Ken Block’s Hoonitruck heads to auction
Ken Block's "Hoonitruck," a heavily modified 1977 Ford F-150 used in the late rally driver and viral-video star's "Gymkhana" series, will be up for grabs at Barrett-Jackson's annual Scottsdale, Arizona, collector car auction, which starts on Jan. 18. T...
Rivian’s dreaming up heated headlight lenses
Rivian is looking to patent heated headlight lenses to help increase the performance of the lighting on its electric pickup trucks and SUVs in snow, ice, and rain. The LED headlights that have become the standard in the auto industry don't give off so ...
Tesla recalls nearly 240,000 vehicles due to rearview camera issue
Tesla is recalling 239,382 electric vehicles across most of its model lines because of rearview camera displays that could fail. Circuit boards in the affected vehicles could short out, causing a loss of the rearview camera image on the central display...
Reflective clothing could make you invisible to car safety systems at night
Reflective clothing might not help in all situations at night Electronic safety systems in vehicles don't see the same way as the human eye New federal safety regulations go into effect in 2029 Reflective clothing makes pedestrians more visible to huma...
2025 Tesla Model Y Juniper debuts in China with Cybercab vibe
The Tesla Model Y is receiving its first refresh since debuting six years ago The updated Model Y is expected to arrive in the U.S. this spring Tesla sales were down in 2024 Following its refresh of the Model 3, Tesla has released an updated version of...
Scout CEO: Most people ordering the hybrid because of range anxiety
Reservations for Scout Motors' range-extended models are outpacing those for pure electric versions, Scout CEO Scott Keogh said in an interview with Bloomberg at CES 2025 in Las Vegas this week. The new Volkswagen Group brand plans to launch its Travel...
Solar-powered Pebble Flow EV travel trailer makes glamping $109,000 affair
Pebble first showed its Flow electric travel trailer in 2023 The Pebble Flow is expected to enter production early this year The Pebble Flow costs $109,000 and comes with a 45-kwh LFP battery pack California-based startup Pebble on Monday unveiled a pr...
Porsche has been developing in-wheel electric motors since 1900
Porsche built its reputation with internal-combustion sports cars, but at the turn of the 20th century Ferdinand Porsche, whose son Ferry would later start the sports-car brand, tinkered with electric motors—including in-wheel hub motors. The fir...
Jay Leno had his Chrysler Turbine Car’s engine rebuilt
In the 1960s, Chrysler built a handful of cars powered by aircraft-style turbine engines. And where does one take a turbine when it's in need of a rebuild? To the original manufacturer, of course. Like the other cars in his collection, Jay Leno's Chrys...
Ford patents its steer-by-wire system
Ford is following other automakers in developing a steer-by-wire system, a recently discovered patent filing shows. The filing in question was published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Nov. 19, 2024, but was submitted by Ford j...