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GM to pay $220 million after selling customer Smart Driver data
Owners of GM cars found their driving data had been sold to insurance companies.
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2027 Nissan Rogue Hybrid: Drives like an EV, but there's no plug involved
Nissan’s series hybrid e-Power system has been retuned for American roads.
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Cadillac Escalade IQ review: Huge battery, huge range, huge SUV
With more than 200 kWh, this luxury three-row can go 460 miles on a charge.
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Ford simplifies using your EV as a home battery with the $30K Fathom
The Fathom pickup won’t need a wall-mounted inverter to output 10 kW to your house.
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F1 in Texas: The American race that fans love to attend
Ars spends the weekend with the Audi Revolut F1 team at the Circuit of the Americas.
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Tesla gave up the EV crown. Now it wants to win the autonomy race.
Tesla hopes autonomy subscriptions can deliver the margins car sales cannot.
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Electric or gas? BMW goes both ways with new 2027 X5 and iX5.
460 kW charging and 450 miles of range are among the reasons the EV is the one to get.
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Forget "Malaise 2.0," GM says it's still all-in on EVs and autonomy
General Motors' plans will require quite a lot of customers' trust.
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Tesla profits drop 43% in Q3
Tesla’s once-booming energy storage business also shrank in Q3 2026.
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Merging SpaceX and Tesla would be a "good idea," Musk says
"I do think there's a lot of merit to combining the companies."
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Polestar tries to quantify what it’s like to drive a performance car
Drivers had electrodes strapped to their heads as they tested EVs on track.
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Visiting Slate’s first showroom as its $25,000 electric truck nears production
Slate's first showroom sells the promise. Mass production will determine the rest.
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Tesla turns to 50-year-old stunt technology as it tries to Roadster again
If you want to make a car spin in the air, compressed gas is a good way to do it.
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Above the 911? Porsche previews a new mid-engined supercar.
Porsche’s turnaround plan for 2035 involves less volume but more expensive cars.
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Software development and rules stability: Prototype racing in 2030
With the end of IMSA’s 2026 season, we have thoughts about the future of the sport.
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The Paris Auto Show is full of interesting cars Americans can’t have
Small EVs and efficient people carriers update familiar names for the modern age.
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F1 in Singapore: There's a new fastest car now
Also, F1’s final sprint saw our first real wet racing of the year.
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Volkswagen's replacement for the ID.4 crossover is here
The new EV’s digital cockpit can mimic instrument displays from VWs of old.
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Feds get ready to rewrite car headlight rules
Reducing glare and allowing modern light technologies will be two goals.
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Jaguar Type 01 debuts; now, no one remembers the electric Ferrari
Car design sure riles people up on the Internet these days. Goes double for EVs.
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