The Best Articles in Future of Cars

A new blueprint from city transportation planners and engineers, who say it's never too early to start thinking about the future.

EVs are just going to win.

Automakers are starting to admit that a new car technology didn’t work out.

Young people today are already driving less, but breaking the country’s car-dependency will require unprecedented investment in infrastructure and public transit.

Waymo is doubling the operational area for its fleet of self-driving taxis, making what the company calls “the largest fully autonomous service area in the world.” The rapid growth is limited to…

Ample has stations around the Bay Area that do hundreds of battery swaps for EVs each day.

For most of us, our cars, no matter how much we cherish them, hold us in social and economic custody. As more and more vehicles are financed, and with higher loans and interest rates, creditors exert a carceral pull over our ability to earn a sustainable livelihood. Perhaps the most telling evidence of this servitude is that, in times of financial stress, households will prioritize their monthly car payments over all others, including basic necessities. Surely it is the mark of our perverse civilization when food, medical care, and housing have to take a back seat to our need to keep wheels on the road.

Though the United States seems hopelessly addicted to our vehicles, experts say we could rethink our civilization to live without them

Clueless policymakers, skeptical consumers, greedy automakers—and the tech isn’t ready either

BMW partnered with Nvidia to build a digital replica of its soon-to-open EV factory. The tech is saving them millions—and a lot of headaches.

Climate controls are a fascinating design problem. They may seem easy to design on the surface, but you quickly run into much complexity. In the last couple of…

In January this year, Tesla made the surprising announcement that it would be cutting prices on its vehicles by as much as 20%. While price cuts are not new in the automotive world, they are for…

Companies are diving to the bottom to scoop up metals essential for our EV-driven future. But how much ocean are we willing to sacrifice?

Visionary. Showman. Iconoclast. Troll. How Elon Musk is reshaping our world—and beyond

Renewable energy and electric vehicles will be required for the energy transition, but the global electric vehicle battery capacity available for grid storage is not constrained. Here the authors find…

From Tinder swipes to self-driving cars, these were the moments that shaped the decade.