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Unsurprisingly, new electric vehicle sales were down nearly 22 percent in May compared to last year, but used EVs were on the move, sales rising 24.7 percent on a year-over-year basis.With gas prices high, and expected to remain so for several months even after the latest peace accord with Iran, used EVs have become popular because of their affordability both by avoiding the gas pump as well as their sticker price. Tesla is the leaders with over 15,300 vehicles sold, which was down slightl

Alpine tunnels transform European road travel - perhaps we could learn a thing or two from the continent
"The St Bernard is a high pass, opening late and closing early.
"It is one of the very few ways across this part of the Alps, and in summer the motorist may find himself behind strings of coaches and oil tankers climbing majestically in their lowest gears, at a rate which is slow, over-heating and exceedingly tedious for a holiday car. At the end of the summer the pass grows dangerous, as the

Stellantis became the latest auto company to get into the autonomous mobility market, forming a new partnership with Wayve and Uber to develop self-driving vehicles for use as robotaxis in a global fleet.The three companies are teaming up to develop Level 4 robotaxis that will initially be deployed in a dozen cities around the world, including London and Tokyo, later this year. The deal essentially builds on earlier agreements between Stellantis and Wayve as well as Wayve and Uber.“This c

New 'E-Shift' adds simulated eight-speed 'box with "noticeable shift jerks" to boost engagementThe Porsche Taycan has gained a Hyundai-inspired virtual gearbox system as part of an update that also brings the option of additional range, plus an overhauled infotainment system.
Named E-Shift, the new system simulates an eight-speed sequential gearbox. Engaging E-Shift adds a rev counter to the digital instrument panel and gears can be selected using the paddles on the GT sports steering wheel

Bavarian mega-estate is faster than an M5 Touring but barely any more showy than a 530e M SportJournalists gathered to try the Bovensiepen Zagato in Austria were surprised when a second Bovensiepen model was suddenly revealed – one with 790bhp, and not simply for us to ogle.
Anybody who appreciates the back-catalogue of the Bovensiepen family – custodians of Alpina until the naming rights transferred to BMW last year – will recognise the conceptual similarit

Renault completes its retro EV trilogy with a loveable city carHaving rejuvenated two brilliant small cars for the electric age already, Renault has made it a hat-trick with the latest Twingo, which it promises will cost less than £20k when it lands in the UK at the end of this year.
That's a budget car price that the Twingo's design, at least, doesn't sit alongside. It looks and feels a more complete car than that. "The proportions are frankly perfect," says Laurens van den Acker, and alt

Autocar render shows how the new smaller Defender may look
Defender's smaller sibling was previously tipped to be EV-only, but its platform will now support hybrids tooThe forthcoming second model in the Land Rover Defender line-up will offer hybrid powertrains in addition to battery-electric.
As previously reported by Autocar, it will be a smaller sibling to the existing Defender and it will be underpinned by JLR's new EMA platform. The model's name has yet to be confirmed, but i

Do good things come in small packages? David Finlay investigates
Very occasionally a manufacturer devotes itself entirely to a single car, such as the Tucker 48 or the Clan Crusader.
There will usually be one model which is the smallest the company has ever made.So let’s have a look at them. Here, in descending order of length – or ascending order of shortness, if you prefer – are the cars from 30 brands which had the least distance between their fronts and rears.
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We've picked 50 of our favourite road-going engines, but we could easily have selected twice as many…Defining the word 'greatest' isn't easy in this context.After all, it could mean the biggest, the most powerful, the most relevant, the most exciting – or a combination of these things. So when choosing our 50 favourite road car engines, to be in with a chance of consideration each powerplant has to be either built in huge numbers, or really get our juices flowing – and ideally

Combustion is alive, well, and still relevant thanks to this Renault-Geely firm's innovative approachHorse Powertrain is notionally a new company, but its roots stretch right back to 2010, when China's Geely acquired Volvo from Ford and united two disparate combustion engine development programmes under one umbrella.
Rather than winding down the existing ICE programmes, the two firms bucked the wider industry trend towards all-out electrification. Instead, they invested in and expanded the divis

Bespoke arm turns 503bhp coupé into limited-run Earls Court 51 Edition with bespoke colourPorsche has created a new special version of its 911 GT3 sports car to celebrate the 75th anniversary of its UK arm, while also showcasing the customisation capabilities of the German company's Sonderwunsch division.
Limited to 51 examples, the Earls Court 51 Edition takes inspiration from the first 356s that were imported into the UK in 1951 and displayed at the Earls Court motor show in London

Ineos pitches specially modified 4x4s as MoD prepares to retire its DefendersIneos Automotive has joined forces with two British military vehicle specialists to propose a Grenadier-based light military vehicle that has been designed to replace the army's traditional Land Rover, which is being phased out after nearly 70 years' service.
The new vehicle is called Grenadier MRLV (for Multi-Role Light Vehicle). It is closely based on Ineos's staple 4x4 - already renowned for durability in extreme con

Ineos pitches specially modified 4x4s as MoD prepares to retire its DefendersIneos Automotive has joined forces with two British military vehicle specialists to propose a Grenadier-based light military vehicle that has been designed to replace the army's traditional Land Rover, which is being phased out after nearly 70 years' service.
The new vehicle is called Grenadier MRLV (for Multi-Role Light Vehicle). It is closely based on Ineos's staple 4x4 - already renowned for durability in extreme con

Ineos pitches specially modified 4x4s as MoD prepares to retire its DefendersIneos Automotive has joined forces with two British military vehicle specialists to propose a Grenadier-based light military vehicle that has been designed to replace the army's traditional Land Rover, which is being phased out after nearly 70 years' service.
The new vehicle is called Grenadier MRLV (for Multi-Role Light Vehicle). It is closely based on Ineos's staple 4x4 - already renowned for durability in extreme con