Tesla CEO Elon Musk once called LIDAR a “crutch,” something that automakers would find themselves leaning on in order to solve the problem of self-driving. Soon after, Tesla shifted wholly toward camera-based tech for Autopilot and its available Full Self Driving upgrade. That was, and presumably still is, Musk’s dream […]
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New Mazda Patent Application Shows a Car-Mounted Drone Helipad
We’ve all had this happen before. You’re sitting in your car and you’re like, “Oh man, oh boy, there’s something I’ve forgotten. I just know it.” But you’ve pulled out of the driveway now and you’re in traffic and you just can’t think what it was. Then, as you hit […]
GMC Hummer EV Easter Egg Shows It Crushing Tesla Cybertruck
Easter eggs in vehicle design have become popular in recent years, with Tesla perhaps the proudest of its efforts. However, GMC isn’t about to be left out of the fun, and has thrown in a rather cheeky little shot at the electric automaker in the new Hummer EV. You’ll spot […]
Rivian R1T Shows That Electric Trucks Can Wade Through Deep Water, Too
The electric truck revolution is just around the corner, and punters couldn’t be more excited to get their hands on the new metal. The instant-on torque of electric drive promises to be great for hauling, and it’s easier to throw tons of batteries into a heavy truck for long range, […]
Toyota’s 1-2 Finish at Le Mans Shows It Can Dominate the Hypercar Class, Too
Toyota’s history of trying to win Le Mans is complicated. From shock car failures to every LMP1 retiring in the space of about 60 minutes, it took all other factory teams leaving the class for it to finally take the overall victory. Even then, all three of the manufacturer’s triumphs […]
New Data Shows Just How Few Women Are Really in the F1 Paddock
There are very few women in Formula One. Well, there aren’t many you actually see, outside the media. Although teams tend to improve on their ratio of women to men trackside, the traveling personnel of the championship itself and the teams are overwhelmingly and obviously male. All you have to […]
Tesla Site Code Shows Refreshed Model S with a Regular Old Steering Wheel, Not a Yoke
I can’t write the actual words I said to The Drive’s Editor-in-Chief the day of the Tesla Cybertruck launch, but it’s safe to say that I was skeptical of what we would see as the absolute final product (and CEO Elon Musk’s tweets confirmed that later on). Tesla has been developing […]
Microsoft’s Partnership with GM Cruise Shows the Apple-Windows Wars Are Back on Four Wheels
There are two things about self-driving cars: one, they don’t exist yet and two, people don’t trust the concept—except for those who do, a bit too much. It’s partly the idea of the uncanny, something we haven’t gotten used to yet that will probably be mundane by the time it […]
Remastered, 60 FPS Onboard Video of Senna at 1990 Monaco GP Shows an F1 Legend At Work
If you’re a fan of Formula 1, you have surely seen that one clip of Ayrton Senna tearing up the streets of Europe’s tiny and wealthy principality during the 1990 Monaco Grand Prix. It’s a sight to behold, really, analyzing Senna’s quick hands, his gear shifts, the way he pitches […]
After Five Brain Surgeries, Racing Legend Alex Zanardi Shows Remarkable Improvements
Italian newspapers are reporting that former IndyCar star and Formula 1 driver Alex Zanardi, who lost both of his legs after a crash at the Lausitzring in 2001, has shown signs of marked improvements after a near fatal accident on a rural Italian road in July where his paracycle collided […]
WRC Champ Ott Tanak Shows You How To Drive a Rally Car
The current specification of WRC cars is absolutely mind-blowing. These all-terrain machines are complex, expensive—and as a direct consequence of their extreme performance, not exactly easy to drive, regardless of pace. This doesn’t phase folks like Estonian master Ott Tänak, 2019 WRC champion with the Toyota Yaris WRC, who today […]