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The wait for Rivian’s first electric bike just got a little bit shorter. After months of delays, ALSO has informed reservation holders that they’ll finally be able to place pre-orders for the company’s highly anticipated TM-B electric bike starting August 18. It’s welcome news for the unknown number of people who put down reservations, though it’s hard to ignore just how far the timeline has slipped. When ALSO first unveiled the TM-B last year, the company targeted Spring 2026 deliveries. Spring has now come and gone, and with Summer well upon us now, reservation holders are only now getting the…
Many truck owners will consider a lift-kit upgrade at some point during their ownership. Lift kits are one of the most popular modifications for truck owners, and offer changes in ground clearance, off-road capability, and aesthetics. As with any modification, however, there can be downsides. Before investing in a lift kit, we encourage drivers to do their own research and consider their own driving conditions. Types of Lift Kits Lift kits come in two types: body lift kits and suspension lift kits. Both increase the distance between the vehicle’s body and the ground, but they do so in different ways.…
Grindstone Media Group/Shutterstock It’s bad enough that Flock cameras and other license plate readers are conducting mass surveillance, not just license plates but other identifying markings as well. Even worse is how frequently errors take place, with significant effects on innocent people. Friend-of-the-site Joel Feder, Director of Content & Product at The Drive, brought a great deal of attention to this issue after his own detention in a press car Range Rover that was incorrectly identified as stolen. Though certainly a harrowing experience, Feder had it relatively easy compared to some. Police were willing to have a discussion with him rather than…
Volvo is taking a page out of Tesla’s book when it comes to car insurance. The Swedish automaker is launching an optional app that monitors how a car is driven. Available on 2020-and-newer Volvos, the Safety Coach app will come up with a safety score, which could be linked to special insurance rates. Volvo is launching a new app that will monitor the driver’s behavior behind the steering wheel and come up with a safety score for the previous two weeks. That score will then be used for usage-based offers from insurance companies that have partnered with Volvo, so people…
The UK government is considering relaxing its landmark electric vehicle rules, even in the face of inflated oil prices, a recordbreaking year for temperatures and wildfires, and EV sales that are already rising fast enough to meet the government’s current target. UK’s electric vehicle targets have gone through a lot of back-and-forth over the years. They were originally set to target 100% new EV sales by 2040, but then that target was pushed forward, then back, then forward again, until eventually landing where it is right now – 80% EVs by 2030 (and the remainder hybrid), and a total ban…
Voltpost’s lamppost-mounted EV chargers are now available in New York. The startup’s pole-mounted dispensers can be found in the Village of Larchmont. More chargers are slated to go online in Yonkers and Rye. Voltpost, the American startup that wants to turn public lampposts into EV chargers, has installed its first dispensers in New York’s Westchester County. The pole-mounted chargers went online today in the Village of Larchmont, with the company claiming that it will expand coverage in Yonkers and Rye soon. The Larchmont project is supported by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority’s Vehicle to Grid program.…
Photo: Honda After six straight months of year-over-year declines, the average transaction price (ATP) paid for a new EV in the US is rising again. New EVs sold for an average of $56,126 in July, according to the latest pricing report from Kelley Blue Book, a Cox Automotive brand. That’s up 1.2% from June and 1.6% from July 2025 – the first annual increase since December. Shrinking discounts are part of the reason. EV incentives averaged $6,626 in July, down 9.1% in a month and 24.3% from a year earlier. Incentives were equal to 11.8% of the average EV transaction…
With the introduction of the facelifted Porsche Macan Turbo and GTS, Porsche updated its best-selling compact luxury SUV, bringing more performance, new styling, and technology. First unveiled in 2019 (although it was not sold in the USA until 2020), the facelift Macan Turbo returned as the range’s top performance model, while the GTS made its comeback in 2020, offering daily drivability and dynamic handling. By 2022, Porsche streamlined the lineup, discontinuing the Turbo and positioning the GTS as the new flagship.Photo by Car and DriverBeneath the hood, both models received a 2.9-liter twin-turbocharged V6 engine. The Macan Turbo produced 440…
A new land speed record was just set, and the vehicle that did it produced almost no harmful emissions. The JCB Hydromax just recorded an average speed of 406.320 mph at the Bonneville Salt flats, making it the fastest hydrogen-powered vehicle of any kind in history. And since it uses a hydrogen internal combustion engine, not even a smidge of CO2 was emitted during its record-breaking runs. In typical land speed record tradition, the 406 mph speed was an average of two separate runs. The first one reached 400.623 mph, while the second one was 412.135 mph, and both were…
Mercedes-Benz C-Class EV (Source: Mercedes-Benz) Global EV sales rose 9% in July, but the growth map couldn’t look more uneven. Around 1.85 million EVs were sold worldwide last month, according to new data from Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. That brought 2026 sales through July to 11.5 million – up 4% from the same period last year. Benchmark’s figures include battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrids. “The global EV market continues to be defined by regional divergence,” said Benchmark senior EV analyst George Whitcombe. Advertisement – scroll for more content That’s putting it mildly. Europe and the Rest of the World delivered…