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Why are groups of university students modifying Cadillac Lyriq EVs?

Enlarge / For the previous EcoCar 3 competition, student teams turned Camaro sportscars into hybrids. For the EcoCar EV challenge, their job is to...

The 2024 Fiat 500e is a $34K EV that appeals to emotion, not logic

Enlarge / For now, Fiat's sole US offering is the (RED) 500e, but future versions will arrive in "drops."Stephen Edelstein It's cliché...

Testing the 2024 BMW M2—maybe the last M car with a manual transmission

Enlarge / BMW's M2 might be the last M car it builds with three pedals and a stick shift.Peter Nelson We're at...

2025 Maserati Grecale Folgore review: A stylish SUV, but a hard EV sell

Enlarge / Maserati's first electric SUV looks good, but the weight ruins the handling.Michael Teo Van Runkle PUGLIA, ITALY—At a recent media...

Next-gen battery tech: Reimagining every aspect of batteries

EnlargeMirageC The race is on to generate new technologies to ready the battery industry for the transition toward a future with more...

2024 Porsche 911 S/T review: Threading the needle

Enlarge / I wouldn't blame you if you lost track of all the different variations on the Porsche 911. This is the latest, and...

How your sensitive data can be sold after a data broker goes bankrupt

EnlargeMongkol Chuewong, GettyImages In 2021, a company specializing in collecting and selling location data called Near bragged that it was “The World’s...

Fake grass, real injuries? Dissecting the NFL’s artificial turf debate

EnlargeiStock/Getty Images Super Bowl LVIII will be played on a natural grass field in an indoor stadium in Las Vegas on February...

Researchers argue back and forth about whether we’ve spotted an exomoon

EnlargeNASA In 2017, the astronomy world was abuzz at the announcement that exoplanet Kepler-1625b potentially had its own moon—an exomoon. This was...

Here’s how an off-road racing series will make its own hydrogen fuel

Enlarge / Extreme E travels to remote locations by boat and brings its own energy infrastructure with it. Currently, it makes its own hydrogen...

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