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Electric cars; the cleaner, more environmentally friendly alternative to your gas guzzler.

Tesla Built a Flying Car. The Road Still Says No.
October 15, 2026, McGregor, Texas. At a SpaceX rocket test site, a silver-gray Roadster shot up a giant curved ramp. Underbody fans pinned it to the vertical steel. The car drove upside down for dozens of meters, left the ramp, completed a barrel roll in midair, and landed on four wheels. From hundreds of meters away, the audience saw a driverless sports car move through fog and red laser light in a way that looked edited.
By Jin11 days ago in Wheel
I Use My Car’s Autohold Button Like a Handbrake. It’s Faster Than the Real One.
Red light. Ninety seconds. Foot off the brake. Green Hold on the dashboard. Shift to N. Phone screen lights up, then goes dark. Horn from behind. Shift to D. Tap the gas. Hold goes off. Car moves.
By Jin12 days ago in Wheel
AITO Is Going to Europe in 2027. Can the M9 Take On the GLS and X7?
At the 2026 Paris Motor Show, AITO 5 through AITO 9 lined up. Seres Vice President Kang Bo gave the timetable: enter the European market in autumn 2027. WVTA EU Whole Vehicle Type Approval has started. Product development targets Euro NCAP 2026 five-star. AITO wants overseas sales to reach 20% of total sales within three years. Today that share is less than 1%.
By Jin14 days ago in Wheel
JAC Motors Rallied 9% on a Two-Page Report. The Real Test Is Still Coming.
On October 13, JAC Motors opened lower. After 9:45 a.m., the stock shot up in a straight line, touching an intraday high of RMB 24.20, up 8.84%. It closed with gains narrowed to 4.72% at RMB 23.09. Full-day turnover was RMB 6.44 billion, turnover rate 12.47%, amplitude 12.24%. Main funds recorded a net outflow of RMB 118 million. Large orders recorded a net outflow of RMB 123 million. Small orders recorded a net inflow of RMB 72.44 million. The trigger was Maextro’s “Statement on Brake Pedal Testing for Maextro V800,” released that day.
By Jin14 days ago in Wheel
Your New EV Has No Spare Tire. Here’s How to Decide Before Your Road Trip
Last year in Lenghu, Qinghai, I saw a new energy vehicle parked on the roadside. Its right rear tire was flat. A gash ran down the sidewall, as if someone had cut it with a knife. The owner stood in the wind making phone calls. The signal kept cutting out. In his trunk was a bottle of tire sealant. It was empty. White goo was smeared on the wheel. He said he had called roadside assistance. They told him the nearest vehicle was three hundred kilometers away. It would take at least four hours.
By Jin16 days ago in Wheel
China just put a hard brake on quick-ripened cars
On October 10, 2026, four Chinese agencies released a draft policy that changes how cars get approved in the world’s largest auto market. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, and the State Administration for Market Regulation jointly issued the document. Its formal title: “Notice on Further Strengthening the Management of Automotive Product Innovation Design and R&D Testing and Verification (Draft for Comment).” It sets hard floors on testing time and mileage. Faster tools, shorter decision chains, and aggressive launch schedules cannot compress them.
By Jin17 days ago in Wheel
The Brake Pedal That Broke at 1,612 Newtons
I. 1,612 Newtons On October 8, 2026, Dongchedi released a test video. Three Zunjie V800s performed emergency braking from 100 km/h to 0 on a closed course. The first car's pedal bracket broke on the third braking event. The second broke on the fourth. A third car, bought to verify the problem, broke on its second full-force brake application. The pedal force sensor recorded 1,612 N at the moment of fracture in the third car.
By Jin17 days ago in Wheel
I Drove a Range-Extender for Two Years. I Don’t Miss Gas Cars.
Credentials first. I’m not an EV shill, and I’m not a gas-car hater. My last car was a 2009 Lavida. When its LCD dash still lit, the odometer passed 240,000 km. When I traded it in, it showed 270,000+. It took me from new driver to old driver. It also took me through gas prices going from 6 to 8 yuan, then from 8 to “fill the tank and feel your heart bleed.” Early on it did 7 to 7.5 L/100 km. Later it did 8 to 9. Its used value was maybe a few thousand yuan.
By Jin18 days ago in Wheel
Porsche Is Cutting 9,000 Jobs and Betting on Gas Again
Porsche’s Spartan Turn: Fewer Cars, Higher Prices, More Gas On October 7, 2026, Porsche stood in Weissach and announced a mid-term plan called “Sportwagenschmiede ’35.” The German phrase means “sports car forge.” The name tells you where the company wants to go: back to the thing it was before.
By Jin18 days ago in Wheel
Gasoline Just Lost the Majority. The Repair Shop Already Knew.
In the first half of 2026, for every 100 new cars sold worldwide, 49 were pure gasoline vehicles. In 2021, that number was 73. Mobility Global reports that pure gasoline vehicle sales fell 10% year-on-year to 20.25 million units. The overall auto market contracted by about 5%. Gasoline cars declined at twice the rate of the broader market.
By Jin20 days ago in Wheel
China’s Global Auto Share Fell to 32%. Here’s What the Number Says.
I. The 32% figure needs to be broken down In January-August 2026, China’s global auto share was 32.0%. In the same period of 2025, it was 35.4%. The 3.4-percentage-point decline was the first drop of this size since 2020.
By Jin23 days ago in Wheel
The 4 A.M. Charge
The service area lights were orange and tired. I parked behind a white SUV with its hazard lights blinking. A man in a blue jacket stood next to a silver sedan, holding a charging cable like a leash. His car showed 1 percent. Two teenagers pushed from behind. The car rolled forward one slow meter at a time. The charging station was fifty meters away. The queue of EVs stretched past the gas station and around the restroom building. A woman in a red coat leaned against her car and ate sunflower seeds. She had been waiting three hours. She said it without anger, the way you say the weather.
By Jin23 days ago in Wheel