The UK installed a record number of public electric car chargers in 2024, although the rate of growth slowed as installers contended with delays to government funding. Numbers rose by more than a third to reach 73,421 by 20 December, according to Zapmap, whose data the government uses. The increase of 19,600 was nearly equivalent … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Electric vehicles myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Electric vehicles are expected to outsell cars with internal combustion engines in China for the first time next year, in a historic inflection point that puts the world’s biggest car market years ahead of western … Read more
The Wankel rotary is famous for pretty much one thing – being the beating heart in one form or another of Mazda’s RX cars. While Mazda has been the biggest champion of the quirky rotary format over the years, deploying it in its sports cars and a few other things now and then, it wasn’t … Read more
As we ready ourselves to spend the next couple of weeks in food- and drink-induced stupors, it’s time for the inevitable 2024 retrospectives to begin. And where better to kick off with the very best cars we’ve driven this year? It’s been a turbulent year for the industry, but cutting through the noise has been … Read more
BBC Mechanical engineer Hazar Denli says he was sacked after raising safety concerns The BBC has seen evidence the multinational corporation that owns Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) arranged for a whistleblower to be sacked for raising concerns about the safety of electric cars it designed. Confidential emails between executives at Tata Group reveal they retaliated … Read more
We tested dozens of new or redesigned vehicles to arrive at our five finalists for The Car Connection Best Car To Buy 2025 award. The hardest part of whittling down the dozens of candidates was deciding which new cars didn’t make the cut. All of the models listed here are improved from their predecessors, but … Read more
There’s few who can contend with Michael van Gerwen when it comes to placing darts, and it turns out the same can be said for bathroom tiles. The Dutchman has become one of dart’s undisputed all-time greats during a career at the top of the game, winning three PDC World Championship titles. 4 Van Gerwen … Read more
Joe Smith’s NBA career did not pan out as it was supposed to after he was drafted with the No.1 pick. The power forward’s college performances saw him drafted by the Golden State Warriors ahead of All-Stars Kevin Garnett, Antonio McDyess, Rasheed Wallace, and Jerry Stackhouse. 3 Smith spent three seasons with the Milwaukee Bucks, averaging 10 … Read more
I’m aiming the new BMW Z4 roadster toward the snow-stubbled peaks of California’s Santa Rosa and San Jacinto range with the top down, gunning its frisky, 2.0-liter turbo four. Cigar-smoke clouds gather above the piñon trees, then exhale a sudden shower onto Highway 74— and into the BMW’s red-leather interior—as I ride this Tilt-a-Whirl of … Read more
During a shakedown of the unassumingly brilliant Cadillac CT6, one thought kept popping into my head: The CT6 is America’s best luxury car. Elegant, solid and quiet as a tomb, yet also lightweight, agile and a 24-7 delight. Then I remembered the Tesla Model S. So let’s call the Cadillac Detroit’s best luxury car More … Read more