Photo: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg (Getty Images) When Elon Musk launched the Tesla Cybertruck, a brutalist stainless steel monstrosity doubling as an electric pickup truck, there were plenty of signs that things were not, um, going well. First and foremost were its ridiculous looks, but then came the claims that this truck would be a bulletproof off-roading … Read more
In July 2021, Lotus revealed the Emira, its final ICE-powered sports car before flipping to an all-electric lineup. By the time we got to drive it in December 2023, our Zac Palmer wrote, “you can’t spend $105,900 on a single car that would be more fun than the V6 First Edition I drove. There just … Read more
Photo: Patrick T. Fallon / AFP (Getty Images) The Boeing 737 Max 9 that had a door plug blow out over Portland, Oregon during an Alaska Airlines flight was scheduled for a thorough maintenance check the next day, according to the New York Times. The carrier’s engineers slated the aircraft to be taken out of … Read more
Pricing for the 2025 Polestar 3 is out, and the latest prices are a little lower than what we were expecting. The cheapest (and only) version announced for 2024 started at $85,300, but now the basement for 2025 is $74,800, including the $1,400 destination charge. For that price, you get the new, base Long Range … Read more
A Massachusetts lawyer is taking the U.S. government to court after he crashed into a camouflage Black Hawk helicopter that was parked on an airfield often used by snowmobilers. The crash, which occurred in March 2019, left lawyer Jeff Smith in need of surgery and facing lost wages and high medical bills, which he’s now … Read more
Autoblog may receive a share from purchases made via links on this page. Pricing and availability are subject to change. If you’ve got a garage full of stuff you need to inflate, it might be worth adding an air compressor to the mix. Air compressors can be used to inflate tires (or other inflatables) as … Read more
Image: Collecting Cars There’s a fine line between driving a sleeper and insanity. This matte black monster of a 2020 Audi RS6 Avant is more than a few toes over that line, delivering 1,100 horsepower of all-wheel drive with fire-spitting big-turbo fury. The turbos are so frickin’ big that they pop right out of the … Read more
Americans remain largely untrustworthy of self-driving cars, AAA’s latest study of attitudes toward autonomous vehicles found, suggesting last year’s spike in negativity was not only an accurate measurement of buyer sentiment, but a sign of even more headwinds for an already troubled sector. Conducted mostly online (phone interviewers were available to reach those without internet … Read more
With the future looking to be served by all-electric vehicles that have fewer moving parts that don’t have to be serviced as often, automakers have been looking for other sources of revenue. One such avenue leads straight to hell: subscription-based features. Automakers will build vehicles with features, lock those features behind software, and then force … Read more
Alphabet’s Waymo said on Wednesday it will begin offering free driverless robotaxi services to select members of the public in Los Angeles starting Thursday. The parent company of Google received approval from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) earlier this month to start its ride-hailing program, Waymo One, in Los Angeles and some cities … Read more
