Enlarge / So far, this is as much detail about its first battery EV as Lincoln has teased us with. (credit: Lincoln) Lincoln has been Ford’s luxury brand for almost exactly a century now—the Blue Oval bought the Lincoln Motor Company from Henry Leland on February 4, 1922. Now the brand is getting ready for […]
Enlarge / An Electrify America charging station. (credit: Charge America) About five years from now, a common complaint about electric vehicles—range anxiety—will be a thing of the past across much of the US. Starting this year, the federal government will begin doling out $5 billion to states over five years to build a nationwide network […]
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Some Mazda owners in the Seattle area are stuck with bricked infotainment systems after listening to a particular radio station. According to the Seattle Times, the problem began on January 30 and afflicted Mazdas from model years 2014 to 2017 when the cars were tuned to the local […]
Enlarge / Sony AI has trained a new AI called GT Sophy to be extremely good at Gran Turismo . (credit: Clive Rose – Gran Turismo/Gran Turismo via Getty Images) A team of researchers at Sony AI have used deep reinforcement learning to teach an artificial intelligence to play Gran Turismo at a world-class level. […]
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) Hyundai and Kia have issued a recall for nearly 485, 000 SUVs (and a handful of sedans) due to the risk of engine bay fires, warning owners to park the vehicles outside until the repair work has been completed. The problem affects 126, 747 Kias —certain K900 sedans from model years […]
Enlarge / The Tonale proudly wears Alfa Romeo’s signature trefoil grille. And the triple headlamps are a visual reference to the SZ sports car. (credit: Alfa Romeo) On Tuesday, Alfa Romeo revealed its next model, called the Tonale. This attractive new crossover will come to the US in a couple of different powertrain options, with […]
Enlarge / America loves pickup trucks too much to give up burning gasoline, Nissan thinks. (credit: Nissan) Nissan is the latest automaker to pull the plug on its internal combustion engine development. Well, mostly. According to Nikkei Asia , the Japanese automaker has looked at the likely next set of European emissions rules and has […]
Enlarge (credit: Wabtec) Battery-electric power is commonplace in cars and trucks and is being tested in planes, helicopters, and container ships. Now, battery power is coming to trains, in place of the diesel-fueled generators that have powered locomotives for more than a century. Last week, Union Pacific Railroad agreed to buy 20 battery-electric freight locomotives […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Chie Ferrelli loved her Subaru SUV, which she bought in 2020 because it made her feel safe. So when it was time for her husband, Marc, to purchase his own new car last summer, they returned to the Subaru dealer near their home in southeast Massachusetts. But there was a catch, […]
Enlarge / Most people know they shouldn’t check their phones while driving, but it’s a hard habit to shake, particularly if you have a car fitted with an advanced driver assist that helps steer. (credit: Getty Images/miguelangelortega) If you’re going to install an advanced driver assistance system to let the person behind the wheel go […]