There Is Nothing Funny About The Very Real Threat Of Scooters Causing Mayhem During Hurricane Dorian

Miami residents have a lot to worry about this Labor Day weekend as Hurricane Dorian closes down on them. The risks they face as a potentially deadly hurricane looms in the near future is absolutely not a joke. There is nothing funny about the whole situation, which could cause...

Apr 22, 2026

Frankfurt Auto Show Tightens Security After Threats From 'Rocks In The Gearbox' Environmentalist Group

Security is very concerned about European environmentalists causing an unwelcome stir at the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show on September 12, after a badass-sounding group called “Rocks in the Gearbox” claimed responsibility for vandalizing a few dozen cars and threatened to protest one of Europe’s biggest auto shows. Here’s more...

Apr 22, 2026

U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Sides With Automakers In Fuel Economy Battle

In the between the Trump Administration and seemingly everyone else over the future of fuel economy standards, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has weighed in. Naturally, they have sided with everyone else. In a addressed to Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, California Air Resources Board Chair Mary Nichols,...

Apr 22, 2026

Drivers Stranded After Tesla's App Goes Down For Hours

It’s a terrible feeling when you realize you’re either locked out of your car or it won’t start at all. Recently, several Tesla owners found themselves stranded when the company’s app went down for a few hours over the holiday weekend. Tesla’s app, which you can download onto your...

Apr 22, 2026

The Volkswagen XL1 Was The Future We Never Got

We know what the future of looks like today—or at least, what the future of cars according to Volkswagen looks like. Many models, diverse in body styles, all riding on one modular platform and powered by electricity. An EV onslaught, the scale of which the world has never seen...

Apr 22, 2026

Toyota's New GA-B Platform Is For The Small Cars

Toyota launched its highly versatile Toyota New Global Architecture modular platforms in 2015. They underpin both Toyota and Lexus models, and now there’s a new application just for small cars. It’s called the GA-B platform and it will likely underpin the . Toyota gave it a rigid underbody by...

Apr 22, 2026

Koenigsegg And Bugatti Are Still Passive-Aggressively Trash-Talking Each Other

Earlier this week, Bugatti claimed that the 304-mph Chiron could have gone faster if they had gone to a higher altitude place, like, say Nevada. They brought up Nevada, of course, because it is the first high-altitude place that comes to mind and not because Koenigsegg did its record-setting...

Apr 22, 2026

Why No One Is Beating Tesla's Range

I made a mistake this week. I tweeted. I tweeted that, while I like the , I was disappointed that it couldn’t beat the range of the Tesla Model S years after it came out. And while I stand by the opinion that the Taycan isn’t fundamentally changing the...

Apr 22, 2026

Some People Can Now Rent Cars Through Lyft, Though We're Not Sure Why They Would

Lyft disrupted the taxi space. Then it . Then it got into scooters. Now, it’s created a service that’s like Enterprise Rent-A-Car except... well, actually, it’s basically just Enterprise. Maybe that’s why Lyft hasn’t publicized the program very much. While it’s been reported in Engadget and Business Insider, there...

Apr 22, 2026

This Interactive Game Shows How Hard It Is To Make Autonomous Cars

As we all know, , to say nothing of making cars that drive themselves, which is exponentially harder. I’d like to think we at Jalopnik , our dear readers, just how hard making autonomous cars has proven, but just in case we haven’t, here’s another go at it. The...

Apr 22, 2026

Getting A 2020 Toyota Supra To 1,000 Horsepower Means Making A Lot Of Custom Parts

Tuner car legend , his team and some collaborators are trying to build a that will make 1,000 horsepower on an engine dyno. Since the car’s brand new, an aftermarket doesn’t really exist. So a lot of upgrade parts will have to be built for the first time. Here’s...

Apr 22, 2026

Telsa's 'Electromagnetic Windshield Wiper' Patent Looks Pretty Cool For A Windshield Wiper

Windshield wiper technology has been pretty stagnant since Mary Anderson came up with, basically, the swiping blades we recognize today. Sure, we have intermittent settings and rain-sensing and Mercedes had that , but the concept hasn’t changed much since 1903. though, the reign of the single-pivot wiper may be in...

Apr 22, 2026

Domestic Brands Charge A Hefty Premium For Advanced Safety Features

Now that the American automakers have, for the most part, ceded the small car market to the import brands, you would think they would try to field competitive offerings in the crossover/SUV segment. However, when it comes to what most car buyers are really looking for in a family...

Apr 22, 2026

Elon Musk Claims Tesla Model S Sets New Record At Laguna Seca, Which Is Not The Nürburgring

Last week, Tesla CEO accepted the implicit challenge of the recently revealed 2020 Porsche Taycan by a to the infamous Nürburgring, implying an attempt to beat Porsche’s claimed record lap time. Musk now claims the Model S has set a record at —likely a distraction from the fact that...

Apr 22, 2026

You Can't Even See This Hypersonic Sled Hit 6,599 MPH

Yeah, sure, is a pretty big deal, but have you ever seen something go 6,599 miles per hour before? Can you even see that? This video features the U.S. Air Force testing a hypersonic sled at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. While you might only see a bright...

Apr 22, 2026