You’ve got $20,000 to spend on an EV: Here are some options

​From Audis to Teslas, there’s a lot available in this price range.  With a new war in the Middle East driving up gas prices, American drivers are once again remembering that electric vehicles are much cheaper to operate and therefore worth considering. Buying a brand-new EV might not be…

Study: Sycophantic AI can undermine human judgment

Subjects who interacted with AI tools were more likely to think they were right, less likely to resolve conflicts. We all need a little validation now and then from friends or family, but sometimes too much validation can backfire—and the same is true of AI chatbots. There have been…

The Corvette E-Ray is dead, long live the Grand Sport X

​The mid-engined Corvette gets a new variant.  Chevrolet provided flights from Albany, New York, to Las Vegas, Nevada, and accommodation so Ars could check out the new Grand Sport. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. Chevrolet has developed something of a modern tradition with recent generations of the…

2026’s historic snow drought is bad news for the West

For much of the Western US, winter 2026 was the year snow never came. Across much of the Western United States, winter 2026 was the year the snow never came. Many ski resorts got by with snowmaking but shut down their winter operations early. Fire officials and water supply…