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The $1,000 Check That Named a $2.4 Million Supercar
In 1999, New York car collector Benny Caiola bought the first Pagani sports car. After delivery, he sent a letter to founder Horacio Pagani thanking the engineers. He enclosed a $1,000 check.
By Jin5 days ago in Wheel
Qianli Put a 10 TOPS Brain Inside a Radar. Here’s What Changes.
On October 23, Qianli Technology released an AI millimeter-wave radar. In public information, this is the first solution to integrate a 10 TOPS NPU inside a radar. The radar itself performs target detection and classification. It supports three operating modes: edge-side, satellite, and compatible.
By Jin10 days ago in Wheel
Audi’s 1,001-HP Nuvolari Is a 499-Car Farewell to the V8
In the first half of 2027, Audi will build 499 left-hand-drive Nuvolari supercars. The car is named for Tazio Nuvolari, the racing driver who won Grands Prix in Auto Union Silver Arrows in the 1930s. It uses a 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 related to Lamborghini’s engine, three electric motors, and a plug-in hybrid system. Combined output is 1,001 hp. Audi puts it above the R8. The car carries several F1-derived systems. Here is what each part does.
By Jin10 days ago in Wheel
Alef Flew Over Tesla. That Does Not Settle the Flying Car Race.
In October 2026, Alef Aeronautics posted a video. Its Model A flew over the Tesla Roadster that had just completed a flight demonstration. CEO Jim Dukhovny added a line: “Welcome Tesla to the flying car race. We have led alone in this position for 11 years.”
By Jin18 days ago in Wheel
Tesla’s Flying Car Got Applause. Its Shareholders Got a $93 Billion Bill.
At the SpaceX test site in Texas, the white Roadster drove up a curved ramp with the body inverted. The tires clung to the wall, the roof pointed toward the ground, and then the car went airborne, rolled, cleared five Teslas parked on the ground, and came back down under thruster control. The applause in the livestream was loud. Musk stood nearby and said something, but the cheering covered it.
By Jin18 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 Jin19 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 Jin22 days ago in Wheel
BYD’s September Sales Hit 463,600. The Overseas Story Is Bigger.
On October 1, BYD reported September sales of 463,600 vehicles. Passenger vehicles accounted for 456,700. Overseas passenger vehicles and pickups hit 179,900, up 153.9% from a year earlier.
By Jinabout a month ago in Wheel
NIO Just Connected the Silk Road With 33 Battery Swap Stations
On September 26, a new route appeared in the NIO app. Open the map. From Xi’an westward, through the Hexi Corridor, past Dunhuang, and into Xinjiang, 33 battery swap station icons form a line. NIO says its Silk Road battery swap route is fully connected. It runs 3,605 kilometers and uses 33 battery swap stations.
By Jinabout a month ago in Wheel
Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Promise Is 280 Characters. China’s Is 600,000 Kilometers.
One Post, One Tunnel, One Railway On September 20, 2026, Musk replied on X to an AI-generated science-fiction video. The video showed humanity building a colony on an alien world. Musk quote-posted it with one line: “This is the future we are going to build.”
By Jinabout a month ago in Wheel
107 Graduates, One Factory, and the Complaint That Went Global
The Xingyu case shows how a domestic labor dispute can travel through global supply chains In August 2026, 107 recent graduates at Changzhou Xingyu Automotive Lighting Systems faced a two-option room. They had joined the company in July. One month later, managers asked them to choose between resigning “for personal reasons” with half a month’s pay or moving to the production line at intern wages for three months.
By Jin2 months ago in Wheel
The Great Battery Breakup: Why China’s Automakers Are Turning Against CATL
De-CATLization: A Systemic Restructuring of Power in the Power Battery Industry I. Two Sets of Numbers, One Imbalanced Industry
By Jin2 months ago in Wheel