Enlarge (credit: Walmart) Walmart is investing in self-driving startup Cruise as part of a massive $2.75 billion investment round in the company—an expansion of the $2 billion round announced in January. That original announcement featured three other big names: GM, Honda, and Microsoft. Cruise was originally an independent startup but was acquired by GM in […]
The Q4 is the first Audi to use Volkswagen Group’s new MEB platform for battery EVs. [credit: Audi ] Although it hasn’t announced plans to give up internal combustion engines completely, the future is definitely an electric one for Audi. In February, the company revealed its third battery electric vehicle, the e-tron GT, which joins […]
F9 was meant to hit theaters in May 2020, but then we had this whole pandemic thing. [credit: Universal Pictures ] This past weekend, with little to do thanks to the pandemic, I marathoned through the Fast and Furious franchise. That was fortuitous timing, because on Tuesday a new trailer dropped for F9, the next […]
Mazda’s first battery EV is this small crossover, the MX-30. [credit: Mazda ] On Wednesday, Mazda confirmed that it will bring its new battery-electric vehicle to the US later in 2021. It’s called the MX-30, and it’s an attractive compact crossover that has been on sale in Europe for a few months already. It’s the […]
Ford’s new hands-free driving system, called BlueCruise, will be enabled on the newest F-150 truck later this year, via an over-the-air software update. The driver-monitoring system uses an infrared camera that’s mounted just above the infotainment screen. [credit: Ford ] On Wednesday morning, the Ford Motor Company revealed some fresh information about its forthcoming hands-free […]
Enlarge (credit: Tesla) Tesla has jacked up the price of its solar roof, which integrates solar panels directly into roof tiles, Electrek reports. A 12.3 kW system that Electrek priced at $54,966 last summer now costs more than $70,000, according to Tesla’s online calculator. Customers report that Tesla is not only raising prices for future […]
Polestar is adding two new variants to the Polestar 2 lineup. [credit: Polestar ] On Tuesday morning, Polestar expanded its line of battery-electric vehicles with two new versions of the Polestar 2 fastback, both of which should be cheaper than the fully loaded $59,500 Polestar 2 Launch Edition we tested last summer. In the next […]
Enlarge / A Train Grand Vitesse. (credit: Michael Dunning/Getty Images) On Sunday, the French National Assembly voted to ban some short-haul flights in favor of train travel. If the measure is formally approved, it would mean the end to domestic flights on routes where the journey could also be completed by train in 2.5 hours […]
And the award for most improved goes to…. the 2021 Rolls-Royce Ghost, which is better than the car it just replaced in almost every way. [credit: Jonathan Gitlin ] The most inescapable thing about driving a Rolls-Royce Ghost is never being able to forget how much it costs. So let’s get that out of the […]
Lego’s latest official NASA set is this massive model of space shuttle Discovery on mission STS-31. [credit: Jonathan Gitlin ] The ongoing collaboration between Lego and NASA continues to delight. Back in 2017, the Danish toymaker brought out a highly detailed Saturn V—a model ably assembled in time lapse by Ars’ Eric Berger before […]