More than 350,000 spectators will watch 62 cars compete, day and night. One of motorsport’s three biggest races takes place this weekend in France. It is the annual 24 Hours of Le Mans, an endurance race that, together with the Indianapolis 500 and the Monaco Grand Prix, make up…
Latency, bandwidth, and fidelity all matter when you’re chasing milliseconds. Among the ways Formula 1 has changed in the 21st century has been its adoption of driver-in-the-loop simulators. It all started in the early 2000s, probably at McLaren, maybe at Toyota or Ferrari; F1 teams are notoriously secretive about…
Honda’s $42,000 hybrid coupe looks great, handles well, and gets 44 mpg. You can tell Honda was trying to manage expectations when it emailed me to stress that “the Prelude is not a sports car.” And I can understand why. On paper, the specs make the sleek coupe—technically a…
There are more than a quarter of a million V2G-capable GM EVs on the roads already. Electric vehicle sales might be better now than the end of last year when demand fell off a cliff following the surge of purchases ahead of the end of the federal financial incentives,…
At night, the car projects its turn signals onto the road to alert other road users. Audi provided flights from Washington, DC, to Munich, Germany, and accommodation so Ars could see the Q7, as well as the Q9. We also drove the new RS5. Ars does not accept paid…
Rivian’s second EV is the sub-$60,000 R2, and it was worth the wait. Rivian provided flights from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City, Utah, and accommodation so Ars could drive the R2. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. This month, Rivian begins customer deliveries of the highly anticipated…
The cars are too big to race well, but the competition for pole position is thrilling. Formula 1 held its annual race on the streets of Monte Carlo this past weekend. The event predates the sport—the first Monaco Grand Prix was held in 1929 on a layout that isn’t…
The latest bill would ban day trips from Canada or Mexico in Chinese cars. It’s an election year, and that means politicians are putting in extra work to pander to special interest groups they think will help them cross the finish line. If you’re looking to be elected in…
The Huracan gave us the R8s, now the Temerario lends itself to a new Audi. A couple of weeks ago, we learned from Audi CEO Gernot Döllner that the automaker was likely working on a replacement for its R8 supercar. We now know what it will probably look like,…
Subaru’s badge-engineered SUV remains on sale alongside the new Trailseeker. After a slow start, Subaru’s electrification journey picked up a bit this year with the debut of a pair of new electric vehicles, the Uncharted and the Trailseeker. Neither is truly an in-house Subaru—like the Solterra EV before them,…
