Volkswagen’s New Record Car Runs on an ID. Polo Motor. The Real Target Was the Battery.
The most expensive component in an affordable electric car is not the motor, the software...
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Zoox Can Legally Build 2,500 Robotaxis a Year. It Still Can’t Charge You a Dime for a Ride in San Francisco.
Zoox holds two of California’s four robotaxi permits, and neither one allows it to take your money. The free rides…
Honda’s Rare-Earth-Free Magnet Bet Is Real. It’s Also the Smallest Check on the Table.
Honda did not just invest in a magnet company this month. It joined a line...
South Korea Just Rehearsed a Hacked Steering Wheel. The U.S. Never Wrote the Playbook.
Nobody’s steering wheel actually moved on September 15. That was the point. Inside Hyundai’s Advanced...
Hyundai Is Adding a Remote Kill Switch to Your Car. It Just Paid 36 States for Skipping Basic Theft Protection First.
Hyundai is pushing a remote immobiliser to the Venue over the air. It acts at the thief’s first stop, not…
There’s a Wedge of Plastic in Your Windshield Whose Entire Job Is to Fool Your Eyes
A modern windshield is a restraint component, an optical instrument and a sensor mount. One layer inside it is deliberately…
Lake Helen’s Speed Camera Numbers Went Viral for the Wrong Reason. Florida’s Fine Print Is the Real Story.
Lake Helen, Florida is home to 2,842 people, according to the 2020 Census. Over three...
A $3,359 Exhaust Won’t Make the Charger Sixpack Sound Like a V8 — the Noise You Want Is in the Crankshaft
MagnaFlow rates its own Charger Sixpack system MODERATE outside and MILD inside — and excludes sound from the warranty. The…
China Set a Real Deadline for Self-Driving Cars. America’s Still Handing Out Permission Slips One at a Time.
Nine Chinese ministries just set a 2030 deadline for autonomous vehicles, backed by a mandatory safety standard. Ten weeks earlier,…
Tesla Has 80,000 Superchargers and Still Doesn’t Have the Ones Its Own Robotaxis Need
Tesla’s Supercharger network was sized around how people charge. A driverless fleet does not behave like a person — and…
Ford Just Made the F-150’s Base Engine Bigger. Thank a Federal Fine That’s Worth Exactly Nothing.
Ford's 2027 F-150 replaces its 2.7-liter base engine with a 3.0-liter and puts the V8 back in King Ranch and…
The 3D-Printing Revolution in Cars Already Happened. It’s in the Tool Crib, Not on the Car.
A new large-format printer aimed at car factories has exactly the same build volume as the one before it, and…
Tesla’s Next Roadster Finally Has a Reveal Date. Here’s What’s Real, What’s Patent, and What’s Pure Hype.
Tesla’s second-generation Roadster has spent so long as a reservation page that owners of the...
Tesla’s Grok AI Is About to Start Texting for You — Here’s What the Manual Already Confirms
Buried in the fine print of the Tesla Model Y manual is a small addition...
Hyundai’s Point-and-Speak Car Controls: Inside the Patent Trail
Every car voice assistant has the same blind spot: it can hear you but it...