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Democrat-run media says car prices will go up 25% due to Trump’s new tariffs. My prediction: average transaction price goes up 3% and if we hold the car model and trim level constant, up 5%. What’s the basis of my prediction? Americans spend every penny they can earn, borrow, win in family court, in...

BYD sales continue to soar. Its passenger vehicle sales were up 58% in the first quarter, while its electric commercial truck sales were up 1169%. Regarding full electric cars, BYD has now solidly shot past Tesla as the global leader. And the company has been releasing new model after new ... [conti...

"We achieved a 92% retention after 500 charging cycles." Scientists make game-changing discovery with potential to revolutionize future cars: 'It's really exciting to be at this stage' first appeared on The Cool Down.

The Canadian prime minister has hit back at the U.S. car industry.

"The equivalent of removing 100 million cars off of the road." Government takes first-ever action to restart domestic nuclear site: 'Yet another step' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Hyundai isn't exactly the first name you'd think of when it comes to racecars. But it's exactly that perception that the South Korean manufacturer has sought to change with its Insteroid concept. Continue Reading Category: Automotive, Transport Tags: Hyundai, Electric Vehicles, Concept Cars, Racing,...

Scientists from Skoltech, the Institute of Nanotechnology of Microelectronics, RAS, and other research centers have refined the understanding of how plasma treatment of carbon-based electrodes affects the key characteristics of supercapacitors. These are energy storage devices that complement batter...

Cars will cost more. TVs will cost more. Blue jeans will cost more. Everything will cost more. Is this really how we’re going to revive manufacturing?

The proposal would lead to European carmakers selling up to 880,000 fewer electric cars between 2025–2027. This is a summary. Download the briefing to find out more. In this paper, T&E has analysed the impact of various flexibilities for compliance with the EU’s 2025 car CO2 target. The analysis cov...

"Both short-term and short-sighted." Experts concerned by unexpected change millions of motorists are making to cars: 'Not the transition that we are aiming for' first appeared on The Cool Down.

China, Canada, Mexico, steel, aluminum, cars, and soon, copper. That’s what the market has concluded following a Bloomberg News report last week that copper tariffs would arrive far sooner than the 270 days President Trump gave the Department of Commerce to conduct its investigation into “dumping” o...

These days, even an economy car can reach 100 mph. Sports cars can double that. Despite having the power to do so, few drivers zoom around at such speeds, understanding that the potential consequences—a speeding ticket, license revocation or a deadly accident—can be bad.However, people have demonstr...

Oscar Schwartz in The Drift: As Isaacson surveyed the landscape in search of a new genius, one name kept coming up: Elon Musk. He was, without a doubt, a man with grand vision — electric cars, space travel, telepathy. He was unyielding in this vision, too, sometimes belligerently so. …Nevertheless, ...

"Let’s build high-speed rails next to highways to show the inferior speed of cars." Video exposes brutal truth about driving compared to high-speed rail: 'The only sales pitch I need' first appeared on The Cool Down.

A great way to beat the NYC traffic is to ride down the street in one of these motorized lawn chairs. Not only are these a practical solution to riding around cars, but they also bring a little piece of vacation with you, wherever you go. — Read the rest The post Ditch the subway and ride through NY...

Compared to Maskachusetts, Florida is the land of the divided thoroughfare, dedicated left turn lane, and legal U-turn. It’s a little tough for people making a right turn on the cross street, though, to determine if a driver is making a left turn (no conflict) or a U-turn (conflict). Now that all of...

TL;DR: Take advantage of the power of AI with this all-in-one tool, 1minAI, only $79.97 for a lifetime subscription through March 30. What kind of technology did you expect to see in 2025? We bet it was flying cars or hoverboards… not ChatGPT. — Read the rest The post Final call! One day left to sav...

Photos by William Klayer This morning on First Avenue and Ninth Street... OK, who stole the lug nuts?

Drivers are falling out of love with the tech-forward touch screens that have become commonplace in modern cars.

VinFast and other industry leaders are proving that the success of electric vehicles depends not just on technology but on building a seamless ownership ecosystem—one that eliminates range anxiety, ensures reliable service, and makes switching to EVs as effortless as possible. MARKHAM, Ontario — The...

"Elon Musk started spending that money within days of Tesla filing a lawsuit." Elon Musk wages legal battle to ensure more Tesla cars hit the market: 'It is no coincidence' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Google hopes you will park and play, but most gaming in cars will only make sense if self-driving vehicles are a thing.

Nissan slipped out teaser images of the next-generation Nissan LEAF this week. Shifting into crossover territory, it’s a bit different from what has come before, and I’d guess will be Nissan’s most popular LEAF ever. But aside from the look, something powerful struck me, amping up the news much more...

Many service center operators are installing EV chargers in place of gas pumps, especially in Norway were electric cars are dominant. The post Trading Gas Pumps For EV Chargers In Norway appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Caving in to Trump’s demands to recognise US car standards as equivalent to Europe would be a grave error. But it’s part of a pattern One of Donald Trump’s many obsessions is that Americans buy more cars from Europe than the other way round. To punish European carmakers the US ... [continued] The po...

by Mark R. DeLong Writing about American cars stranded in Fidel Castro’s Cuba, John McElroy observed that “there’s something very appealing, almost romantic about these cars. Coated in a patina of history they hearken back to a time when Detroit iron dominated the global auto industry, a time of can...

