Brands Hatch, COTA, and Zandvoort will all hold an e-Prix in 2027. Formula E is in its final year for the current technical regulations, with a new single-seater EV set to be introduced at the start of next season, which begins in December in Saudi Arabia. The new car,…
Tesla, accused of failing to fix design flaws, blames driver pressing accelerator. A few days after a Tesla plowed through a Texas home and killed a grandmother, the family sued the carmaker, alleging that the Model 3’s automated assist mode was defective. In a complaint filed this week in…
From a bare-bones pickup to a loaded, wrapped SUV, here’s what some Slates will cost. This morning, Slate Auto officially announced pricing for its Slate electric truck. Ars will have some time with a prototype later today, along with—hopefully—answers to many of our remaining questions. In the meantime, we…
Although it’s on the smaller side, this electric vehicle is not very chill. After a slower start than its major rivals, Toyota has been making up for it with a flurry of new electric vehicles for the North American market. Its first attempt, the bZ4x, was an also-ran, but…
Tesla touts Autopilot as lifesaving a day after grandmother died in crash. An elderly Texas woman tragically died Friday after a man who told police he was relying on his Tesla Model 3’s automated driver-assistance mode lost control and crashed his car into her family’s home. In a statement,…
The cuts and redundancies are part of a plan to “simplify the company,” the CEO says. Just three months ago, Lucid Motors showed off a new midsize electric vehicle platform that it said would give rise to a number of new vehicles in the coming years. The Saudi-backed startup…
The high-altitude race is a unique test of car and driver. Chevrolet provided flights from Albany, New York, to Denver, Colorado, and accommodation so Ars could attend the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—If you drive the 12.4-mile (20 km),…
The official launch takes place next week. One of the most hotly anticipated electric vehicles makes its formal debut next week. It’s the Blank Slate, a refreshingly simple pickup truck EV designed by Slate Auto, which is trying to take some of the soaring cost out of a new…
The bigger battery is standard and there are now simulated “E-Shifts.” Has the allure of the Porsche Taycan waned? The four-door electric sedan that thinks it’s a GT sold well for the first few years after its introduction in 2020, but sales began to slip even before the brand…
The service will leverage its Moovit platform to launch in an a US city in 2027. The driving technology company Mobileye plans to launch a robotaxi service in an as-yet-unnamed US city in 2027, it said earlier today. The service will be vertically integrated, using Mobileye’s Moovit mobility platform…
