Cars

A look at one of the highest-mileage electric vehicles in the world, a case study in the longevity of electric cars.

And so the clock starts and the taillights flare, and they're off again, strapped down, fueled up, and bound on an outlaw enterprise with 2,795 miles of interstate and some 31,000 highway cops between them and the all-time speed record for crossing the American continent on four wheels.

Though the exposed screw heads are a nice touch.

The load wasn't strapped and the trailer didn't have brakes — but wait until you see the hitch.

Though the exposed screw heads are a nice touch.

Alan has come to the conclusion that it might be time to take a break, sell some of his current rides, and get a van. He wants to be able to live down by the river, or in the woods, or wherever else he feels like going. What car should he buy?

What could've been a Tesla troubler will now have to settle for being the most expensive car never made.

Garage 54 builds a do-it-yourself sandblaster that is extremely effective.

A daring driver took three cars as far as they could physically go without motor oil.

Money Pit does a comparison of cheap, moderately priced and most expensive car stereos.

It seems Formula 1 will let just anyone sponsor their cars, including an energy drink company that might not exist.

This cleaning professional has his work cut out for him with this biohazard of a minivan.

Many of you will think that BMW has jumped the shark. I will admit, the spy photos were alarming. But I almost think they helped me be prepared for this moment, and with all the other nightmarish shit going on out there, big kidneys on a fun car isn't such a hard thing to swallow. Plus, it's actually kind of striking in white, which is a hard color to be striking it.

This couple never changed their engine oil once since buying their car. Problem?

There's some really nice cars are available for cheap, if you don't mind the vandalism left behind from a disgruntled ex.

According to the driver, Tesla's autopilot was activated but the car failed to identify the overturned truck ahead as an obstacle.

YouTuber Rich Rebuilds documents the process of him assembling his DIY electric vehicle and taking it on a test drive.

The pedestrian in the video seems to be fine, but the sidewalk should have been blocked off.

It's been months since I first had this ridiculous idea to buy the cheapest car I could find on Alibaba, but here it is, and we just now pulled the damp cardboard off the Changli, and, oh boy.

Curtiss-Wright had developed the Air Car as a four-passenger commercial vehicle and hoped that it would be accepted by the public as a sort of air-cushioned equivalent of the family car.

Jalopnik crunched some numbers about the specs of cars and computers over 35 years of development and saw what happened.

So the batteries would get a little melty. So what?

His 1975 Camaro needed some repairs, and instead of having to work underneath the car, the guy came up with this clever DIY design instead.

Phantom traffic jams are when gridlock occurs for no apparent reason. There's no accident ahead, so why are we stopped? Benjamin Seibold explains the science behind the phenomenon and how we can end them.

Expect hundreds of thousands of the company's cars to show up at used car dealerships soon. That will have carryover effects for carmakers.

We were expecting a tragedy, but what we got a farce instead.

Ford's software cranks the heat in police cruisers to disinfect them and slow the spread of COVID-19.

With timing and luck, you might be able to catch a glimpse yourself one day.

Nine Finnish cyclists spun their hardest for 20 minutes to see how much they could fill a Tesla Model X charger.

You could certainly boil down the rules of car collecting into a handy little guidebook, and many have tried. (Google will gladly show you as much.) But ask anyone who does it for the love — and not just to expand their investment portfolio — and they'll tell you the same thing: cars are like art.

Hertz's top executives just got a massive payday to keep them on staff. There's no word yet on how workers outside its headquarters might fare.

A tech-savvy husband hacked his wife's car to play "Africa" if she leaves her keys inside.

Chinese-made low-speed vehicles get put through the ringer in this extremely entertaining car show.

The 1975 Sebring-Vanguard CitiCar presents a very odd chapter in EV car history.

You need to get 500 tons of supplies from Fairbanks, Alaska to the Arctic Ocean — a journey of about 400 miles through pure wilderness. There are no roads, very few airstrips, endless ice and minus 68 degree temperatures. You, my friend, need a LeTourneau land train.

The Batmobile has always given audiences a car to cheer for — from Tim Burton's 1989 iconic Batmobile to Christopher Nolan's tank.

If you need a paint job done on your car in underneath a minute and don't care how good your actually looks, this might be something to consider.

Nostalgia is a powerful force—especially when parked in long, shiny rows.

I'm not sure I see a world where conditions will be ripe to make something like the Ford Mustang Shelby GT350. Not again.

The fears of infection from the coronavirus have created a new role in society for the automobile.

Police are looking for the motorist who posted this insane video of his speed run south of Crawley in West Sussex, England.

Peter Sripol built himself a DIY amphibious vehicle that's perfect for social distancing.

You had a good run, jeep, but now is the time to retire, wheels up.

If only Tyrrell F1 had read up on the Pat Clancy Special, the first six wheel weirdo to try its luck.

Blink and you might miss it.

"The strike was blinding and deafening and the smell of used model rocket engines lingered for some time afterwards."

Tesla Motors remain the undisputed leaders in EV tech at the moment, but this Chinese company has a good shot of disrupting their stronghold.

Horsepower ain't cheap but Donut Media crunched the numbers and found the cars with the best horsepower without breaking the bank.

Sometimes all a car needs is a through washing and detailing to be restored to a beautiful, pristine state.

Lia Block got an epic lesson in doing donuts from her professional rally driving dad in a 1972 Ford Escort Mk2 RS.

A father gives useful, practical advice on replacing a tire.

Talk about custom.

Deaths from accidents are the biggest source of organs for transplant, accounting for 33% of donations, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing, UNOS, which manages the nation's organ transplant system. But since the coronavirus forced Californians indoors, accidents have declined.

In this chapter of man-made machine versus nature, nature wins.

Everything about Korea's culture, legal system, and road network is built to make car enthusiasm impossible. These are the people who find a way.

Car traffic took a big dip beginning in late March, and headlines celebrated clean air around the U.S. But an NPR analysis of EPA data tells a more troubling story.

For reference, a top-end Tesla Model S on Ludicrous mode can do 0-60 in about 2.3 seconds.

This modified Honda Civic recently broke records during a quarter-mile run. For reference, a top-end Tesla Model S on Ludicrous mode can do 0-60 in about 2.3 seconds.

The seven-seater would have had almost twice the range as Tesla's Model X.

From reliable Saabs to boat-sized Mercedes, what kind of bougie, boxy '80s sedan are you?