TL;DR: At least three Cybertrucks have caught fire after crashes involving fire hydrants or other strikes beneath the truck. Tesla now sells owners a battery shield for $3,500. Call it shrinkflation, because when the same basic thing happened in 2013, Tesla offered owners additional battery armor for free while under
The team at Jalopnik recently encountered a Tesla Cybercab prototype in traffic and delivered the kind of clear-eyed automotive analysis we expect from that iconic masthead: “This Looks Like Poop From A Butt.” After reviewing the footage, you know what y’all, you’re not wrong. But how does Tesla’s gilded boy
FSRI spent three years burning 15 EVs and 3 gasoline vehicles to figure out what happens when an EV battery joins the fire. The answer is mostly reassuring, right up until the battery starts doing battery stuff. In some ways, we’re building the modern automobile while we’re driving it. Occasionally,
Somewhere in Texas, a Cybertruck owner saw the words “Wade Mode” and thought, let’s put that to the test. So he drove his Cybertruck down to Grapevine Lake, apparently to test the feature. The truck quickly became disabled. Thankfully the power windows didn’t lock up, and the people inside got
TL;DR: Between May 2025 and May 2026, Waymo’s recall-scope count of autonomous cabs rose from 1,212 vehicles to 3,791 vehicles. That is more than a 3x increase in the Waymo fleet size in roughly one year. We set out to measure Tesla’s robotaxi progress. Along the way, I accidentally tripped
TLDR: Since Tesla’s June 2025 robotaxi launch, Tesla has built a 39-vehicle unsupervised fleet, while Waymo has a newly disclosed 3,791-vehicle U.S. fleet. So Tesla appears to be on pace to catch up with Waymo’s autonomous fleet size by the year 2111. Assuming, of course, Waymo politely stops building autonomous
Bahaha, imagine the used listing for this Hyundai Ioniq 6. “Yes, it runs (DOOM) and drives.” Basically, there are two universal laws in this world: A Hyundai Ioniq 6 driver on Reddit says they finally hacked and rooted their center console after about six months of messing with it, then
Ford is back promising a new electric pickup for about $30,000. Trouble is, I’ve heard that song from Ford before, and I’m still mad about it. The F-150 Lightning was announced as Ford’s last super affordable EV pickup, only to arrive at a much higher price. The question: Can consumers
According to JD Power’s ChromeData, the Tesla’s most popular models have lost more than half their value since 2022, putting Tesla vehicles in podium position for all 3 of the top “Fastest Depreciating Automobiles of 2026” slots. Take a look, see the data for yourself: The Top 5 Fastest Depreciating
We found a 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 SEL sitting on a California car lot for $13,995, which is under a third of the $45,600 MSRP that Hyundai wants for a new one. We Can’t Find a Catch on the Listing So, what’s wrong with it? Honestly, not much. It shows
Tesla’s brief experiment with Raj Jegannathan as head of North American sales has come to an abrupt end, about 6 1/2 months after Reuters spotted him in the role last year. Jegannathan celebrated his planned departure in a recent LinkedIn post, calling it a journey of “continuous evolution,” before quietly
Remember when the electric Dodge Charger launched and everyone said, “Nice car, but absolutely not at that price”? Yeah. About that. Right now, you can buy a brand-new 2025 Dodge Charger EV for $28,935, which is less than half of its original MSRP. Sitting on a dealer lot, with less