These Are The Most Fuel-Efficient Cars, Trucks And SUVs According To Consumer Reports [UPDATE]

These Are The Most Fuel-Efficient Cars, Trucks And SUVs According To Consumer Reports [UPDATE]

Photo: Hyundai When you’re shopping for a new car, price and practicality are important, but so is fuel economy. The Environmental Protection Agency provides fuel economy ratings for almost every vehicle currently on sale, but how does that translate to real life? Our friends over at Consumer Reports independently test new cars to see what … Read more

What Is the Cheapest Tesla: Models You Can Buy for $40K, $70K and $80K

What Is the Cheapest Tesla: Models You Can Buy for K, K and K

Tesla cars have the coolest customizable features, autonomous capabilities, and fast acceleration to top speeds. However, given the dynamic rules around EVs and emerging rival competition, Tesla cars and feature stacks often undergo price adjustments and changes. The pricing difference between the models can vary widely though. Besides the host of environmental benefits, buying an … Read more

Tesla settles lawsuit on eve of trial in deadly automated-driving crash

Tesla settles lawsuit on eve of trial in deadly automated-driving crash

Tesla has settled a lawsuit over a 2018 car crash that killed an Apple engineer after his Model X, operating on Autopilot, swerved off a highway near San Francisco, court documents showed on Monday. The settlement was made on the eve of the trial over the high-profile accident involving Tesla’s driver-assistant technology. Tesla faces a … Read more

US Billionaire Who Drowned in Tesla Was Intoxicated, Almost 3x Over Legal Limit

US Billionaire Who Drowned in Tesla Was Intoxicated, Almost 3x Over Legal Limit

A recently released Texas authorities report sheds light on the death of Foremost Group CEO Angela Chao, who drowned after her Tesla went into a pond on a ranch co-owned by her and her husband, venture capitalist Jim Breyer. According to a police report released Wednesday, Chao was intoxicated when her Tesla X SUV plunged … Read more

Weekend News Roundup March 16, 2024

Weekend News Roundup March 16, 2024

Angela Chao — billionaire sister of former Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao and sister-in-law of Mitch McConnell — died last month when her Tesla Model X sank in a manmade pond on her 900-acre Texas ranch. She was trapped in the car as it flooded, unable to open the unpowered doors, as friends and rescue … Read more

Tesla’s Gear-Shifting Problems Known Before Angela Chao’s Death

Tesla’s Gear-Shifting Problems Known Before Angela Chao’s Death

Billionaire and sister to former Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao, Angela Chao, drowned in her Tesla Model X after accidentally reversing into a pond on a 900-acre Texas ranch last month. She’d reversed her Tesla Model X when she meant to drive forward during a K turn — a common problem with the vehicle among owners. … Read more

US Billionaire Drowns in Tesla After Rescuers Struggle With Car’s Strengthened Glass

US Billionaire Who Drowned in Tesla Was Intoxicated, Almost 3x Over Legal Limit

Angela Chao, the billionaire sister-in-law of Sen. Mitch McConnell, tragically drowned in a pond at her Texas ranch. It is speculated that she may have accidentally put her Tesla in reverse while attempting a three-point turn. Since then, disturbing details have surfaced, recounting the frantic rescue efforts aimed at saving the 50-year-old CEO of shipping … Read more

EVs Eating Tires, Mega Cruise Ship Pollution, MrBeast In This Weekend’s News Roundup

EVs Eating Tires, Mega Cruise Ship Pollution, MrBeast In This Weekend’s News Roundup

Image: Barrett-Jackson Sammy Hagar has an extensive car collection. From a Jaguar XKE to multiple Ferraris, it’s safe to say that Hagar is a car enthusiast. One of the hardest things an enthusiast can do, though, is part ways with one of their cars. Recently, Hagar announced that he was selling one of his prized … Read more

Tesla Model X vs Lucid Gravity: electric SUV battle

Tesla Model X vs Lucid Gravity: electric SUV battle

Lucid Group. Finally, new electric SUV options are on the way. Some of them, like the Kia EV9, are relatively inexpensive. Some, however, are luxury options — like the Lucid Gravity. It joins the Lucid Air in Lucid’s growing lineup as a top-tier, premium electric SUV that could be the car to beat. But it … Read more