Automotive
EV Price War Cools as Battery Chemistry Costs Drop
Two years of discounting reshaped the electric car market. Now prices are steadying — and the real savings have moved into the running costs.
Stories by Marcus Webb
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Automotive
Hydrogen Heavy Trucks: First Cross-Corridor Route Opens
Battery electrics won the car. Freight is still contested — and the first serious hydrogen trucking corridor has just opened for business.
Automotive
The Classic Car Market Grew Up. Prices Followed.
Inspection reports, escrow and global auctions turned old cars into an asset class. What collectors wish they'd known before the market professionalised.
Automotive
The Manual Gearbox Is Back — Inside Electric Cars
Simulated shifts, clutch pedals and all: why some EV makers are engineering the feel of a gearbox back into cars that have no mechanical reason for one.
Automotive
Chinese Automakers Reshape the European Market — Slowly
Tariff walls, local factories and a price-value pitch that refuses to go away. The state of the most consequential competition in the car industry.
Automotive
What ADAS Ratings Actually Measure (and What They Miss)
Driver-assistance tech is now standard on most new cars — and wildly inconsistent. A field guide to the ratings, the acronyms and the features worth paying for.