Our neighbor has a Model Y that is one generation behind the recently introduced one. He reports having made a 4-hour trip from Gainesville (home of University of Florida, which needs to branch out!) without once touching the steering wheel. I wonder if this supports a “yes” answer to Do self-drivin...

For years we've heard that fully autonomous vehicles were just around the corner. Yet here we are in 2025, and truly self-driving... Read More... Source

Current conditions: South Korea’s massive wildfires have doubled in size in 24 hours • Fires are also spreading in North and South Carolina, consuming nearly 18,000 acres • A year’s worth of rain could fall over the next few days along the Texas Gulf Coast. THE TOP FIVE 1. Trump imposes 25% tariffs ...

It’s another batch of three new cars coming at the end of the month for Gran Turismo 7. The racing game has found its groove back and have been maintaining this cadence for its monthly free content updates, and March 2025 continues the trend. Also known as Update 1.57, the March 2025 update for GT7 ...

The post Trump hits cars made outside U.S. with 25% tariff in major blow to Canadian industry appeared first on The Logic.

Artist Joshua Vides very cleverly wrapped a number of cars so that they looked they belonged in monochrome Pop Art comics.

We said goodbye to our 2001 Camry on Saturday. We traded it in to help our son buy a 2020 Honda Civic. The Camry was the first car I/we bought. I had driven two different cars in high school and college that my parents owned and then we drove my wife’s car once we were […] The post Goodbye Camry app...

BYD's e-platform charges twice as fast as Tesla's superchargers, meaning its cars can travel up to 250 miles on a five-minute charge

Airplanes. Power plants. Cars and trucks. Their images might be the first to spring to mind when thinking about the challenge posed by the energy transition. But what about plain old buildings? From their structural bones to the energy they constantly consume, buildings account for a staggering one-...

News about electric vehicles tends to focus on personal transportation: cars, SUVs, pickup trucks, ebikes, electric motorcycles, etc. There are other electric vehicles, though, and great reasons they should be getting attention. Big trucks for shipping, using diesel engines, generate huge amounts of...

The expanding size of American cars over the past few decades is increasing congestion by reducing the vehicle capacity of roadways. SUVs are longer, require more braking distance, and drivers behind them need to leave more space to see around them.

"I miss when cars were designed to drive places." Driver sparks outrage with photo of bizarre feature in their new Jeep: 'Try to return the car and get money back' first appeared on The Cool Down.

There’s a new analysis out there that shows that Tesla vehicles depreciate the most of any brand in the USA after 1 year of ownership (26.6%), after 3 years of ownership (44.4%), and after 5 years of ownership (54.7%). On the flip side, the vehicle brand that depreciates the least ... [continued] Th...

“BYD confirms new 1,000V ‘Super E-Platform’ capable of fast charging 400km in 5 minutes” (electrek): Chinese auto conglomerate BYD has introduced a new 1,000-volt EV platform that can enable charging rates as fast (or perhaps faster) than a trip to the gas station. We’re talking five minutes. … offe...

In this video by Joseph's Machines, Joseph builds a real-life Mario Kart course on his kitchen table. Instead of just going around a plastic track, the toy LEGO cars must ride through Joseph's hand made obstacles. I had to watch this video twice because it's so fantastic. — Read the rest The post A ...

Volvo has taken to a cutting-edge technique for reconstructing scenes in 3D virtual worlds to help its cars' safety software expect the unexpected. Continue Reading Category: Automotive, Transport Tags: Volvo, Artificial Intelligence, Road Safety

NASA’s DRF helps machines from different sectors share data securely and make smarter decisions – turning everyday travel into a coordinated, predictive experience. Imagine cars that don’t just respond to what’s in front of them, but predict what’s coming – thanks to real-time conversations with roa...

"Tesla's poor showing comes during what is otherwise a promising period for electric cars." New data reveals alarming trend for Tesla as sales plummet — and the competition isn't slowing down first appeared on The Cool Down.

Donald Trump just compared vandalized Teslas to the deadly January 6 riots — and decided that burning a handful of cars is far worse than attacking the U.S. Capitol and its police officers. "When I looked at those showrooms burning, and those cars — not one or two, but seven, eight, ten — exploding ...

"If a black bear becomes habituated to humans or food conditioned, they may become increasingly bold or destructive." Locals on alert after spotting bears lurking around campgrounds, trying to enter cars: 'Sightings have increased' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Funny thing — I wrote about California’s overall electric vehicle market and stats as well as market leaders, and I wrote about electric vehicles topping the charts in various vehicle classes, but I neglected to produce and share probably the most obvious chart of all from this market. That would .....

Yet another cabinet member of the Trump Administration has used a television interview to sell Tesla. This time, Commerce Secretary Lutnick portrays a used car salesman. The President of the United States read from a Tesla price list, selling cars from the White House. — Read the rest The post Musk'...