Automotive

Donut Lab has premiered its first batch of all-electric motors you can see straight through, ranging from a tiny drone drive to a high-performance hypercar cornerstone the company crowns the world power and torque density king.

Sony's foray into electric cars, the Afeela 1, is now available to pre-order. Bookings are open in California, with the Origin trim starting at $89,900, and the Signature trim at $102,900. Expect a great cabin experience and driving assistance.

Dakar Rally participants know what they're signing up for: a gruelling two-week ordeal they have no guarantee of completing. But this storied event was born of an even more extreme and dangerous experience, that one man had to endure all alone...

San Diego's storied e-mobility startup Aptera is driving into CES 2025 for the first public showing of its production-intent solar electric vehicle, which has just been aero tweaked with help from Pininfarina.

Trust a Chinese automaker to consistently push the boundaries of innovation. Swappable battery, autonomous tech, quirky design, and an inexpensive retail price - Nio's all-new Firefly EV might just be the best modern hatch on the market.

Tom Walkinshaw Racing or TWR is one of the most illustrious names in British motorsports. It’s the same brand that created the likes of the XJ220 and XJR-15 roadgoing supercars of the early 1990s. Now the brand has made a comeback – and how!

A tiny New Zealand company run by a 71-year-old billionaire is hard at work bringing his seemingly impossible dream to life: developing a publicly available track car that could go faster than an F1 racecar. And it's awfully close to its goal.

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.

About 20,000 components in every single BMW on the road today get put to the extreme test, well beyond real-world expectations. Then again, sometimes a not-your-average-driver does subject their BMW to the same grueling conditions.

It's really happening: Honda, Nissan, and Mitsubishi are joining hands to operate together under a single holding company, in a bid to stave off fierce competition around the world. Together, they'll be the third largest automaker globally.

American EV startup Canoo has been in hot water for a while now, and it looks like the temperature's rising further. Last Friday, Canoo put its team on a “mandatory unpaid break” through 2024. And it's only delivered a handful of vehicles so far.

After revealing a show-stopping concept version last year, Honda has announced it'll launch the 6th generation of its legendary Prelude sports coupe in late 2025 – and it'll be a two-motor hybrid.

Forget Westfalia or Winnebago. Some of this year's most striking, innovative camper vans came not from dedicated RV manufacturers or small conversion garages but from much bigger household names: the automakers themselves.

A few years ago, Verge launched a wild motorcycle with rear wheel so hollow you could stick a leg through it. Now, spinoff company Donut Lab is pursuing new applications for that motor, from stacked-rotor VTOLs to dominating multi-terrain e-machines.

Japanese auto giants Honda and Nissan are set to discuss a merger, amid stiff competition from the likes of Tesla and BYD. They'll explore operating jointly under a holding company, and possibly even bring Mitsubishi into the mix.