Gravy Smith

[ad_1] Drone footage from a YouTuber shows the Tesla Cybertruck’s large windshield wiper in action. Brad Sloan/YouTube A YouTube video posted Thursday showed Tesla’s Cybertruck prototype and its large windshield wiper. In March, a photo appeared to show the wiper was unable to clear much of the windshield on the passenger side. Elon Musk has … Read more

[ad_1] The teaser campaign that started with a stylized sculpture last November culminates in this, the Lancia Pu+Ra HPE concept. This represents the long awaited — and perhaps overdue — reboot of a storied brand’s design and tech vision for the next ten years. As such, designers packed so much of the past and the … Read more

[ad_1] Nissan began selling the Sunny in North America (with Datsun 1200 badging) for the 1971 model year, and the Datsun B210 version of the Sunny became a big seller here in the wake of the 1973 Oil Crisis. Nissan began building the B210’s successor, the B310 Sunny, in its homeland in 1977; the North … Read more

[ad_1] The American school bus of the future won’t differ too much from its current iconic design: The wheels will still go round and round, the horn will go honk, honk, honk, and the wipers will swish, swish, swish. But if the transition from fossil fuels continues to accelerate, the engine won’t go vroom, vroom, vroom. It … Read more

[ad_1] MILAN — Ferrari has a record order book for its models spanning into next year, Chairman John Elkann told the sports car maker’s shareholders on Friday. Elkann said the Italian company’s two latest models, the 296 GTS plug-in hybrid car and the Purosangue four-seater had boosted its product portfolio, “delivering a record number of … Read more

[ad_1] Autonomous vehicles are stupid — so an engineer has figured out a way to make streets smarter. Arif Qazi / Insider Someday, maybe, you’ll be driving like usual, and you’ll stop at a red light, as usual. You’ll take the opportunity to sneak a peek at the car next to you, and the guy … Read more

[ad_1] BERLIN – Volkswagen called on Thursday for the implementation of new EU emissions standards to be pushed to at least autumn of 2026, slightly over a year later than planned, with the aim of all new cars meeting the standards by autumn 2027. The carmaker could meet this timeline provided the law comes into … Read more

[ad_1] MILAN — In 1977, a Ferrari owner offloaded his 1962 250 GTO because his wife complained it was too noisy, recounts Andrea Modena, head of Ferrari’s classic car division. It was either her or the car. “Nowadays, I’m not sure the wife would have won out.” Times have indeed changed. In 2018, the same … Read more

[ad_1] The 2023 Toyota bZ4X AWD Limited. Tim Levin/Insider I drove the new Toyota bZ4X electric SUV from New York to Washington DC, and back.  The nine-hour drive involved three hours of charging.  I learned the hard way that sometimes you need to choose between staying warm and maximizing range. Electric cars are quick, quiet, … Read more

[ad_1] The first new Volkswagen Beetles went on sale in the United States in 1949, cable-operated brakes and all, and Americans could buy brand-new air-cooled Beetles here until the very last 1979 convertibles drove off the showroom floors. Volkswagen of America’s best period for Beetle sales was 1968-1970, with well over 350,000 units sold each … Read more