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All errands today here in Pasadena, which is one of my favorite places in SoCal. Or hell, the world. Check out City Hall. Looks like the capital city of some country on the Mediterranian. Sure, it's chock full of cars and traffic, but that's an American thnig. Right now I'm at the Arroyo-Calif Car W...

After a snoozer in Japan, F1's return to the Middle East went well.

As with cars, there are few system administration tasks that involve little to no automation.

Lime, the largest bike- and scooter-sharing company in the world, announced that it has struck a deal with Redwood Materials to recycle its lithium-ion batteries. Lime says its e-bike and e-scooter batteries typically last 500 charge cycles, or between five and seven years. Once those batteries reac...

"Tesla is building a compelling case for their cars." Tesla quietly updates autopilot with surprise shift: 'Your vehicle will now automatically transition' first appeared on The Cool Down.

by Hannah Allam ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. With a line of cars waiting behi...

The Tesla Cybertruck has done what very few modern-day vehicles have been able to achieve – become one of the most recognizable cars on the road. However, Tesla has a major issue on its hands: Its angular electric pickup isn't selling in the numbers it had hoped for. Continue Reading Category: Autom...

"Our study provides a comprehensive analysis." Scientists make breakthrough discovery that could transform future cars: 'A roadmap for the industry' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Last year, BYD sold over 4.2 million cars worldwide, with over 90% of those sales occurring in China. And it doesn’t look like the company is resting on its laurels, for it has just launched its high-end Denza brand in Europe. Continue Reading Category: Automotive, Transport Tags: BYD, China, Electr...

Tesla has a new entry-level Cybertruck with longer range, and it’s the cheapest model yet at $69,990 before the federal $7,500 credit. Tesla pulled some significant features to achieve the price cut. The new “long range” Cybertruck has just a single RWD motor compared to the two in the AWD model. It...

Trek's top-of-the-line performance road bike offers some surprises.

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) fired about 30 members of the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in February, and many of them were part of a department that assesses the risks of self-driving cars, according to the Financial Times. One worker laid off ...

It has style, but it's also slow to charge, and the infotainment is laggy.

Tesla has a lot riding on the swift success of its so-called Full Self-Driving software.

ChargePoint is ready to speed things up. On Thursday, the EV charging company revealed new AC Level 2 EV chargers that it says effectively double the speed of typical Level 2 chargers. The new architecture also supports bidirectional charging, so owners can use their EVs to power their home or busin...

Explore how Anbox Cloud meets the challenges of development in connected cars and automotive apps

Next week, Waymo’s driverless vehicles will begin testing on public roads in Japan for the Alphabet company’s first international trip. Waymo has yet to confirm whether it will eventually launch a commercial robotaxi service in the country, but the company is still celebrating the excursion as a “si...

Electric, connected and smart: vehicles embody Volkswagen’s new China DNA Series models of the concept cars will be launched from next year CEO Thomas Schäfer: “We have everything it takes to be successful in China.” The “In China, for China” strategy of the Volkswagen brand is taking on visible for...

Uber has released its annual "Lost & Found Index" of the most unusual, and and most common, items people leave behind in cars. Most of what's forgotten are wallets, phones, and keys. Below are the 50 "most unique": Mannequin head with human hair Viking drinking horn Ghostbusters ghost trap Chainsaw ...

Road deaths decreased by 3.8 percent in 2024, to 39,345.

[Decoupling parking from development is a great idea.] In January, I wrote about how too many Americans need a car and how the mammoth size of those cars is killing us. There are some signs of progress, however. In the Culdesac Tempe rental complex, in Arizona, hundreds of families are living withou...

All Trump is doing is making the US the cootie zone. We won't make anything here and we won't buy anything. We'll have nice 2025 computers, phones, cars, medicine, lumber, energy, but all the shit we import will break and be used up and we won't be able to replace it. The rest of the world will wond...

Fun and functional transportation? See why these bikes are all the rage.

This week, the UK government reacted to the latest round of tariff insanity in the United States by altering its plans to promote the adoption of electric vehicles. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his country is reinstating its proposed ban on the sale of new cars powered solely by internal .....

