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03 Dec

Jaguar Finally Reveals Its All-Electric Type 00 After a Contentious Rebrand

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One of the many criticisms leveled at Jaguar in the firestorm ignited by its rebrand last month was that while it revealed a new logotype and a short film of eight conspicuously diverse models clad in bright couture emerging from a yellow escalator into a lilac lunar landscape, it didn’t even hint at a car.Despite being busy preparing for government, Elon Musk found time to reply to Jaguar on X, combatively asking: “Do you sell cars?”Well, after the news leaked earlier today, Jaguar has now officially revealed the first car of its new full-electric era at Art Miami, but it…

25 Nov

Cybertruck’s Many Recalls Make It Worse Than 91 Percent of All 2024 Vehicles

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Aftermarket prices might soften further as Tesla is now starting to deliver a new $79,990 model to reservation holders. Not that there’s any longer much need to place reservations—North American Tesla stores now accept walk-in orders for Cybertrucks, with delivery two or three weeks later. “I am calling it: Original reservation list is basically finished,” said reservationist BayouCityBob on a Cybertruck owners forum last month. Tesla had claimed to have banked more than one million $100 pre-launch reservations for the Cybertruck.“I was thinking I have to wait a couple of [years] before my time comes,” MC1987 responded to BayouCityBob, citing…

15 Nov

The Race to Create the Perfect EV Tire

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Unfortunately, there is scant research into the health effects of tire particulates. One of the few comprehensive studies was completed more than a decade ago, in 2012. “At that time, it was not decided that it was the priority subject,” says Gary Guthrie, SVP, Michelin. “The priority subject was more understanding the fate of particles in water and how they degrade.”“Studies sponsored by the Tire Industry Project (TIP) of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBSCD) have indicated that tire and road wear particles (TRWP) do not pose risk to human health,” says Wanka. “Inhalation studies suggest that TRWP…

21 Aug

Ford Steps Back From EVs—and Says Hybrids Are the Future

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Even early adopters and those seeking to reduce their CO2 emissions wilt at some EVs’ first-year depreciation of 50 percent.Automakers, too, are feeling the heat. In a press release Ford said it was to broaden choices for customers as it “adjusts its rollout of pure electric vehicles to deliver a capital-efficient, profitable electric vehicle business.” It also noted that Chinese automakers have “advantaged cost structures including vertical integration, low-cost engineering, multi-energy advanced battery technology and digital experiences.”By killing its three-row SUV and delaying a next-generation pickup, Ford is hoping to stem losses resulting from its previously ambitious all-electric plan.“It's coming…

16 Aug

EVs Are Losing Up to 50 Percent of Their Value in One Year

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Electric vehicle depreciation is something of a hot topic right now, and for good reason. On one hand, there are some fantastic deals to be had on the secondhand market, but on the other of course, there’s the thorny issue of some EVs losing half of their value in a single year.Cars losing you a chunk of cash the instant they’re driven off the dealer lot is nothing new, especially at the pricier end of the market. And if you intend to keep your shiny new EV for a long time, then its worth after just a year or two…

25 Jul

Cars Are Now Rolling Computers, So How Long Will They Get Updates? Automakers Can’t Say

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This is a new issue for the automotive industry. “One of the beautiful things about automotive has been that it tends to move much more slowly than consumer electronics,” says Phil Amsrud, an associate director of automotive at the market research firm S&P Global Mobility. That gives auto manufacturers and suppliers plenty of time to figure out how to support their products and guarantee that software will stay up-to-date and functioning through at least year 15. But “now that we’re trying to compress automotive’s timeframe to look more consumer-like, will 15 years get compressed to 10 years, five years?” Amsrud…

23 Jul

Toyota Pulls Off a Fast and Furious Demo With Dual Drifting AI-Powered Race Cars

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Losing traction while driving at high speed is generally very bad news. Scientists from the Toyota Research Institute and Stanford University have developed a pair of self-driving cars that use artificial intelligence to do it in a controlled fashion—a trick better known as “drifting”—to push the limits of autonomous driving.The two autonomous vehicles performed the daredevil stunt of drifting tandem around the Thunderhill Raceway Park in Willows, California, in May. In a promotional video, the two cars roar around the track a few feet from one another after human drivers relinquish control.Chris Gerdes, a professor at Stanford University who led…