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If you want an electric pickup, the pickings are pretty slim. Ford offers the F-150 Lightning, and Rivian produces the R1T. General Motors, meanwhile, has two EV pickups on the market (or three if you count the barely usable Hummer): The Chevrolet Silverado EV and the GMC Sierra EV.

We knew it was coming: An electric BMW M3. In February, we got our first glimpse of the EV performance car's battery and motors in action on an icy lake bed. Now, a new video shows a prototype of the electric M3 taking its talents to the Nürburgring. And doing…

A Toyota Tacoma pickup truck cost this woman just $500. It’s either the best or worst project the TikToker has ever undertaken, according to her. Luckily, this Tacoma is from a golden era for all-terrain vehicles.TikToker and YouTuber Chloe Kuo (@chloekuotaco) posted the video on May 28. It’s since gone…

Believe it or not, Frank Stephenson, the famed car designer, is still gushing about the Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale. The Italian automaker revealed the car nearly two years ago, pledging to build just 33 examples. It's a faithful tribute to the 33 Stradale of the late 1960s, considering the quagmire…

Update: This story has been updated with more information regarding Nissan's EV concept in China.

This woman’s luxury car couldn’t even handle a bit of rain. Now she’s wondering if it’s a sign to get rid of it entirely. There are a few places where you expect to get wet: The shower, the beach, and even at the water park. But inside your own car—which…

Kia makes some excellent cars, but it's also had its fair share of quality issues, as Kelley Blue Book reports. To add another jab, the South Korean auto giant recently went viral for all the wrong reasons. In a TikTok video with more than 1.2 million views, West Virginia mom and…

A Houston motorist says he spent $52 at the pump before realizing something was seriously wrong with the fuel. What came out wasn’t gas, and it could cause major damage.In a TikTok video viewed more than 1.4 million times, creator Kam Jackson (@kamiibltzjackson) shows us what happened recently when he…

A couple of years ago, a Brembo engineer told me something that stuck: If you buy a car with carbon-ceramic brakes, you’ll likely never need to replace the rotors. I’d heard the benefits of carbon-ceramic brakes talked up before, but this particularly bold claim seemed wild, an answer to the ultimate…

For years, the difference between road car and race car was a bit more nebulous than it is now. Especially at places like Le Mans, it wasn’t until the 1960s that the paths for road cars and top-flight prototypes started to diverge. Now, the stuff you see at the pointy…

It’s been a little over four years since Volkswagen announced SSP, its all-encompassing electric vehicle architecture. The Scalable Systems Platform was originally expected to be ready by now, but it has been delayed until later this decade. Multiple reports from German media attributed the setback to VW’s software division, Cariad.…