Geoge Smith 
You didn’t think summer travel would be easy, did you? Highways and airports are likely to be jammed the next few days as Americans head out for Memorial Day weekend getaways and then return home. AAA predicts this will be the busiest start-of-summer weekend in nearly 20 years, with 43.8 million people expected to travel … Read more
Photo: Tesla I love it when an automaker comes out with pointless junk to go along with their vehicles, and we’ve got another great example of that exact sort of scam from Tesla. Surprise, surprise. The automaker just rolled out the “CyberVessel.” No, it’s not a boat. It’s actually a goddamn stainless steel travel mug. … Read more
DETROIT — General Motors takes big swings with electric vehicles. From the late ‘90s EV1 to the plug-in hybrid Chevrolet Volt a decade later, GM’s electrification efforts set new standards or fail infamously. Sometimes, they do both. Now comes the 2024 Chevy Silverado EV RST, a powerful, well-equipped technological tour de force that vaults Chevy … Read more
For regular people, fuel economy is one of the most important factors when it comes to deciding what new car to buy, right up there with price, reliability and whether or not Apple CarPlay is available. And it makes sense. If one car gets 20 mpg and the other gets 25 mpg, fueling the latter … Read more
Pedestrian deaths in the United States have climbed dramatically over the past five years, likely due to an increase in distracted driving and other factors. Whatever the cause, it’s become clear that hybrids and electric vehicles are more dangerous to pedestrians. A recent study in the UK showed that they’re twice as likely to strike … Read more
Wheezing through the streets of Gothenburg, Sweden, surrounded by a literal sea of cerulean velour, vinyl and polyester, blasting Abba on FM, I felt like the disco era superstar I’d always longed to be. Pedestrians pointed and mouthed OMGs, construction workers ushered me past with grandiose waves and pensioners scratched their balding heads, their muddled … Read more
It’s been about four months since we got our last good look at the coming Jeep Wagoneer S battery-electric SUV. That was back in January, when Jeep revealed an interior with what looks like four screens and electrically operated doors. Now we have video set at Willow Springs International Motorsports Park in Rosamond, California, the … Read more
Photo: alvarez (Getty Images) Researchers at the Blue Visby Consortium developed a simple solution that will significantly cut the carbon emissions produced by international maritime shipping with expensive refits of already operating ships. The solution: sail slower. Last week, the research group released results from a two-month, two-ship trial showing a 17.3 percent reduction in … Read more
In this episode of the Autoblog Podcast, Editor-in-Chief Greg Migliore is joined by Road Test Editor Zac Palmer. They discuss the refreshed 2025 Honda Civic and its new hybrid powertrain, a possible Ford Maverick sport truck, rumblings of a new Mitsubishi Delica, the continued growth of hybrid sales, the UAW’s loss in Mercedes’ Alabama plant, the … Read more
Chevrolet is decidedly very late to the electric vehicle game. Cars that should have been out a while ago, like the Silverado EV and Equinox EV are just starting to show up at dealerships now, and its rollout of the Blazer EV has been anything but smooth. It means Chevy is well behind other automakers … Read more
