This is the Volvo Concept Recharge, and it should give you a pretty good impression of the big electric SUV that will replace the XC90 in about four or five years. [credit: Volvo ] When Volvo replaces its XC90 SUV next year, it will do so using a new platform called SPA2 that includes the […]
This is Lexus’ flagship model, the LS500 sedan. [credit: Jonathan Gitlin ] When Lexus arrived on the scene in 1989, it was truly a wake-up call for existing luxury car makers. Toyota was only really known outside Japan for making mainstream cars, and the company wanted to prove it could build a better luxury car […]
With more than 190,000 orders already on its books, Ford is looking at quite the success with its new 2022 Bronco. [credit: Jonathan Gitlin ] Ford provided flights to Austin and two nights in a hotel so we could drive the new Bronco at the Off-Rodeo. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. AUSTIN, Texas—Ford […]
Texas has its perks (at dusk, at least). [credit: Nathan Mattise (on a Pixel 3A) ] AUSTIN, Texas—As we rolled our road bikes toward the entryway, the friend who convinced me to do this shared a conversation he had earlier in the day: “When I said we were biking at Circuit of the Americas tonight, […]
Hyundai describes the styling of the 2022 Tucson Hybrid as “Parametric Dynamics.” [credit: Jonathan Gitlin ] I’m not sure what they feed them at the Hyundai HQ cafeteria in Seoul, but whatever it is, it’s working. The Korean automaker has been on a hot streak these past few years, having upped its game across the […]
Enlarge / America is a land of contrasts. (credit: stellalevi/Getty Images) William Gibson’s quote about the future being here, just not very evenly distributed, is a cliché at this point. But I was reminded of it this morning when I saw a new report on electric vehicle accessibility. Compiled by the Consumer Choice Center (CCC), […]
Enlarge / Using hydrogen in some of these applications probably makes more sense than building out a network of hydrogen filling stations for passenger cars. (credit: Scharfsinn86/Getty Images) In just the last week, General Motors signed agreements with not one but two companies to develop applications for its Hydrotec hydrogen fuel cell systems. At first […]
Enlarge / Porsche plans to first use these new silicon anode cells in motorsports, but we don’t know where that will be yet, since Formula E and LMDh will both require a spec battery. This car is the Porsche 920 concept from 2020. (credit: Porsche) Porsche is setting up a new factory for battery cells, […]
Enlarge / In June 2020, Lordstown held an hour-long election rally for the Trump campaign disguised as an event to unveil the Endurance electric pickup truck. (credit: Matthew Hatcher/Bloomberg via Getty Images) On Wednesday, we wrote about how Lordstown Motors stated that the company’s Endurance electric pickup truck would enter limited production later this year. […]
Enlarge / Lordstown Motors’ factory in Lordstown, Ohio. It’s been a tough time recently for Lordstown Motors. The Ohio-based electric truck startup was accused of misleading investors about the extent of its order books, which led to an investigation by the US Securities and Exchange Commission; this in turn led the company to issue a […]