Author: Sofia

When our spy photographers first caught the Fabia 130 testing on the Nürburgring in late summer 2025, our minds were whirring as to what could power this sporty new Skoda hatchback. The turbocharged 2.0-litre EA888 engine from Volkswagen Polo GTI (detuned from the version in the Golf GTI) seemed like a good bet, given that the Polo and Fabia sit on the same MQB A0 platform. What we didn’t expect was Skoda tuning the EA211 1.5-litre unit from the standard Fabia. Among the bespoke parts are hardened rocker arm pins, new air pipes and a more heat-resistant intake manifold, plus…

The tiny Fiat Topolino isn’t technically a car at all. A free kit will help turn it into a street-legal, low-speed vehicle, but that’s still not the target audience. Instead, the real buyers of the Topolino are communities where micro mobility is already king. Fiat’s adorable Topolino EV has come to America. The tiny low-speed quadricycle—that’s right, it’s not technically a car—is a huge attention grabber. But if you can’t legally drive it on the road, it raises a pretty big question: what are you supposed to do with it? It is, after all, something more comparable in size to a…

Our midweek Green Deals is being led by an incredible exclusive deal on the Heybike Hero 750W Mid-Drive Carbon-Fiber All-Terrain e-bike at a new $1,049.50 low. Right behind that, we have EcoFlow’s latest 48-hour flash sale with up to $2,200 savings on four units, like the DELTA 3 Max 2,048Wh Portable Power Station with a 500W modular solar panel at $1,399. There’s also the lineup of Best Buy 60th Anniversary Sale EV deals on models from Segway, Lectric, Hiboy, NIU, and more starting from $284, the Anker eufyCam E40 Solar Security Camera 2-pack bundle with a HomeBase hub at $180,…

Photo: Electrify America Wawa launched self-branded Tesla Superchargers earlier this year, and now it’s doing the same with Electrify America EV fast chargers. The convenience store chain will roll out Wawa-branded DC fast charging stations at eight Pennsylvania stores this year. Electrify America is supplying its white-label charging platform, which lets Wawa operate the stations under its own brand while Electrify America provides the equipment, software, and network support. Five of the sites will offer both NACS and CCS connectors with charging speeds of up to 400 kW. The other three will feature CCS chargers capable of up to 350…

It’s always tricky to look at range in different countries, as different markets have different testing standards. For example, the U.S. EPA’s range tests are more conservative than any other, since they’re designed to better show real-world range. While other tests, like the Euro WLTP or China’s CLTC are far more lenient. So when BMW said that it just completed its own range test in the Chinese-market iX3 50L and achieved a whopping 640 miles on one charge, I was skeptical. However, instead of using any specific standardized test, it just drove from one place to another that was 640…

Cuba is struggling with a US-imposed blockade on fuel shipments, which has led to many crises, including a breakdown in garbage collection in Havana. But a startup is stepping up to collect garbage in one neighborhood, using electric three-wheeled vehicles powered by solar. Cuba has found itself in the crosshairs of the current squatter in the US White House (who cannot legally hold office in the US), who feels as if causing misery to a populace will somehow make that populace have a more positive opinion of the country causing that misery. In this case, that misery takes the form…

SpaceX has achieved an incredible milestone by launching its 11,000th Starlink satellite into orbit. This accomplishment occurred during the Starlink Group 17-50 mission, which lifted off on August 19 at 04:01 UTC from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Falcon 9 launches 24 @Starlink satellites from California pic.twitter.com/UscpmAxDls — SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 19, 2026 A Falcon 9 rocket carried 24 Starlink V2 Mini satellites on this flight, successfully deploying them into low Earth orbit approximately one hour after liftoff. The first stage booster, identified as B1097 on its twelfth flight, landed successfully on the…

Lucid and Tesla aren’t exactly the friendliest of car brands. Lucid’s founder and former CEO Peter Rawlinson was the engineer behind the brilliance of the Tesla Model S. After he formed his own company, the two brands have become direct rivals. So it’s funny to watch a Lucid Gravity charge up a Tesla Model 3, using the NACS charging port that Tesla made popular. However, Lucid’s vehicle-to-vehicle charging system doesn’t discriminate against the cars plugged into it. It charges blindly, as it should.  The Lucid Gravity’s vehicle-to-vehicle charging system is called RangeXchange and uses its native NACS port to charge…

Photo: ChargePoint Portland International Airport (PDX) in Oregon can now charge up to 20 rental EVs at once without sacrificing valuable floor space, thanks to a new overhead ChargePoint fast charging system. ChargePoint installed 10 dual-port fast-chargers at PDX’s Quick Turnaround Facility (QTA), where rental companies clean and service cars between customers. The chargers, each rated at 200 kW, are mounted above the cars, with retractable cables that operators pull down when needed. Putting the equipment overhead keeps chargers and cables out of the path of rental cars moving through the busy facility. It also leaves more room for staff…

Hennessey Performance unveiled the new Blackbird hypercar at Monterey Car Week. Demand was such that all 71 units were sold out in just 4 hours after its public debut. According to the company, 60 out of the 71 units were sold even before the car was revealed to the public. As the car was unveiled at The Quail, just a handful of build slots remained, which were allocated within four hours. Founder and CEO John Hennessey said, “None of us expected such an overwhelmingly positive response. Selling out so fast is testament to the stunning design and our team’s appreciation…