The new model will be officially unveiled in late September. Bentley is preparing to add a fourth model to its rarified lineup, and today we know what it will be called: the Torcal. The carmaker has been working on its first electric vehicle for a while now; it was…
This hybrid V8 has organic-looking 3D-printed components and shatters lap records. The temptation with a car like the Czinger 21C is to treat it as a collection of extreme specifications, and to be fair, it’s certainly not lacking in that department. At its most basic level, the carbon-fiber-bodied 21C…
Deliveries outstripped production, suggesting Tesla has cleared some inventory. If the car-buying public had qualms about Tesla, it appears to have gotten over them. This morning, the automaker released its sales and production numbers for the second quarter of the year. And if you’re a fan of activist CEO…
Tariffs and anti-China policies killed this little Volvo in the United States. Did you know the average new vehicle in the US grew an inch (25 mm) wider and 22 inches (558 mm) longer between 2013 and 2023? That’s probably obvious to anyone who steps foot outside these days,…
Much of it comes from heavy-duty trucks and buses that burn diesel. Although climate change is the primary motivation behind electric vehicle adoption, it isn’t the only consideration. Removing internal combustion engines from the road directly saves lives by reducing airborne pollutants that can cause and trigger asthma and…
A heatwave, engine upgrades, plus power levels for the next two seasons. Formula 1 raced at the Red Bull Ring in Austria this past weekend while the region sweltered under a heat dome. It was a weekend of unmet expectations: After such a strong performance in Barcelona, pundits were…
The Amble One is a street-legal $25,000 electric buggy designed for luxury resorts. It seems to be the week for cheap EVs. Right after the production model of the Slate electric truck was revealed, complete with a bump in range, a new European entrant in electric mobility is launching…
With falling sales in the US and especially China, VW Group wants to restructure. Volkswagen Group is considering what was previously unthinkable: closing up to four factories in Germany and instituting layoffs that would shrink the workforce by 15 percent. 2025 was a bad year for Europe’s largest automaker.…
Unlike with Volvo, there will be no authorization for Polestar to sell its cars here. The electric car brand Polestar’s days in the US are seriously numbered. Today, the company revealed that the US Commerce Department has declined to authorize imports of new Polestars from model year 2027 onward…
It has 205 miles of bare-bones range. Slate provided flights from San Francisco to Los Angeles and accommodation so Ars could ride in the Slate truck. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. LOS ANGELES—Slate Auto has pulled a Disneyland. Let me explain. At Disneyland, if a sign for…
