Future Cars Worth Waiting For: 2026–2030
Our sneak peek at the most promising cars, trucks, and SUVs of the next few years.
Our sneak peek at the most promising cars, trucks, and SUVs of the next few years.
Powered trailer concepts aren’t new, but they typically focus on solving a single problem, whether that’s reducing fuel costs or powering a reefer unit or utility. The new PowerSled concept is a bit different, promising construction crews the ability to do both.
Octopus Energy and CATL are bringing a battery-swapping model already used at scale in China to Europe’s growing electric truck market.
A commercial sodium-ion battery from Chinese manufacturer Hina matches Tesla’s lithium-ion cells on manufacturing quality and internal design, according to an independent teardown published in the Cell Press journal Cell Reports Physical Science.
Researchers at Germany’s RWTH Aachen University measured cell-to-cell resistance varying by just 5.3% across 120 cells — a sign of tightly controlled mass production rivaling the best lithium cells on the market.
Xiaomi returned to the Nürburgring to set another lap record, but this time it did it with nobody in the car at all, setting down the first official autonomous time at the world-famous racetrack.
Long-duration energy storage startup Ore Energy has landed what it says is the largest iron-air battery deal in continental Europe so far.
After a tough 2025 race where it won its class but only came in 2nd place overall, Ford brought its Super Mustang Mach-E back for revenge and managed to beat every gas car up the hill at the world’s toughest road race event.
Zijin Mining couldn’t find an ultra-class electric haul truck that could get the job done at its Wulagen mine in Wuqia County, Xinjiang, so they designed their own: a 140-ton BEV haul truck with a huge, 770 kWh swappable battery pack.
Then they built 290 of them. (!)
We will help you decide which CX-90 SUV provides the most value for your money.
This four-wheel-drive wagon has really gone the distance.
Tesla wants to sell modular AI data center hardware, according to a new trademark application for a product called “Megapod.”
The filing describes a complete, self-contained computing system for AI workloads — and it lands less than a year after Tesla killed Dojo, its only in-house AI training computer.
Made from more affordable and more abundant materials than li-ion, sodium batteries promise more abundant and more affordable electric vehicles – but will sodium batteries be practical for commercial trucks? Chinese truck brand FAW Jiefang is working to find out.
Like the comedy trio's best-known work, Jorma Taccone's new van is short and hilarious.
Royal Enfield’s long-awaited entry into the electric motorcycle market has officially begun. The company’s dedicated EV sub-brand, Flying Flea, has started customer deliveries of its first electric motorcycle, the FF.C6, with initial handovers taking place in Bengaluru, India.
A driver told Harris County investigators that his Tesla was on Autopilot before it left a residential road in Katy, Texas, crashed through the brick wall of a home, and killed a 76-year-old woman inside.
The crash happened around 8 p.m. Friday in the 21300 block of Rose Hollow Lane, according to the Harris County Precinct 5 Constable’s Office and the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.
No all-wheel-drive grip. No electric assist. No prepped-surface trickery. Just a jaw-dropping 8.54 second quarter-mile time at 190 mph.
We ask the Genesis Magma Racing team how it managed to put together a full race team in only 18 months.
In the late '70s, even American Motors fell under the spell of the Pontiac Trans Am.
See the interior and exterior of the 1997 Infiniti Q45t, Lexus LS400, BMW 540i and Mercedes-Benz E420 from every angle.
A new answer to the age-old question: Can anyone top the Germans? The Infiniti Q45t and Lexus LS400 take on the BMW 540i and Mercedes-Benz E420.