Remember back in April, when the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration told Tesla it could no longer call its semi-autonomous software “Full Self-Driving,” and that it had to throw a “supervised” in there to cover its ass? Well it seems no one told Tesla’s social media team, because the company’s tweets… Read more…
Cadillac continues its EV push with the introduction of a new, family sized electric SUV: the 2026 Cadillac Vistiq. The second largest Cadillac EV and the fifth overall electric model for the brand, the SUV comes across as a refreshed, more handsome version of the gas-powered XT6 but there are major design differences… Read more…
The season finale is not just for crowning the series champion, but it also signifies the end of careers, partnerships and in some cases, race teams. The 36th and final points-paying race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup season at Phoenix Raceway was no different. While all the focus was on the championship showdown, several other…
Only millionaires typically have time and money to cosplay as Batman, but the police already have all the heavy equipment and qualified immunity to indulge their superhero fantasies. A sheriff’s office in Olympia, Washington used a grappler to end a pursuit last week by crashing a stolen car at 100 miles per hour. The… Read…
To the big teams go the spoils… or something like that. Close and competitive racing has been a common theme in the IndyCar Series for years, but the end-of-year results always favor the usual suspects. Chip Ganassi Racing wrapped up its seventh title over the last 12 years in North America’s premier open-wheel championship, with Team…
Bentley absolutely dominated endurance racing in the pre-war era, winning Le Mans five times between 1924 and 1930. You might associate those wins with the famed Bentley Boys and the almighty “Blower Bentley,” but it may surprise you to learn a Blower never even finished a 24-hour event until last week. All of Bentley’… Read…
Elon Musk may be the richest person in the world, CEO of the most overvalued car company in the world and was rumored to functionally be Trump’s co-President. Yet, despite all of his financial success, he’s never been able to escape one simple truth: He is a deeply unlikable person. He can blame it on…
For decades, if you wanted a mainstream family sedan that was actually fun to drive, it was hard to do better than the Mazda 6 or its predecessor the 626. Sure, it was front-wheel drive, but the engineers delivered in the handling department. Now that Mazda’s moved upmarket and begun selling the rear-wheel-drive-based… Read more…
Cars are tools. Primarily we use cars for transportation, but they can also be tools of diversion and fun, tools of community building and human interaction. I don’t need to touch grass, I just need to go for a drive in an old rusty Honda van on the sand dunes. That might fix me. Read…
For an electric truck that’s been touted as the perfect vehicle for the apocalypse, the Tesla Cybertruck is proving to be a bit of a snowflake in the real world. Since deliveries of the electric pickup started, Tesla’s flagship has been damaged by water, slippery accelerator pedals and even an angsty YouTuber. Now,… Read more…
