Enlarge / New energy vehicles are being loaded into containers for export at Taicang Port and Taicang International Terminal in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, on April 26, 2024. Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images reader comments 92 President Joe Biden is expected to levy new 100 percent tariffs targeted at specific Chinese industries, including electric ..
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Enlarge / First revealed in 2017, the current Aston Martin Vantage has just had a styling and engineering overhaul. Aston Martin reader comments 65 Aston Martin provided flights from London to Seville and accommodation so Ars could drive the Vantage. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. It’s high time Aston Martin had a winner ..
Enlarge / The Velomobile Bülk, with its hood in place. Note the hood has an anti-fog covering on the visor (which is flipped up). The two bumps near the front of the hood are there to improve clearance for the cyclist’s knees. JOHN TIMMER reader comments 56 My brain registered that I was clearly cycling. ..
reader comments 506 Global carmakers are stepping up their investment in hybrid technologies as consumers’ growing wariness over fully electric vehicles forces the industry to rapidly shift gear, according to top executives. A combination of still high interest rates and concern over inadequate charging infrastructure has chilled buyers’ enthusiasm for fully electric cars, prompting a ..
Graham Hughes/Bloomberg via Getty Images reader comments 27 The federal government is looking at a phantom braking problem that appears to be affecting the Fisker Ocean electric crossover. Earlier this week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Office of Defects Investigation opened a safety probe into the electric vehicle—its fourth so far. Open investigations are ..
Enlarge / America sends five times more freight by truck than rail, so it’s important to start making those trucks more fuel efficient and safer. Volvo Trucks North America reader comments 104 A while ago we checked out Super Truck II, a Department of Energy program that has been challenging the makers of Class 8 ..
Aurich Lawson | Tesla | Airplane! reader comments 27 There’s more bad news for Tesla. On Monday, we learned that CEO Elon Musk is continuing to slash his way through the company payroll as Tesla went through a fourth round of layoffs in four weeks. Yesterday, we discovered exactly what questions the National Highway Traffic ..
Enlarge / When you’re a legendary F1 designer like Adrian Newey, it’s easy to persuade the team to let you have a go in one of your own creations. Andrew Hone/Getty Images for Red Bull reader comments 26 In Formula 1, the car isn’t quite everything, but ultimately, how well the team’s designers did their ..
Enlarge / Its unlikely the next electric Jaguar will look much like these extreme coupés, designed by the brand for Gran Turismo. reader comments 56 Jaguar provided flights from Washington to Nice and accommodation so Ars could join it for the Formula E Monaco ePrix. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. MONACO—It may be ..
Aurich Lawson | Getty Images | Beata Zawrzel reader comments 135 No car company in recent years has been able to generate more news headlines than Tesla. Its original founders were among the very first to realize that lithium-ion laptop cells were just about good enough to power a car, assuming you put enough of ..