The next dish on Lucid’s plate is the Air Sapphire (pictured). The dish after that is the Gravity SUV, entering production late next year if the horrors and the situations can stay out of the way. The dish after that will be a more affordable vehicle than either the Air sedan or Gravity, and Lucid … Read more
When the Porsche Taycan debuted in 2019, purists were infuriated by Porsche’s decision to name the top trim level “Turbo” despite the car being fully electric and not actually having a turbocharger. For the most part people have gotten over it — or at least, they should have by now — but there’s a new … Read more
The second-generation BMW 5 Series, the E28, sold very well in the United States during its reign of model years 1982 through 1988. Its successor, the E34, was bigger, heavier, more luxurious and more aerodynamic. We hadn’t yet seen an E34 Junkyard Gem, and these cars are getting harder to find in the car graveyards … Read more
Elon Musk is big mad at a report that kind of sort of implied that one of his favorite robots attacked one of his employees at Tesla’s Austin, Texas factory two years ago. The report never actually said it was one of his shiny (fuckable?) Optimus friends, but it didn’t exactly highlight that it was … Read more
A new company out of Japan called HW Electro wants to be the first manufacturer of electric vehicles in the country’s hotly contested commercial kei car segment. Its first concept, the Puzzle, is a battery-electric van that conforms to Japan’s strict kei car specifications. Unlike most other kei car makers, however, HW Electro hopes to … Read more
Georgia may be known for its hot, humid summers, but its winters are pretty mild, so you wouldn’t think the sun would be causing any problems this time of year. Unfortunately for one family living north of Atlanta, that’s not the case. Their daughter’s 2022 Honda Civic is melting, WSB-TV reports. Honda Motocompacto | Quick … Read more
BYD’s Seagull hatchback sells for the equivalent of just over $10,000. Aly Song/Reuters China is the world’s biggest market for electric vehicles. BYD is expected to overtake Tesla as the world’s biggest EV maker when fourth-quarter data is released. China’s control of battery supply chains and its focus on charging networks has boosted EV sales. … Read more
Last week we reported on Daihatsu halting sales and shipments of all of its cars amid a probe into the Toyota subsidiary rigging safety tests of 64 different models, and now the situation has gotten even worse. On Wednesday, CNN reported that Daihatsu has now stopped production at all four of its Japanese factories, with … Read more
The Automotive News future product pipeline indicates Volvo’s planning to begin production of an electric version of the S90 sedan in late 2024, with sales to begin in 2025. The car is definitely coming, and could be here on the early side. Swedish outlet Teknikens Varld (translated) got eyes on a post from Volvo’s internal … Read more
Photo: Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times (Getty Images) Public transportation agencies from sea to shining sea are allowing revelers to head out and come home on New Year’s Eve for free. Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco are among the major cities in the United States that are offering free rides. However, these initiatives … Read more
