A prototype of the EV platform will be shown off at CES next month. One of the big stories of last year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas was the debut of Donut Lab’s diminutive but powerful electric motors. When I spoke with Donut earlier this year, the company…
At SEMA, we heard Trump-like talking points but saw skateboard chassis, too. After federal clean vehicle tax credits ended in September, the electric vehicle industry reached a crossroads. Well, technically, it has been there since Trump took office. This is a weird period in automotive history; A chunk of…
Starting at $47,250, Mercedes’ new electric sedan is quite compelling. Mercedes-Benz provided flights from Washington to San Francisco and accommodation so Ars could drive the CLA. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. SAN FRANCISCO—Automakers are starting to follow somewhat familiar paths as they continue their journeys to electrification.…
It looks like battery electric vehicles are out of fashion at the Blue Oval. Ford’s F-150 Lightning production line has fallen silent, and its employees are now building more gas and hybrid trucks. The automaker continues to retreat from the big bet it made on Americans embracing full-size battery…
Gazelle’s high-end commuter offers a belt drive and continuous variable transmission. A little while back, we took a look at a large cargo bike from Urban Arrow that had some interesting features: a drive train that sported continuous variable gearing and a belt drive. But it was difficult to…
Ford will keep the plant in Kentucky, SK gets the one in Tennessee. Cast your mind back to 2021. Electric vehicles were hot stuff, buoyed by Tesla’s increasingly stratospheric valuation and a general optimism fueled by what would turn out to be the most significant climate-focused spending package in…
It drives fine, but the first hybrid Forester is not without its flaws. Although many of us associate it with rally-derived machinery from the late 1990s and early 2000s, these days, Subaru has mostly abandoned its performance cars to concentrate on its true calling—rugged, all-wheel-drive vehicles that are high…
A three-way fight down to the wire as the ground effect era comes to a close. The 2025 Formula 1 World Championship drew to a close this past weekend in Abu Dhabi, and with it came the end of the current generation of cars. After a grueling 24 races,…
A budget e-bike that offers more than you might expect. Almost every bit of bike testing I’ve done starts out the same way. After assembling the bike, I set the seatpost to its maximum recommended height, take it on a short test ride, and try to figure out new…
The GR GT is a V8 hybrid, and there’s an electric Lexus sports car concept, too. There’s some Toyota news today that doesn’t involve the chairman wearing a MAGA hat. The Japanese automaker evidently decided it’s been too long since it flexed its engineering chops on something with two…
