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BYD is in “the leading position,” according to executive vice president Stella Li, with plans to introduce its first EV equipped with solid-state batteries in 2027. When will BYD launch an EV with solid-state batteries? We’ve been hearing it for over a decade now. Solid-state batteries, the “holy grail” of battery tech, are just around the corner. By now, it’s become something of a joke: Toyota or another automaker claims another “breakthrough” promising ultra-long range and fast-charging capabilities. According to the world’s leading EV manufacturer, solid-state batteries are advancing and will be used to power vehicles on the road as…
SpaceX has set September 22 as the target date for Starship’s 14th test flight, and this one carries a different goal than any of the 13 that came before it. Every previous Starship mission has intentionally flown a suborbital arc, reentering the atmosphere within the same hour it launched. Flight 14 is designed to send the craft into a genuine orbit around Earth for the first time. The launch window opens at 7:15 a.m. Central time at Starbase in South Texas and runs for 75 minutes, pending regulatory approval, according to SpaceX’s mission description published Tuesday. If the flight goes…
Photo: it’s electric New York City has chosen Brooklyn-based it’s electric to supply the hardware for its permanent curbside EV charging network, which will bring nearly 700 Level 2 charging points to all five boroughs over the next three years. The rollout will replace the city’s existing pilot infrastructure and add 600 new charging points to the current 88. The chargers will be manufactured in Queens. NYC DOT announced the expansion in early August but didn’t reveal who would supply the chargers. The agency is working with the New York Power Authority on procurement and installation. Each PlugNYC station will…
Aston has even binned the rubber bushings for the rear subframe, bolting it directly to the body to make the Vantage S feel more direct. The suspension’s camber, toe and caster have also been fine tuned, supposedly to sharpen responses and improve front-end grip. Lift the long, low bonnet and you are not bathed in golden light as if you’re staring into the famous briefcase from Pulp Fiction. You don’t even get to gaze upon a piece of mechanical artwork. Instead, you’re greeted with hard plastic, tubing and bracing, but hidden beneath is a twin-turbo 4.0-litre V8 made by AMG…
Stark Future has already turned its ridiculously powerful electric dirt bike into a street-going supermoto – upon which I recently got to cruise the streets and cities around Barcelona (more on that experience coming soon). But now the company is taking that concept in an even darker direction with the new Stark VARG SM Sköll, a limited-edition, nearly completely blacked-out version of the 80 hp electric supermoto. And when I say limited, I mean it. Stark says it will build just 500 numbered examples worldwide, with no second production run planned. And based on the rate that Stark is selling…
From utterly rare American delights to painful glitches in the Matrix, many of us Jalops love discovering one-off weirdos of any kind. Much like the long-sitting Excalibur Phaeton pictured above. These strange pieces of work are typically found during inordinately long sessions browsing Marketplace, Craigslist, AutoTempest, and other “secret” sites (so as not to give away all the good, cheap places to buy things). And every once in a while, during a late-night search, a white whale emerges. In a landscape filled with all sorts of rust buckets and daily-drivers turned throw-away junkers, it’s not always easy to find the strange cars.…
Elon Musk gave his clearest signal yet that Tesla and SpaceX could eventually combine, telling the All-In Summit in Los Angeles that the two companies’ deepening collaboration makes the question worth asking. Sawyer Merritt first surfaced the highlight on X Tuesday. Asked directly why Tesla and SpaceX remain separate given how closely they already work together, Musk told hosts at the summit: “Great question there. With all this collaboration, on so many levels, who can imagine what action one might take when there’s so much close collaboration in so many areas.” SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell, who joined Musk on stage,…
July 2026 was the worst month on record for Tesla driver-assist crashes. Tesla reported 236 of them to federal regulators, the most it has ever filed in a single month. Four of those crashes killed someone. In every one, Tesla’s own data says Autopilot or “Full Self-Driving” was engaged, and in every one, the public was never told the system was involved. This is the latest from our ongoing investigation matching Tesla’s redacted NHTSA reports to real, named crashes. A record month, and a rising line Under a 2021 NHTSA Standing General Order, automakers must report crashes where a Level…
Volvo introduced the new XC60 and XC90, its first long-range plug-in hybrids. With up to 78 miles on a single charge, the new models are now America’s longest-range electric PHEVs. Volvo unveils first long-range XC60 and XC90 PHEVs The new long-range hybrids are a key part of Volvo’s “bridge to a fully electric future,” the company said. Volvo revealed the new variants of its best-selling XC60 and XC90 SUVs on Tuesday. Alongside an updated design, the new PHEVs offer more than twice the electric driving range of the current models. Thanks to a larger 41.2 kWh battery, which is more…