This is the hybrid powertrain. Credit: Honda And that can be tempting. The car we tested is much more pedestrian […]
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How NASCAR and its teams are embracing 3D printing
Carbon fiber, aluminum, maybe the odd bit of titanium here or there: These are the materials we usually expect race […]
Tesla sales fell for the first time in over a decade
Tesla sold almost 1.8 million cars in 2024, according to data released by the company this morning. Unfortunately for the […]
Whistleblower finds unencrypted location data for 800,000 VW EVs
Connected cars are great—at least until some company leaves unencrypted location data on the Internet for anyone to find. That’s […]
Hertz continues EV purge, asks renters if they want to buy instead of return
Apparently Hertz’s purging of electric vehicles from its fleet isn’t going fast enough for the car rental giant. A Reddit […]
Honda and Nissan to merge, Honda will take the lead
In 2019, then-head of the alliance Carlos Ghosn was arrested by Japanese police on charges of financial misconduct. After three […]
Human versus autonomous car race ends before it begins
A2RL admits that this is a hard problem, and that’s refreshing. A2RL chose the Super Formula chassis to install its […]
Automakers excoriated by Senators for fighting right-to-repair
Yesterday, US Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Joshua Hawley (R-MO) sent letters to the heads of Ford, […]
Here’s what we learned driving Audi’s new Q6 and SQ6 electric SUVs
HEALDSBURG, Calif.—Earlier this summer, Ars got its first drive of Audi’s new Q6 e-tron on some very wet roads in […]
EPA lets California set its own stricter emissions standards until 2035
Today, the US Environmental Protection Agency granted a pair of waivers to California, allowing the Golden State to continue regulating […]