A Tesla Supercharger station was severely damaged in a possible explosion in Lacey, Washington. The local police department is investigating the incident, along with the FBI, which has been probing a number of acts of vandalism involving Tesla. The Lacey Police Department said it received multiple c...

Navarro said Musk wasn't a manufacturer of cars, just an "assembler."

Any system should be easy to use and work for parking, fueling, and charging.

More than a decade ago, when I was a young editor at Popular Mechanics, we got a Nissan Leaf. It was a big deal. The magazine had always kept long-term test cars to give readers a full report of how they drove over weeks and months. A true test of the first true production electric vehicle from a ma...

This would put them in direct competition with Tesla. Ex-Tesla engineers launch luxury electric sports car startup: 'Making every effort to make cars available ... as quickly as possible' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Imagine if Ford published a paper saying it was thinking about long term issues of the automobiles it made and one of those issues included “misalignment “Car as an adversary”“ and when you asked Ford for clarification the company said “yes, we believe as we make our cars faster and more capable, th...

On Saturday Night Live this week, alum Mike Myers played Tesla CEO Elon Musk. “Suddenly, no one likes Tesla cars,” Myers muttered. “So I asked myself why, and then I answered myself: because of me.” Alluding to the disintegration of Tesla’s loyal following, he also played a video of a ... [continued...

Tesla’s battery range extender accessory for Cybertruck, which promised to give the electric pickup the capability to drive about 445 miles on a single charge, was removed from the online configurator over the weekend, Electrek reports. The Cybertruck Range Extender was announced at the vehicle’s de...

In the 1970s, Creem magazine featured a popular series called Stars Cars, spotlighting rock stars posing with their personal cars—an often humorous, flashy, or revealing glimpse into their offstage lives. It wasn’t just about the vehicles—it was about the attitude, the aesthetic, and sometimes the a...

Here's why the 2025 Japanese Grand Prix was so boring.

General Motors is revealing a futuristic new electric-powered Corvette concept imagined by a new UK-based design team in Birmingham, England. The team developed a hypercar design inspired by the aviation industry, with a highly sculptured, aerodynamic design; powered gullwing doors; and an augmented...

Did you know: 85-90% of car journeys are made by only one person per vehicle. Big, heavy cars, taking up a lot of space on our roads, creating congestion and environmental issues. What if a car would fit you like a shoe? That is what YKS1 One offers: right-sized mobility for one. View the full proje...

#Drive Rally will be leaving Early Access this April. The indie rally racing game will launch with 22 cars (with customisation options), 3 rally classes and over 600km of rally stages spread across 6 different locations. On top of all that, #Drive Rally will also include classic championships, a fre...

I first learned to drive when I was around 10 years old and had a driver’s license by the time I was 16. AI is now about 73 years old and still can’t drive. What gives? Continue Reading Category: Automotive, Transport Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Self driving cars, Self-Driving, Autonomous Vehicle...

It isn't easy to recycle high-voltage batteries from electric cars, but Porsche wants to take a stab at it. The plan: extract raw materials from old EV batteries to make fresh ones for its own electric models. Continue Reading Category: Energy, Technology Tags: Batteries, Electric Vehicles, Recyclin...

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) says it’s delaying shipments to the US this month while it works out how it will deal with the wide-ranging tariffs President Donald Trump announced this week, according to The Guardian. “As we work to address the new trading terms with our business partners, we are taking so...

"There are other electric cars they could purchase." City faces fierce backlash after excluding certain EVs from new incentive program: 'Don't count on taxpayer money' first appeared on The Cool Down.

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...

President Donald Trump’s 25 percent tariffs on all auto-related imports have been called “a debacle of epic proportions” and a sure-fire way to tank the auto market by crushing demand. Analysts have been predicting everything from $12,000 per vehicle price hikes to the possible “Cubanization...

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...

Has the moment passed for massive electric trucks with massive range?

"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.

Honda is looking to the stars for its next hydrogen breakthrough. The automaker is teaming up with space tech companies Sierra Space and Tec-Masters to test its high-differential pressure water electrolysis system on the International Space Station. The test is part of Honda’s vision to support life...