Geoge Smith 
They call themselves “garbage collectors,” but the metal boxes that Li and his team in southern China gather and sell are in reality immensely valuable — and difficult to come by. The seven men are traders of a hot new commodity in the world’s biggest and most mature electric-vehicle market: used batteries. Each one contains … Read more
Photo: Daniel Golson/Jalopnik It can be hard to convince the non-car enthusiasts in your life to spend a few weekend hours at a car show, especially if it’s one that starts before 9 a.m. (even I have trouble with that). As enticing as the boozy brunch with friends afterwards might be, the thought of spending … Read more
Motorsport fans who yearn for juicy behind-the-scenes insights might want to circle January 2 on their 2024 calendar. The third season of Formula E’s unscripted reality show Unplugged will hit the Roku Channel on that date. It’s the first time that the show will be available on Formula E’s new streaming home, while fans around … Read more
The International Space Station is due for decommission in the 2030s. NASA is currently evaluating how to go about retiring the station: options include letting it burn up in the atmosphere or pushing it into a graveyard orbit. There’s another option that doesn’t involve disposing of the ISS at all, which would extend the life … Read more
Would you believe that after all those pushrod V6 engines powering GM vehicles for all those decades, only one remains available here? That’s right, the LV1 4.3 used in the Chevrolet Express/GMC Savana work vans, a descendant of the good old small-block-V8-derived Chevrolet V6, is the last pushrod V6 standing in the GM universe (not … Read more
Baby, it’s almost Christmas, and whether you celebrate or not, there’s one thing all car enthusiasts have probably thought about before: what car does Santa drive? No, I’m not talking about his sleigh. That’s just impractical for most of the year. We want to know how he gets around the North Pole and what he … Read more
Last month American startup Lucid debuted the Gravity, its first entry in the hotly contested three-row SUV segment and an important model for the brand that currently only builds the Air luxury sedan. Speaking with Autocar in a new interview, Lucid CEO Peter Rawlinson says the company’s next focus is on two mainstream models that will … Read more
A popular theme this holiday season is “the little red truck hauling a Christmas tree.” Today’s Nice Price or No Dice Chevy only needs the tree to make that meme a memorable reality. Let’s see if its price tag is just as memorable. The Lincoln Blackwood Predicted Luxury Pickup Trucks Too Soon Last Friday, while … Read more
President Joe Biden went on Conan O’Brien’s podcast, “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend,” recently, and he had a lot to say about cars. There’s plenty to unpack from the clip that you can watch above, but at one point he mentions that he recently took a Porsche up to 171 mph on the Secret Service’s … Read more
Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images (Getty Images) Photo: Tom McFarland The internet has changed the way cars are bought and sold. It’s now a lot easier to figure out who has the best deal on a new car, but used cars are more complex. A lot of buyers get frustrated when they run into walls asking … Read more
