The SF-25 might be winless this year, but the 499P took four in a row, including Le Mans. Ferrari provided flights from Washington, DC, to Austin, Texas, and accommodation so Ars could attend the Lone Star Le Mans. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. By the time you…
Disillusionment with Musk’s activism, strategic pivots, and mass layoffs cause churn. Elon Musk’s business empire has been hit by a wave of senior departures over the past year, as the billionaire’s relentless demands and political activism accelerate turnover among his top ranks. Key members of Tesla’s US sales team,…
A naturally aspirated boxer engine, two electric motors, and a CVT go for a trek. Subaru provided flights from Los Angeles to Portland, Oregon, and accommodation so Ars could drive the new Crosstrek. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. Even at a brief glance, the Subaru Crosstrek clearly…
It will be most powerful production Porsche ever, but that’s not the cool bit. Porsche provided flights from Washington to Leipzig and accommodation so Ars could be briefed on the Cayenne Electric. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. LEIPZIG, Germany—Porsche is synonymous with sports cars in which the…
Ford and Chevy set near-identical lap times with very different cars; we drove both. There’s a racetrack with a funny name in Germany that, in the eyes of many international enthusiasts, is the de facto benchmark for automotive performance. But the Nürburgring, a 13-mile (20 km) track often called…
Instead of contracting an outside team to campaign it, Ford Racing gets the job. Formula 1 might be riding high these days on a wave of interest not seen since the 1960s, but the Drive to Survive effect has been felt elsewhere in the world of motorsport. Endurance racing…
Sunrun, Ford, and BGE started the vehicle-to-grid test in July. The idea of using an electric vehicle’s battery to send energy from the EV to the electrical grid is not a new idea. Ars first covered the technology, known as vehicle-to-grid or V2G, back in 2009 when Ford and…
The Ridgeville plant will add a new hybrid by 2030 in addition to next year’s XC60. Volvo is undergoing something of a restructuring. The automaker wants to be fully electric by 2040, but for that to happen, it needs to remain in business until then. Earlier this year, that…
Tesla’s crash rate is orders of magnitude worse than Waymo’s. These days, Austin, Texas feels like ground zero for autonomous cars. Although California was the early test bed for autonomous driving tech, the much more permissive regulatory environment in the Lone Star State, plus lots of wide, straight roads…
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…
