When a Lamborghini joins the police fleet, you might expect it to chase supercars or make a few headlines. Italy has something more urgent in mind. The new Temerario Polizia will be used to transport
The charging session is complete. The battery has enough range, the dashboard looks satisfied and everyone is ready to leave. The plug, unfortunately, has made other plans. Pressing its rele
The emergency jack in a car’s trunk rarely inspires confidence. It is narrow, awkward and usually accompanied by a handle that looks as though it escaped from flat-pack furniture. Then ther
The old-fashioned car antenna made no attempt to hide what it was. It was a long metal whip sticking proudly out of a fender, ready to catch radio stations, snag a car-wash brush or disappear overnigh
An electric car is sitting in the driveway with 200 miles of range showing in the app. The large battery beneath the floor contains enough energy to move two tons of metal across an entire county.
A dead battery is annoying in any parking space. It becomes considerably more awkward when the car is nose-first inside a garage and the tow truck needs it in Neutral. The brake pedal feels normal.
Park on a slope, move the shifter to P, take a foot off the brake, and most automatic cars will perform a small, familiar shuffle. The body rolls a fraction of an inch, stops with a muted clunk, then
To non-car people, rally racing and circuit racing probably look like the same thing. Loud engines. Stickers everywhere. Drivers wearing fireproof pajamas while expensive machinery gets abused at
Europe’s growing defense budgets are starting to pull car companies back into a world many of them left behind years ago. Jaguar Land Rover, General Motors, and even Ineos are now competing f
Battery-electric cars became a political mess well before Elon Musk turned public opinion against his cars by leading the "government efficiency" campaign that sent about 300,000 federal emp