The U.S.-Built Electric Ford Transit Will Change The Van World

The best selling commercial van in the world is going electric, and that could change the entire fleet market. Ford already takes a huge cut of that market, selling almost a quarter of a million Transits in 2019. The company says that it expects around 8 percent of the...

Apr 22, 2026

Goodyear's Latest Concept Is A Tire That Can Be Changed Using A Pill

Technology in pill form is one of the longest enduring science fiction tropes, so it was only a matter of time before pill-based features entered the dreamy world of automotive concepts. Goodyear took the plunge into this futuristic form automotive tech this week with its reCharge concept, a tire...

Apr 22, 2026

A Hybrid Porsche 911 Sounds Like A Packaging Nightmare

Some were surprised when the debuted with no electrification, as it seems like a logical step in milking more performance out of one of the longest-running sports car legacies. But Porsche is still developing a hybrid 911, it just sounds like a lot of hard work. interviewed Michael Steiner,...

Apr 22, 2026

A Detailed Look At The Koenigsegg Gemera's Mind-Blowing Engineering

The ’s name is a concatenation of the Swedish word “ge,” which means “give,” and “mera,” which means “more.” Specifically, the car is giving the world more ridiculously nerdy tech, as I learned through correspondence with the founder, Christian von Koenigsegg, and other Koenigsegg engineers. Here’s a look at...

Apr 22, 2026

Mitsubishi Makes A $373 Toaster For Extreme Bread Enthusiasts

The 2020 lineup of Mitsubishi Motors’ cars is not uh, designed for connoisseurs of the automobile, per se. But apparently Mitsubishi Electric has a very different market when it comes to kitchen appliances. In fact, it appears that it offers the supercar of toasters. Just to be clear: Mitsubishi...

Apr 22, 2026

Discovery's Diesel Dorks Ordered To Pay $850,000 Fine For Rolling Lots Of Coal

The —a collective nickname for Discovery Channel’s truck-obsessed super polluter television show, David “Heavy D” Sparks, Joshua Stuart, Keaton Hoskins, and David “Diesel Dave” Kiley—have been ordered by a Utah judge to pay over $850,000 in fines for . In the process of building trucks for customers at various...

Apr 22, 2026

The C8 Corvette's Tachometer Changes After The Car's Broken In

Freshly minted motors need to be broken in gently so all their fast-moving components seat properly. The uses its fully digital gauge cluster to remind you of that, which is kind of neat. This YouTube clip from a Jeremy Welborn popped up in the via member Todd W., showing how...

Apr 22, 2026

Skateboards Are More Challenging Than They Seem

People have been talking about the skateboard for a long time. The idea makes sense on the surface: load all the powertrain, suspension, and other important bits in a flat skateboard-like package so you can drop several different bodies on top. A truck, sedan, and van all being carried...

Apr 22, 2026

I Think The 2021 Chevy Trailblazer Has The Smallest Engine-To-Overall-Car Size Ratio Of Any Car You Can Buy In America UPDATED

I want to start this out by saying that I do not think what I am about to discuss is necessarily a bad thing. I’m all for cars with small engines, , and I realize that this sort of thing is not all that uncommon in Europe and Asia...

Apr 22, 2026

Automaker Of Safe Cars Recalls All The Cars Because The Safety Tech Might Not Work

Swedish automaker Volvo has issued a recall of every single 2019 and 2020 vehicle is has built thus far. That amounts to a total of 121,605 vehicles on the road today with a software incompatibility possibly causing the automatic emergency braking system to function improperly. Every single S60, V60,...

Apr 22, 2026

Apple CarPlay Can Be Worse For Your Reaction Time Than Driving Under The Influence: Study

In a new , a UK driving safety charity, it’s being claimed that driving while sloshed is, by at least some measures, “safer” than driving while using a touchscreen Apple CarPlay or Android Auto system. IAM Roadsmart had drivers run through a simulated test course with following distance, stop-and-go...

Apr 22, 2026

Taking Cars Off The Road May Slow Coronavirus Spread: Study

Smog is the natural enemy of humanity. The pollution created by transportation, shipping, and industry has been killing us slowly for decades, contributing to numerous respiratory diseases. And according to a new joint study from in Italy, smog may have been a contributing factor in the spread of COVID-19....

Apr 22, 2026

Out-Of-Work Lyft, Uber, And Yellow Cab Drivers Can Get Jobs From NYC Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

As life in New York City grinds to a near-halt following a in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, among those hardest hit are the gig workers and drivers who rely on people to, you know, actually go places. The city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission is stepping up to...

Apr 22, 2026

Rambler Once Was Developing A Really Weird Non-Wankel Rotary Engine

Longtime friend of Jalopnik and myself, , is a huge Rambler fan and walking, moist column of Rambler-knowledge, so when he encounters something Rambler-related he wasn’t aware of, you know it’ll be good. And boy is it: it seems, back in the 1960s, Rambler and Renault were developing—with an...

Apr 22, 2026

Traffic Is Plummeting

As local and federal authorities urge citizens to shelter in place and avoid unnecessary travel, America has undergone a very predictable phenomenon in the wake of the outbreak: Road traffic is down by up to 30 percent. The study was conducted by , which advises business and industry on...

Apr 22, 2026