Baku is a mashup of Monaco and Monza, 90 feet below sea level. Almost a decade old now, the Azerbaijan Grand Prix is part of the modern breed of Formula 1 street circuits. Set on the shores of the Caspian Sea, the anti-clockwise layout manages to combine some of…
The upgrade is to dual Nvidia DRIVE AGX Orin computers, also for Polestar 3. If you own a 2025 Volvo EX90, here’s some good news: You’re getting a car computer upgrade. Even better news? It’s free. The Swedish automaker says that owners of model year 2025 EX90s—like the one…
If you wanted an Ariya, you can blame the Trump tariffs for its cancellation. Last week we drove the new Nissan Leaf, an inexpensive compact electric vehicle. Now equipped with things like active battery thermal management, the new Leaf is actually Nissan’s second modern EV, after the debut a…
Cars have lost 12 V power, trapping children and dogs in hot cars. When Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency began wielding its ax at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration earlier this year, many believed this was done to weaken the agency’s oversight over Tesla. But despite the…
AI-designed crash structures, thin acoustic coatings, adhesive recovery, and more. Although cars are much safer—for their occupants at least—than they used to be, that has come at a cost: added weight. The problem is exacerbated in electric vehicles and their heavy battery packs; rare is the EV we’ve driven…
Cooperative cruising cuts congestion in Contra Costa during ProPilot pilot study. I recently learned of a rather interesting pilot study undertaken by Nissan together with the Contra Costa Transportation Authority and UC Berkeley that leverages the automaker’s partially automated driving system, ProPilot Assist, to ease traffic congestion. The idea…
Cyberattack has frozen operations at the company since the end of August. Jaguar Land Rover’s dealers and suppliers fear the British carmaker’s operations will take another few months to normalize after a cyber attack that experts estimate could wipe more than £3.5 billion off its revenue. JLR, which is…
There will be temporary layoffs at a factory in Missouri from September 29–October 19. General Motors will temporarily lay off workers at its Wentzville assembly plant in Missouri. According to a letter sent to employees by the head of the plant and the head of the local union, a…
North America has bought 1.3 million EVs this year; China has bought 7.6 million. Here’s some good news for a Friday afternoon: For 2025 through August, global electric vehicle sales have grown by 25 percent compared to the same eight months in 2024, according to the analysts at Rho…
Smaller on the outside, bigger on the inside, and it goes farther on a single charge. Nissan provided flights from Austin to San Diego and then to Washington, DC, and accommodation so Ars could drive the Nissan Leaf. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. SAN DIEGO—The original Nissan…
