Enlarge / What can I say? It was tough putting the Brompton C Line Electric through its paces. Finding just the right context for it. Grueling work. Kevin Purdy There’s never been a better time to ride a weird bike. That’s especially true if you live in a city where you can regularly see kids…
Getty Images/3alexd Have electric vehicles been overhyped? A casual observer might have come to that conclusion after almost a year of stories in the media about EVs languishing on lots and letters to the White House asking for a national electrification mandate to be watered down or rolled back. EVs were even a pain point…
Enlarge / The R1S and R1T don’t look much different from the electric trucks we drove in 2022, but under the skin, there have been a lot of changes. Rivian In rainy Seattle this week, Rivian unveiled what it’s calling the “Second Generation” of its R1 line with a suite of mostly under-the-hood software and…
Enlarge / For 2026, F1 cars are going on a little bit of a diet. Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile Earlier today, the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile laid out the direction for Formula 1’s next set of technical regulations, which will go into effect in 2026. It will be the second big shakeup of F1’s technical…
FT montage/Getty Images The resurrection of a car plant in Brazil’s poor northeast stands as a symbol of China’s global advance—and the West’s retreat. BYD, the Shenzhen-based conglomerate, has taken over an old Ford factory in Camaçari, which was abandoned by the American automaker nearly a century after Henry Ford first set up operations in…
Enlarge / “It got more attention than last year, and the development feels steadier, faster, and safer,” said Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda when asked how the hydrogen-powered Corolla had improved from 2023. Toyota A couple of weekends ago, when most of the world’s motorsport attention was focused on Monaco and Indianapolis, Toyota President Akio “Morizo”…
Enlarge / Tesla will have to rely on its Dojo supercomputer for a while longer after CEO Elon Musk diverted 12,000 Nvidia GPU clusters to X instead. Tesla Elon Musk is yet again being accused of diverting Tesla resources to his other companies. This time, it’s high-end H100 GPU clusters from Nvidia. CNBC’s Lora Kolodny…
Enlarge / With just 222 miles of range, you can’t venture far off-grid in the Subaru Solterra. Subaru Over the years, Subaru has generated a cult following in the US, making its name with all-wheel drive powertrains and a go-anywhere attitude. Cars like the rally-bred WRXes and STIs did a lot of work here, but…
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) New cars have gotten pretty expensive, and it feels like electric cars are especially pricey. The average sale price of a new car has dropped a couple of thousand dollars since it peaked in early 2023, but at more than $47,400 in April, sticker shock is understandable, particularly…
Enlarge / The Mustang Mach-E Rally is the latest version of Ford’s electric crossover. It features plenty of power and a new drive mode, as well as plenty of rally-inspired accoutrements. Tim Stevens Mildly off-road-ready performance variants are extremely trendy right now, and it’s easy to turn your nose up at them. But when cars…
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