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While many electric cars offer advanced driver assistance tech these days, most of those boil down to a few different technologies working together — like lane-keeping and adaptive cruise control. Generally, they work quite well. Together, they can essentially allow a car to drive itself on the highway under the right conditions. But companies are also working on the next generation of self-driving cars, and there’s been no company more public about this than Tesla, which offers its Full Self-Driving tech. But while…

As we head into a world of electric cars, charging is the biggest concern for many first-time buyers. It makes sense. While the hype for electric cars themselves is arguably justified, the biggest drawback is the fact that you have to charge them, and right now, that can be a bit of a hassle. That’s not only because of the fact that you have to wait to charge — but also because of the fact that there are different types of electric car chargers, and you may not be able to charge an electric car with all of those…

Mercedes-Benz is one of the oldest automakers in existence, but it’s been among the quickest to launch a lineup of electric cars. It may not have the freshness of a startup, but what it does have are actual cars to sell to customers. The 2023 Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV is the middle child of Mercedes’ electric SUV lineup, slotting between the entry-level EQB and the flagship EQS SUV, and targeting electric luxury SUVs like the Audi E-Tron, BMW iX, and Cadillac Lyriq. Like the EQS, the EQE SUV is based on an existing…

Companies promoting drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro for diabetes management and weight loss are steadily expanding their marketing strategies, striving to capitalize on the interest around the drugs without seeming to advocate misuse. Ads promoting the drugs, known as GLP-1s—which stands for glucagon-like peptide 1—have become increasingly unavoidable in venues including podcasts, streaming TV and mass-transit hubs. The drugmakers, telehealth providers and clinics behind the ads say they are trying to educate…

Tesla has issued a recall for its all-electric Semi truck just three months after it launched. According to a notice published online by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the voluntary recall involves an “electronic parking brake valve module may fail to move into the park position when the parking brake is activated.” It added that “if the parking brakes are not engaged when the driver expects them to be and the driver releases the service brakes, the vehicle may unintentionally…

While some automakers are just beginning to get into electric cars, Hyundai’s EVs have already taken several evolutionary steps. From the Ioniq Electric to the Kona Electric to the Ioniq 5, the South Korean brand’s EVs have steadily become more sophisticated in tech and design. And Hyundai isn’t stopping. The 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 is a follow-up to the Ioniq 5, wrapping the earlier model’s hardware in very different styling. With the Ioniq 5 and most other EVs from mainstream brands are marketed as crossover SUVs,…

The late E. Hunter Harrison, who ran four of North America’s major railroads, is credited with transforming the railroad industry by spreading a philosophy of aggressive cost-cutting.But criticism of that philosophy, known as precision-scheduled railroading, or PSR, has grown since the February derailment of a Norfolk Southern Corp. NSC 1.51% train that released hazardous chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio. Members of…

As the ride-share company has struggled with competition from Uber UBER 1.64% Technologies Inc., some people within the company had been questioning the leadership of its co-founders—Chief Executive Logan Green and President John Zimmer —for months. Some investors and stock analysts also had urged change. On Monday, Lyft said the founders would be stepping down from day-to-day management. The company tapped as…

A year ago, I bought a new Jeep Wrangler. A plug-in hybrid model! And I wasn’t shy about my reasoning for buying the PHEV version of the Wrangler: I chose this powertrain over the gas-only versions purely because it qualified for the federal government’s $7,500 EV tax credit. Turns out, that was a pretty big motivator for a lot of Americans. The Jeep Wrangler 4xe was the best-selling plug-in hybrid (PHEV) in the U.S. in 2022, beating out a wide range of more affordable and practical cars. The 4xe accounted for nearly…

A Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, in early February. Photo: Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press…