Aaron Turpen

Aaron is an automotive journalist living in Wyoming, USA. His background includes commercial transportation, computer science, and a lot of adventures that begin with the phrase "the law is a pretty good suggestion, I guess." His automotive focus is on consumer interest and both electronic and engineering technology. Outside of New Atlas, Aaron is a prolific writer, father of two, and would-be chicken farmer.

Outdoors

Review: Riding high in Utah, on Can-Am’s Apache track system

Side-by-side utilities (aka UTVs) are fun and useful machines. Add on Can-Am Apache tank tracks for the snow, though, and they gain a whole new season of usefulness. I went to Utah to find out how.
Automotive

Review: 2025 Chevrolet Equinox and Equinox EV aren't as similar as you might think

The 2025 Chevrolet Equinox comes in two basic flavors: gasoline-powered and battery electric. The two are not mechanically related, but their naming means consumers see them as the same. And so I drove them both.
Automotive

Subaru's just-unveiled 2025 Forester Hybrid sports next-gen Strong Hybrid system

Subaru has unveiled the 2025 Forester Hybrid at the Chicago Auto Show. This is the first time that the automaker has added a hybrid-electric powertrain to the Forester.
Automotive

Polaris Slingshot gets big changes for 2025

After a decade on the market, the three-wheeled, open-air, two-seat Polaris Slingshot is getting some significant changes. The focus is largely on its Batmobile-esque looks, along with its high-revving powertrain and suspension tuning.
Outdoors

Polaris' new factory race side by side

RZR Racing has been on something of a tear recently. The team partnered with Sebastian Loeb Racing and put Brock Heger in the driver’s seat. Then it won the Dakar. Twice in a row. And the machine that did it is now going into factory production.
Automotive

Going full articulation in the Arctic Trucks/Krug Expedition Bedrock XT2

Arctic Trucks is an overlanding outfitter building vehicles capable of entering the Arctic Circle and returning to tell the tale. In North America, that vehicle is a Ford F-550 with a long list of mods. And I got to head into the Wyoming wilderness with it.
Transport

Shell Starship 3.0 showcases the near-future of trucking

The Shell Starship Initiative is an experiment on wheels, focusing on energy-efficient truck design using currently available tech while testing others that are near-to-market. As a former truck driver, I found the work Shell is doing to be fascinating.
Outdoors

Review: New 2025 Can-Am Outlander

The Outlander 850 and 1000R, the largest of Can-Am’s ATVs, are new for 2025, with changes from headlights to tail lamps. I traveled to the rocky high elevations of British Columbia to climb mountains on these new Outlander models.
Automotive

Review: 2024 Nissan Ariya is a fitting replacement for the Leaf

The Leaf, long the everyman’s EV, was small, practical, and low priced. The Ariya is a good replacement, though it’s neither as cheap nor as small.