There was a time when getting lost required some commitment. A driver would unfold a road map across the steering wheel, locate two towns that appeared to be printed directly on top of one another, th
Changing a car battery used to be one of the cleaner bargains in home mechanics. Remove two terminals, undo the clamp, lift out the old battery and fit the new one. The clock might need resetting a
For the Polestar 4, the biggest change is surprisingly simple: it finally gets a rear window. The new SUV version trades the coupe’s steeply sloped tail for a more upright design, bringing extra
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
China’s big-SUV obsession is getting seriously out of hand, and BYD’s Fangchengbao has decided to join in with something enormous. The new Tai 9 is a three-row flagship that mixes luxury,
The engine is off. The dashboard has gone dark. The key is out, or the start button has been pressed for what felt like a sufficiently final time. Still, the radio keeps playing. Then the dr
Electric cars have developed a sound of their own. Not the familiar chug of an engine or the rising growl of an exhaust, but a smooth, slightly eerie hum that seems better suited to a spacecraft glidi
Walk past a parked car after dark and the cabin can seem completely asleep, apart from one tiny red light pulsing on the dashboard. Blink. Pause. Blink again. Since red dashboard lights usua
Big horsepower numbers usually grab the headlines, yet Buick's newest electric sedan seems more interested in making daily driving feel effortless. The fully electric Electra L7 has officially gon
A car battery does not need to be completely dead to leave the car behaving as though it is. Sometimes the battery is charged and perfectly willing to work, but the electricity cannot get past the