoven University of Technology students. Solar Team Eindhoven’s 22 members previously created […]
Enlarge / The Lucid Air may look the same as the early prototype we saw in 2017, but a lot has changed. (credit: Jonathan Gitlin) When it comes to bench-racing battery-electric vehicles, all is well and good when comparing standing-start acceleration times. But the only number anyone really cares about is how far a vehicle […]
Enlarge / GreenGT’s prototype hydrogen-powered racer. (credit: Dhananjay Khadilkar) Around 400 meters away from the buzz of the paddock during this year’s 24 Hours of Le Mans stood a tent with two racing cars and a mobile fueling station. Every now and then, people wearing blue T-shirts bearing the logo of Mission H24 would walk […]
Enlarge / A human collects their Walmart delivery from an autonomous delivery vehicle operated by Ford and Argo AI. (credit: Ford) It’s easy to feel like the autonomous vehicle industry has settled into the trough of despair. The hyperbolic buzz around self-driving cars that was all the rage a few years ago has become tempered […]