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Happy April Fools, y’all. It’s that hallowed day when everyone just makes stuff up and pretends it’s 100-percent totally real, often committing way too hard to the bit and making sure it’s not fun for anyone. I, of course, would never do that to you. I’ve never committed to a bit in my life. I don’t know what you’re…

The adoption of electric vehicles in the United States is lagging behind expectations in sales numbers and opinions of buyers. The current state of the country’s charging infrastructure is one factor that dissuades potential buyers. However, the federal government is spending billions on building new EV chargers…

I’ve been in the US for nearly two years now, and I still haven’t had a chance to drive a Jeep. Thankfully, that’s all about to change as one that’s been neatly packed away in a big cardboard box has just turned up at my apartment.

There was a time that wood sided cars were a common site on the American landscape. While those panels were most commonly found on station wagons (RIP), another vehicle famously wore them decades ago: The original Jeep Grand Wagoneer. The introduction of the current Grand Wagoneer models might have made some yearn for…

Paris residents are voting on their first referendum in a decade this weekend, one that would ban e-scooters citywide. Does it seem like the capital city of France has bigger fish to fry right now? Yep! But hey, the people’s work still needs doing in the midst of massive, occasionally violent, weeks-long protests.

I recently came across a video in my YouTube scrollings that stopped me dead on my Macbook’s trackpad; a stark, animated explainer on what a modern nuclear exchange between the U.S. and Russia would look like. Though “modern” may be a bad choice of words.

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The latest guidelines regarding EV tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act are finally available now that the U.S. Treasury Department published its overview of the subsidies. The new rules are reportedly going to make most EVs sold in the U.S. ineligible for tax credits, according to the New York Times, although…

The Ferrari F8 Tributo may have been a heavily updated version of the 488 GTB, which was incidentally based on the much older 458 Italia, but it was still a Ferrari. Its 3.9-liter turbocharged V8 also made 710 hp and 568 lb-ft of torque, so we’re pretty sure no one who has ever driven one can be that mad that it…

Last year, California became the first state to ban the sale gas-powered cars by 2035, the sort of policy that is forward-thinking and also the sort of policy that should’ve probably happened a long time ago, except nationwide. On Friday, The New York Times reported that California now has the green light to do…