As the name suggests, F1 2021 is this year’s official Formula 1 racing sim. [credit: Electronic Arts ] If you’re old enough to have started playing video games by the turn of the century, the words “EA releases a new Formula 1 game” might strike fear into your heart. After all, the gaming behemoth published […]
The ABB New York City ePrix is a chance for Formula E to race in front of one of the most dramatic backdrops in racing: the Manhattan skyline. [credit: Glenn Dunbar / LAT Images ] Formula E, the electric car racing series, is back in Brooklyn this coming weekend. It’s the series’ first time back […]
Enlarge / In 2024, Ram will offer a battery-electric Ram 1500 pickup truck. (credit: Stellantis) Stellantis, the automaker with a portfolio of 14 brands that includes Jeep, Ram, Peugeot, and Citroën, is planning four new platforms for battery-electric vehicles as part of its electrification strategy. The company revealed its new EV strategy on Thursday morning, […]
A whopping 37 different partners contributed to the creation of the AV-21, providing sensors, radars, throttle, brakes, and more to create possibly the particular most fastest autonomous car ever made. [credit: Gregory Leporati ] INDIANAPOLIS—At a block party down the road from Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) the day before the Indy 500, engineering students from […]
Bentley is adding a second plug-in hybrid to its lineup this year in the form of a new Flying Spur Hybrid. [credit: Bentley ] British luxury brand The bentley has a second plug-in cross in the works to join the Bentayga plug-in hybrid SUV . It’s an electrified version of the particular Flying Spur sedan, […]
Peugeot is returning to Le Mans for the first time in over a decade with a new hybrid prototype called the 9X8. [credit: Peugeot Sport ] No race is as important to a French company like Peugeot as the 24 Hours of Le Guys. The annual endurance classic is arguably tougher than ever, now requiring […]
Enlarge / The Bugatti Chiron will be joined by new electrified models. (credit: Bugatti) For almost a year, a rumor has been circulating that Volkswagen Group plans to offload Bugatti to Croatian electric vehicle specialists Rimac. That rumor turns out to be true: on Monday Porsche and Rimac revealed that they are forming a new […]
Enlarge (credit: Civilized Cycles ) The pricing on bicycles has always been a bit insane. While it’s easy to find deals on bikes for under $1, 000, it’s also possible to spend over $10, 000 on a high-end road bike. Electric bikes, while not quite as extreme, have a broad spread. At the low end, […]
Enlarge Tesla announced on Thursday that it delivered 201, 250 electric vehicles to customers from April through June of this year. Over the same three months, the company built a total of 206, 421 EVs. In a short statement , the company wrote that its “teams have done an outstanding job navigating through global supply […]
Enlarge / In an aerial view from a drone, the bottom of the Salton Sea becomes exposed as its waters recede on February 13, 2021, near Calipatria, California. (credit: David McNew / Getty Images) The world’s automakers are going to need a jaw-dropping amount of lithium as they transition to building electric vehicles en masse. […]