Enlarge / Yes, I am aware that photographing an electric car in front of an electricity power station is a cliché. Sorry. (credit: Jonathan Gitlin) I wasn’t expecting the Ford Mustang Mach-E to draw quite as much attention as it did. Over the past few months, I’ve driven some wild-looking cars, but more people pulled […]
Enlarge / A prototype Amazon delivery truck in the Los Angeles area. (credit: Amazon) A year and a half after Amazon announced it would buy 100,000 electric trucks to reduce its carbon footprint, Amazon says it has begun using prototype vehicles for real-world deliveries in Los Angeles. Amazon expects to spend a few more months […]
Enlarge / 135,000 Teslas will brick their infotainment screens within 3 or 4 years due to a design defect. NHTSA has persuaded the automaker to fix the problem through a voluntary recall. (credit: Getty Images/Jonathan Gitlin) It’s official: Tesla has to recall almost 135,000 Models S and X electric vehicles due to a design defect […]
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) On Monday, Ford and Google announced a new partnership that will see the automaker work with Google on in-car technology. Perhaps the biggest news is that Ford is switching to Android for its infotainment systems by 2023. That means future Fords will feature Sync systems that use Google Maps and Android’s […]
This is the Hyundai Veloster N ETCR, an electric racing car being developed for a new EV touring car category. [credit: LAT Images ] The annual 24-hour race at Daytona International Speedway in Florida got under way on Saturday afternoon. And this year’s race has been a pretty good one so far—although there are still […]
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images) Around the world, governments are starting to discuss, or even schedule, banning the sale of new vehicles powered by internal combustion engines. Here in the United States, as is often the case, we may well have to wait for private industry to move first, thanks to the sclerotic […]
Enlarge (credit: SOPA Images | Getty Images) Samsung Electronics said a global semiconductor shortage that has hit global carmakers could also disrupt orders for the memory chips used in smartphones, as manufacturers rushed to respond to the crisis. The warning from the world’s biggest memory chipmaker comes as companies and governments grow concerned that constrained […]
Tesla has given its venerable Model S sedan a much-needed makeover. [credit: Tesla ] On Wednesday evening, Tesla revealed a comprehensive refresh for its Model S sedan and Model X SUV. The revised battery electric vehicles go into production in the next few weeks at the company’s factory in Fremont, California, and include brand-new interiors […]
Enlarge / The Model Y assembly line at Tesla’s Shanghai factory. (credit: Tesla) Tesla made a profit of $270 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, bringing the year’s profits to $721 million. It’s Tesla’s first annual profit. The company posted a $826 million loss in 2019. The strong financial results were aided by record […]
Enlarge / Annika Keeton. (credit: Starship) Last March, just as the Washington, DC, area was locking down for COVID-19, I traveled to George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, to eat a hamburger delivered by a robot. The robot was owned by delivery startup Starship. Today, Starship announced it has completed 1 million deliveries. Annika Keeton, a […]