Enlarge (credit: World Car Awards) On Thursday, the World Car Awards launched its 2022 program and published the list of eligible vehicles for the upcoming contest. When the winners are announced at next year’s New York International Auto Show, there will be a new category just for battery-electric vehicles. “There has never been a better […]
This is the Genesis GV60, a new battery-electric SUV that’s due in 2022 from the luxury Korean automaker. [credit: Genesis ] In previous years, you could always count on Genesis to bring something cool to the New York auto show. That auto show should have taken place this week, but for the second year running, COVID […]
Enlarge / Stoffel Vandoorne of the Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team leads the pack at the Berlin E-Prix. (credit: Andreas Gora/picture alliance via Getty Images) On Sunday, Formula E’s seventh series came to a close on the concrete of Templehof in Berlin. It was the sport’s first season as an official FIA world championship, which technically […]
Enlarge / What’s the cheapest used electric car you’d take a punt on? Let us know in the comments. (credit: Sakkawokkie/Getty Images) When you write about cars, you can expect people to ask for your advice on which car they should buy. But when the question is actually “which used car should I buy, ” […]
Enlarge / A 2014 Tesla Model S driving on Autopilot rear-ended a Culver City fire truck that was parked in the high-occupancy vehicle lane on Interstate 405. (credit: Culver City Firefighters Local 1927 / Facebook ) US government regulators are opening an investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot system after cars using the feature crashed into stopped […]
Imagine having so much confidence in your abilities that you’re willing to put one of your most-prized possessions on the line in order to prove you were the best. That’s what Usain Bolt just asked Tyreek Hill to do during an interview on The Dan Patrick Show yesterday. Read more…
Colorado Teardrop Campers has developed a new teardrop trailer specifically for EVs. [credit: Colorado Teardrop Campers ] I’m a big believer in taking electric vehicles camping. But charging infrastructure in the US is still patchy enough that a week in the wilderness might induce too much range anxiety to be practical. That’s particularly true if […]
Enlarge / Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) departs the US Capitol at dawn after an overnight session of the US Senate on August 11, 2021, in Washington, DC. Sen. Kelly was one of three Democratic Senators who voted to gut the plug-in vehicle tax credit. (credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images) On Tuesday night, the US Senate passed […]
Virginia International Raceway was a pretty good place to get to know the Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing. [credit: Jonathan Gitlin ] Cadillac provided flights to Raleigh-Durham and two nights at Virginia International Raceway so we could drive its CT5-V Blackwing and CT4-V Blackwing (which we wrote about last week) on track. Ars does not accept paid […]
Audi knows that some of its customers will pay a bit more for a stylish fastback derivative of many of its models. And the latest one to get that treatment is the Q5 Sportback SUV, seen here in sporty SQ5 form. [credit: Jonathan Gitlin ] When I reviewed the Audi Q7 SUV a few years […]