It’s Official: Boring Cities Are Bad for Your Health
A significant proportion of people today live in towns and cities that grew up around trade, industry, and cars. Think of the docks of Liverpool, the...
How Google Maps Makes It Harder for Palestinians to Navigate the West Bank
Buttu, who regularly travels to the city of Ramallah in the West Bank from her home in Haifa, Israel, for work and to visit friends, says...
The Electric Explorer’s Nightmare Launch Shows Everything Ford Gets Right and Wrong About EVs
I asked Amko Leenart, director of design for Ford Europe, about why Ford used VW’s woeful controls in both the Explorer and the Capri, and he...
Hackers Can Jailbreak Digital License Plates to Make Others Pay Their Tolls and Tickets
If that tool were to leak or be sold online—Rodriguez himself says he doesn’t plan to publish his—he says anyone could use it to jailbreak their...
The UK Now Has Its Own Illegal Rubberized Cybertruck on the Road
“The Cybertruck’s weight, stiff structure, and sharp design have raised valid concerns,” she tells WIRED. “Any loophole allowing these vehicles onto [UK] streets needs to be...
Wayve’s AI Self-Driving System Is Here to Drive Like a Human and Take On Waymo and Tesla
As I arrive, he’s laying out an impressive lunch spread of salads and carved ham and huge blocks of good cheese. There are already 385 mouths...
Jaguar’s Controversial EV Relaunch Has Leaked Online
In advance of the reveal, Jaguar has made much of the company’s ambition for its cars to be “a copy of nothing”, and a great deal...
Phone Maker Xiaomi Made the Car That Apple Couldn’t
You more than likely know Xiaomi, so-called Apple of China, as a maker of smartphones that offer a decent alternative to Samsung. You might also know...
Cybertruck’s Many Recalls Make It Worse Than 91 Percent of All 2024 Vehicles
And on this metric, the Cybertruck might be wanting. “Cars with ongoing recalls well after launch suggest a much higher lifetime recall total,” says Brauer. He...
The World’s Biggest EV Maker Has the Industry’s Worst Human Rights Appraisal
“[BYD’s] disclosures show a serious lack of transparency on human rights diligence in its battery supply chains,” said Amnesty’s Callamard. “Other low-scoring firms, such as Hyundai...