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An article from a London-based new EV owner showed the confusion and tension that can arise from feeling clueless about driving a computer on wheels. It also showcases how the EV community can be a source of guidance and solace for the upcoming surge of EV owners. Read more

Integrating details from its sedan market in South Korea, Genesis says its G70 and G80s are strong sellers so far. Read more

BMW development director Frank Weber went on record to say that new engines from Bavaria are underway despite the global push for electrification. Read more

Australia now has over 17 gigawatts of installed rooftop solar power, after a scorching installation rate in 2021. Despite supply chain issues, and the solar coaster of rolling lockdowns across districts and whole states, 3 Read more

Rolls-Royce revives the art of coachbuilding with the Boat Tail. Now, the second of its kind is officially announced to arrive this year. Read more

Competitors want FIA to re-evaluate its balance of performance and regulations Read more

The Scottish government is stepping up plans to reduce car usage north of the border by 20 per cent in the next eight years. The devolved administration Read more

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has rolled out to Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A ahead of the company’s third Falcon 9 launch this month as plans for another two missions – for a total of five – have crystallized. A Spaceflight Now webcam captured the unknown flight-proven Falcon 9 booster leaving Pad 39A’s main integration … Read more

Recent reports have claimed that GM is losing precious ground and momentum to Ford as the race to electrification picks up steam. But what's really going on, and does GM have a chance to regain some lost ground? Read more

Last month, I wrote this article comparing Tesla's Q3 2021 accident data with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) report Early Estimate of Motor Vehicle Traffic Fatalities for the First Half (January-June) of 2021. Read more

Overlanding has become more popular over the past couple of years. This ex-military MAN Truck has been repurposed for the great outdoors. Read more

Stelco, a Canadian steel company, has announced plans to recycle end-of-life EV and lithium-ion batteries at its factory in Ontario. Stelco will be using proprietary technology from a joint venture of German and Australian metal Read more

Remember the toilet paper shortage of 2020 made in-part from consumer panicking that set off a hoarding frenzy? We may not be too far off from that when it comes to auto parts this year. Here’s the latest on auto parts price increases and availability on how it could lead to another hoarding frenzy. Plus, what you can do to save money on parts. Read more

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is famous for saying the EV maker's stock price is too high. And despite his calls, Tesla stock just keeps rising. However, now Musk seems to be ringing the alarm saying Tesla shares, with the broader stock market, have reached their peak. Read more

The managing director of last fall’s Charge Across America competition discusses the cross-country race, and what it reveals about the state of U.S. infrastructure at a time electric vehicle sales are proliferating. Read more

A US appeals court rejected Tesla's request to reinstate higher civil penalties for automakers who fail to meet US fuel economy standards, Reuters has reported. In April, the Second Circuit US Court of Appeals rejected Read more

Tesla's unified computing architecture has become a key part of the manufacturer's dodging of the recent semiconductors crisis, allowing its AI engineers to rewrite its own software as they see fit; a huge and decisive difference also related to widely using Open Source Software. Read more

Jenson Button's vintage 1970 Bronco was restored with at least $20,000 in repairs and upgrades. Read more

State DOTs are struggling to find qualified drivers to fill vital seasonal positions Read more

The MINI Convertible is the 2021 Auto Express Convertible of the Year, with the Audi A5 Cabriolet and Mazda MX-5 commended Read more

Simplifying complex energy storage interfaces to develop better devices. Read more

Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI), Tesla’s steel supplier for the Cybertruck’s exoskeleton, is expected to start initial operations in its Sinton, Texas facility next month. The update was shared to local media by Dennis Black, the General Manager of SDI’s Sinton site.  The Sinton site is a 1.2-million-square-foot facility that is packed with innovative technologies. The … Read more

The Alpine A110 is the 2021 Auto Express Coupe of the Year, with the BMW 4 Series and Porsche 718 Cayman commended Read more

In Q4 2021, Tesla recorded one crash for every 4.31 million miles driven with Autopilot engaged, as per the company’s recently-released Safety Report. Tesla also recorded one crash for every 1.59 million miles when Autopilot was not engaged. Based on Tesla’s report, there is a significant difference between the results when Autopilot was activated and … Read more

Formula 2 driver Drugovich in the #70 Realteam Hydrogen Redline led the 50-car and 200-driver field away at 2 pm CET on Saturday 15th January 2022.During a fraught qualifying session the day before, his team-mate Rietveld snatched pole position, just two thousand of a second ahead of the #123 Team Redline entry driven by Max Verstappen.In GTE, it was Red Bull Racing Esports in  Read more

The Hyundai i20 N is the 2021 Auto Express Hot Hatch of the Year, with the Honda Civic Type R and Cupra Leon commended Read more

A70 Supra, A80 Supra, 2000GT, Land Cruiser 40, and AE86 Collora Levin reproduction parts will be available via Toyota Gazoo Racing starting in February. Read more

The Canadian believes that learning to focus on those qualities was the biggest lesson he took from the 2021 season.Latifi showed clear signs of improvement during his second year with the Grove team, and was closer to teammate George Russell in qualifying.He scored his first points with seventh in Hungary, finishing a place ahead of Russell, and followed up with ninth in the aborted  Read more

As customer deliveries of Rimac’s new all-electric hypercar, Nevera, power the company into 2022, D’Ieteren Automotive joins Rimac Automobili’s family of global retail partners with plans for a new Rimac-branded showroom based in Brussels, Belgium. D’Ieteren Automotive is a hugely experienced luxury car retailer, and the sole distributor of Bugatti and Porsche vehicles in Belgium […] Read more

Graham Holdings Co. and Chris Ourisman of Ourisman Automotive Group continue to seek more dealership acquisition targets after buying a Ford store in Virginia last month. That dealership marked the fourth store in a partnership that formed in early 2019. Read more