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
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
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
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
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
It turns out that being a three-time Formula 1 world champion doesn’t get you a leg up at the rental car counter, as Max Verstappen recently learned when on vacation in Portugal. As reported by The Sun, Verstappen’s family and friends arrived in Algarve on three different private jets, having booked 20 rental cars through … Read more
Automakers and some startups are hoping to win over buyers who might want to consider an EV but don’t want to be locked into a long term purchase by introducing microleases. These terms, often for a year or less, are being billed as a way to get people to try EVs or as a stopgap … Read more
Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) Autonomous cars have been hitting public roads in a handful of cities around the United States, but the driverless phenomenon has raised one particularly perplexing question: How do we keep those driverless cars in check when they break traffic laws? NBC really delved into the matter this week. What’s The … Read more
Photo: Josh Lefkowitz (Getty Images) The Chevrolet Blazer EV has only just hit the hit the market, but it already has a nasty reputation of faulty software issues that left one journalist stranded at a charging station and another review site logging one fault after another. As a result, General Motors has issued a stop … Read more
Photo: Getty (Getty Images) Is it rude to honk your horn? Yes. Is it rude to not use your turn signal lights when changing lanes. Also, yes. Is it rude to be on the phone at a stop light looking at memes? Well, it depends on what color the light is. Just kidding. It’s always … Read more
