Faraday Future Continues To Produce More Drama Than Actual Cars
A group of Faraday Future employees seek management change, Toyota will build EV batteries in America, Lucid Motors looks to raise more funding. All this a...
I Just Got A $3,200 Check From The State of Michigan For Hoarding Cars. Now It’s Time To ‘Reinvest’
The state of Michigan is paying drivers $400 per vehicle in an attempt to shrink an insurance fund that has ballooned out of control after residents paid i...
The Best Way To Drive Over A Speed Bump According To A Suspension Engineer (Me)
If you’ve spent any time driving a car these days you will no doubt have encountered them, probably cursed them, and maybe even damaged your car on them. I...
This Remarkably Complex Lego 5-Speed Transmission Video Is A Great Way To Learn Transmission Basics
I know generally people don't like the idea of "gateway drugs" for children, but if instead of a high the result was visceral engineering knowledge and if ...
Mazda 3 Or Chevy Prizm: The Hunt For A Cheap, Reliable Daily Driver In An Expensive Used-Car Market
Welcome back to another week of Shitbox Showdown! We're doing a bit of a theme week this week in an attempt to answer the question: In this age of insane u...
Cold Start: Meet Chevy’s First Quad Rectangular Headlight Car, The Monza 2+2
I know I mentions headlights in the, well, headline, and here I am showing the rear, but I just loved this old brochure-painting too much, with what's-her-...
You Wanted a Modern American EV Wagon So Here Is My Final Design: A Car Designer Sketches Your Ideas
After a reader asked me to sketch a modern, electric interpretation of a classic American wagon in our last “A Car Designer Sketches Your Ideas” installmen...
The Autopian Is Two Weeks Old: Let’s Chat
The Autopian has been up and running since March 32nd, or precisely two weeks ago. We'd like to chat with you, the dear readers who have chosen for whateve...
We Can’t Stop Arguing Over A Vietnamese Electric Carmaker’s Battery-Lease Plan
Compared to complex internal combustion engines, electric motors are remarkably simple, with really just one main moving part. Overall, an EV should requir...
Why You Should Replace Your Tires With The Ones It Came With Originally: Ask An Engineer
Hello Autopians. Welcome to another edition of Ask an Engineer. Let’s start off this week with a question from Pieter about why his car was only available ...
Somebody Needs To Explain What 1971 Saab Was Thinking With This Bizarre Wagon Seat Arrangement
One thing I love about old car brochures are diagrammatic pictures showing the flexible interior configurations of their cars, demonstrating how people and...