Going Electric at $4.33 Gas Saves About $118 a Month. The $520 Loan Payment Eats That for Breakfast
At $4.33 gas, an EV or hybrid cuts the fuel bill, but at subprime rates the loan costs several times…
Electric Cars
The Tesla Roadster That Flies Isn’t Approved for Public Roads, and Tesla’s Own Website Says So
Tesla’s own site says the Rocket Roadster that flies isn’t approved for public roads. The $50,000 reservation contract promises less…
New Cars Now Average $50,562, a Measly $52 Short of the All-Time Record. Here’s What That Number Isn’t Telling You
The average new car price hit $50,562 in September, $52 below the record. Here is what Kelley Blue Book’s number…
A Texas Lawsuit Says a Tesla Model 3 Sped Up ‘Without Any Input.’ Police First Pointed to a Medical Episode
A wrongful-death suit says a Tesla Model 3 accelerated on its own before a fatal crash into an empty Clute…
AAA Ran EVs, Hybrids and Gas Cars Through the Same Math. Hybrids Won Every Class.
AAA's 2026 Your Driving Costs study found hybrids cheapest to own in all four classes it compared. EVs saved $1,500…
Gas-Only Cars Just Dropped Below Half of Global New-Car Sales. Meanwhile, Americans Get $4.35 Gas and No EV Credit.
Gasoline-only models fell to 49% of global new-vehicle sales in the first half of 2026. In the U.S., gas is…
Police Say a Gunman Killed a Man in a Tesla at an Idaho Supercharger, Then Tesla Let Drivers Flee Plugged In — at Up to $25K in Damage
Tesla's new Emergency Drive Away lets drivers leave a Supercharger still plugged in. Tesla says the damage can reach $25,000,…
Your Car’s Phone App Roughly Doubled Its Ad-Tracker Exposure. Owners Can Switch Off Some of It
Northeastern researchers found that pairing a companion app roughly doubled a car's exposure to advertising and tracking companies. Phone settings…
Audi’s EV Patent Calls for Real Motor Noise, Fake Gearshifts and Sparks Ground Off the Pavement
Audi's German patent application would hard-mount an EV's motor, strip its soundproofing, simulate gearshifts and turbo lag, and grind a…
Tesla Doubled Its Ballarat Supercharger Site. About a Week Later, Someone Cut All 20 Cables.
Twenty Supercharger cables were cut at one Ballarat site days after Tesla expanded it. Selling the copper legally in Victoria…
Norway Sealed a Chinese Bus Inside a Mountain to Find Its Kill Switch. A Romanian SIM Card Was Holding It.
Oslo's transit agency sealed a Yutong electric bus inside a mountain and found its maker could reach the power system…
Your EV Accidentally Jams AM Radio. The House Just Voted to Make Automakers Keep It Anyway.
The House passed the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act. The real target is the electrical noise EVs make, and…
Diesel Just Hit a Record $6.53. Before You Panic-Buy an EV, Read the Window Sticker.
Diesel hit a record $6.53 a gallon, but the lasting case for an EV is price. The EV premium fell…
Ford Patented a Hood That Folds Into a Workbench. It Still Has to Crumple.
Ford's pending patent folds part of the hood forward into a work surface at bench height. The revealing detail is…
Britain’s Steering Wheels Are on the Right. That May Be Its Smartest Battery Policy.
Britain is reviewing its EV sales mandate just as a £7 billion battery industry, a locked-in EU trade deadline and…