Enlarge / A month after its release, Gran Turismo 7 gets another economy-fixing update. (credit: Sony) Gran Turismo 7 has rolled out yet another update that, among other things, improves the in-game economy. Update 1.11 was released on Thursday, bringing more races and challenges, better availability of used cars, and some physics tweaks, in addition […]
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Android 11 coming to Polestar 2 EVs this month via OTA update
Enlarge / This will be the 11th OTA update for the Polestar 2 since its launch in mid-2020. (credit: Polestar) This month, Polestar 2 owners can expect a substantial over-the-air update for their electric vehicles. The Swedish automaker will push out an OTA update that, among other things, upgrades the underlying operating system to Android 11. […]
Android 11 coming to Polestar 2 EVs this month via OTA update
Enlarge / This will be the 11th OTA update for the Polestar 2 since its launch in mid-2020. (credit: Polestar) This month, Polestar 2 owners can expect a substantial over-the-air update for their electric vehicles. The Swedish automaker will push out an OTA update that, among other things, upgrades the underlying operating system to Android 11. […]
Android 11 coming to Polestar 2 EVs this month via OTA update
Enlarge / This will be the 11th OTA update for the Polestar 2 since its launch in mid-2020. (credit: Polestar) This month, Polestar 2 owners can expect a substantial over-the-air update for their electric vehicles. The Swedish automaker will push out an OTA update that, among other things, upgrades the underlying operating system to Android 11. […]
The Hummer EV is an electric truck for people who think EVs are stupid
Enlarge / The 2023 Hummer EV has gone from idea to production in just two years. (credit: Jonathan Gitlin) GMC provided two nights in a hotel and a flight from Washington, DC, to Phoenix and back so we could drive the new Hummer EV. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. PLEASANT VALLEY, Ariz.—The headline […]
The Hummer EV is an electric truck for people who think EVs are stupid
Enlarge / The 2023 Hummer EV has gone from idea to production in just two years. (credit: Jonathan Gitlin) GMC provided two nights in a hotel and a flight from Washington, DC, to Phoenix and back so we could drive the new Hummer EV. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. PLEASANT VALLEY, Ariz.—The headline […]
This synthetic-fuel startup just got $75 million from Porsche
Enlarge / 70 percent of the cars Porsche has ever built are still on the road. Since it wants to keep it that way, it’s developing a synthetic fuel that emits 90 percent less CO2 than gasoline derived from fossil fuels. (credit: Porsche) In 2021, Porsche announced that it was starting to work with synthetic […]
Multiple recalls spark Fed investigation of LG’s electric car batteries
Enlarge / Lithium-ion cells made by LG Energy Solutions have been linked to multiple fires and malfunctions since 2020. (credit: Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Image) The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating safety defects in lithium-ion cells made by LG Energy Solutions after a string of recalls since February 2020. The most high-profile […]
Canoo wins NASA’s Artemis crew transport vehicle contract
Enlarge / Canoo’s lifestyle vehicle will be too small to fit NASA’s needs, but perhaps the Artemis Crew Transport Vehicle will look like a stretched-out version of this van. (credit: Canoo) When astronauts finally return to the Moon with NASA’s Artemis project, their journey to the launchpad is going to be fully electric. The space […]
EV makers counted on batteries getting cheaper; war changed the picture
Enlarge / The chassis and battery pack of a Volkswagen AG (VW) ID. 5 electric sports utility vehicle (eSUV) on the assembly line during a media tour of the automaker’s electric automobile factory in Zwickau, Germany. (credit: Bloomberg | Getty Images) The car industry’s multibillion-dollar bet on electric vehicles was built on a single premise: […]