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The first-ever Ferrari Luce has finally been auctioned at the Monterey sale by RM Sotheby’s. The Italian EV chassis no. 0 has fetched an incredible $40 million, which is much, much higher than the estimated amount of around $1.1 million. Now that’s done, a video has surfaced on social media showing the $40 million first-ever Ferrari Luce EV casually leaving the auction block amidst a large number of people lined up on either side to get a glimpse and record it on their devices. This Luce has a Madreperla Semi-Gloss exterior finish with matching wheels and brake calipers. On the…

The new, retro-inspired Freelander 8 is Jaguar Land Rover’s latest global entry into the West’s red-hot luxury SUV market, and the off-roader is off to a strong start with over 10,000 orders flooding in in just 48 hours. First shown back in March, the new 8 is the first fruit of the new Chery-JLR Freelander brand in China. Make no mistake, however, the brand has global ambitionsion – and hopes its retro-tastic styling and concept-car proportions will undoubtedly play well against its Teutonic competition in Western markets. To be competitive in China, though, where less is still less and more is…

Ferrari rolled out a new one-off at Monterey called the CZ26, and the face of it looks a lot like the brand’s first electric car. Underneath, it’s an SF90 Stradale plug-in hybrid with a 7.9 kWh battery and 25 km of electric range. So Ferrari built something that wears the Luce’s design language on top of a twin-turbo V8. Basically, what you’d get if the Luce and the SF90 had a baby. What Ferrari actually built The CZ26 came out of Ferrari’s Special Projects program, the commission service that turns a single client’s brief into a car. This one was…

Lucid Motors (LCID) introduced the Gravity GT-S, calling it “America’s most powerful three-row SUV” with over 1,000 horsepower. Meet the Lucid Gravity GT-S The Gravity GT-S is essentially a supercar in a three-row SUV body. Lucid took the sheets off the new model at Monterey Car Week on Thursday. Based on the same dual-motor, all-wheel drive (AWD) powertrain as the initial Gravity Dream Edition, the new GT-S variant packs a combined 1,070 horsepower. The Gravity GT-S can sprint from 0 to 60 mph in just 3.1 seconds, making it “America’s most powerful three-row SUV,” Lucid said. Advertisement – scroll for…

Dutch supercar maker Spyker returns with the new C8 Preliator XXV. The Preliator XXV makes 789 hp from an Audi-sourced twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V8 engine. Like past Spyker models, the car features exposed manual shift linkage and will be produced in a small batch of just 25 examples. The name Spyker probably hasn’t been sitting front and center in your brain for quite some time now. Allow the new C8 Preliator XXV to change that. Spyker, the Dutch supercar maker, has returned to the spotlight, and its latest creation was recently unveiled in Monterey. Dubbed the C8 Preliator XXV, Spyker calls…

Tesla is planning to finally show its new Roadster as early as this month, and the event is supposed to include a stunt where the car lifts off the ground, according to a new report from The Information (paywall). There’s a catch. The car will be operated remotely with nobody in it, and spectators will be kept several hundred yards back because the SpaceX-developed cold gas thrusters are loud enough to damage their eardrums. The demo keeps shrinking The demonstration is planned for SpaceX’s rocket test site in McGregor, Texas, three people familiar with the plans told The Information. We…

McLaren It feels like just yesterday McLaren was dropping off my P1 to go with my Porsche 918 Spyder and Ferrari LaFerrari, but the hybrid batteries in those cars are now old enough to warrant replacements — time flies when you’re having fun, et cetera. One aftermarket firm, V Engineering, has developed a new battery for the McLaren P1 that also improves the car in two key areas: weight and electric driving range. This aftermarket lithium-ion battery is 12.4 kWh rather than the original’s 4.72 kWh. The company hasn’t yet given an official number as to how many additional electric-only miles…

Zijin Longking rolled into a media ceremony in Longyan City, Fujian Province this week with the all-electric ZL230E electric mining truck – a 350-ton GVW haul truck that sits in a class of its own as the single largest-tonnage battery electric mining truck in China. Referred to as the LK350E (for its 350 ton GVWR), the new three-axle ZL230E (for its 230 ton payload capacity) is currently the largest-tonnage pure electric mining truck in China – with better-than-average odds of having the world title locked down, too! Developed by Zijin Longking and the autonomous mining experts at Australia’s EACON, the big haul…

Recurrent estimates 91% battery health after one year and 25,000 miles. The Model Y still covered nearly 300 miles in a highway range test. Battery degradation is usually steepest early in an EV’s life, then slows. It seems the brunt of an EV’s battery degradation happens early on and then tapers off, as large-scale battery tests suggest. After one year and around 25,000 miles, YouTuber Andy Slye checked the battery health of his 2026 Tesla Model Y Premium Rear-Wheel Drive after one year of ownership, and it showed an estimated 91% of its original battery health remaining—but he sees little…

MRCOOL Monoblock MTHP. Image: MRCOOL Hickory, Kentucky-headquartered MRCOOL has launched an all-in-one heat pump that plugs into a standard 115-volt outlet and doesn’t have a bulky outdoor condenser. The new MRCOOL Monoblock MTHP heats and cools smaller spaces such as garages, home offices, accessory dwelling units, sunrooms, and tiny homes. It’s designed for homeowners who want zoned heating and cooling but don’t have the space or permission to install a conventional mini-split. What makes the Monoblock unique is that it contains the entire refrigeration system inside a single wall-mounted unit. A standard mini-split has an indoor air handler connected to…