Lamborghini's new hybrid supercar includes a three-level drift mode and three axial flux motors The supercar pulls out the stops with a screaming 10,000 revolutions per minute at the redline. With a top speed of 213 miles per hour and a 10,000 rpm redline, the Lamborghini Temerario is a wild machine. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Lamborghini's legacy gas-only machines have been unapologetically loud, brash, and in your face with sonorous symphonies conducted by fuel-guzzling V12 and V10 engines. Today, the brand is in its electrification age, with three plug-in hybrids: the Urus SE SUV, the top-tier Revuelto, and the newest Raging Bull, the Temerario.

The US government is ending a program that allowed EVs and hybrids to display a "Clean Air Vehicle" sticker and use the HOV lane on freeways, even if the driver was alone in the car. A rough year for electric vehicle adoption just got a little rougher for owners in some parts of the US. Starting next month, EVs will no longer be able to ride in the fast lane in California, after the US federal government and Congress failed to reauthorize a popular program that has given hybrid and electric vehicles access to state carpool lanes--and worked to promote the sale of electrics for more than 25 years. Under the program, California drivers with qualifying electric, plug-in hybrid, or hydrogen fuel cell vehicles could purchase $27 stickers that gave them access to several highway carpool lanes, plus discounts on a number of toll roads and bridges--even if a driver was alone in their car. Over 1 million decals have been issued to California drivers since the program's start in 1999, and hundreds of thousands of vehicles have decals today.

Crossword answers revealed MIT Technology Review You need to enable JavaScript to view this site. May/June 2024: "Not that MIT" hide But nobody knows exactly why.Will Douglas Heaven * The problem with plug-in hybrids? Large language models can do jaw-dropping things. But nobody knows exactly why. Figuring it out is one of the biggest scientific puzzles of our time and a crucial step towards controlling more powerful future models.

Plug-in hybrids are supposed to be the best of both worlds--the convenience of a gas-powered car with the climate benefits of a battery electric vehicle. But new data suggests that some official figures severely underestimate the emissions they produce. According to new real-world driving data from Europe, plug-in hybrids produce roughly 3.5 times the emissions official estimates suggest. The difference is largely linked to driver habits: people tend to charge plug-in hybrids and drive them in electric mode less than expected. It's important to close the gap between expectations and reality not only for individuals' sake, but also to ensure that policies aimed at cutting emissions have the intended effects.

From Audi to Volvo, which is a European nameplate under Chinese ownership, the Old Continent carmakers are shaking their CEOs to make a decision. Engineers in their R&D departments are burning the midnight oil to create new cars, and they are doing that while they have already achieved Level 3 autonomous driving systems. Of course, for now, we only saw their pricier brands going the EV route. Yet, some of their cars might land on American shores with lower prices.BMWi BMW didn't want to affect its existing customers and launched a new sub-brand named BMW i, which focused exclusively on hybrid and electric vehicles. After the i8 and i3, it continued with the newer generations.

Lyft is planning a significant expansion of its autonomous car testing program. The company is opening a new testing facility, adding vehicles to its fleet, and racking up more test miles. Like rival Uber, Lyft believes self-driving cars are the future of ridesharing. Lyft's self-driving cars are now driving four times as many miles per quarter in autonomous mode as they were six months ago, Luc Vincent, Lyft's executive vice president of autonomous driving, wrote in a blog post. The company currently gives rides in test vehicles to employees, and the number of routes where these rides are available has tripled in the past year, Vincent wrote.

The Geneva International Motor Show, which gets under way in Switzerland this week, is one of the biggest events on the global auto industry calendar. At a time when many traditional motor shows seem to be in decline, with manufacturers increasingly wary of spending cash on big set-piece events, Geneva still looks healthy. Unlike the other major European events, in Frankfurt and Paris, it isn't dominated by one nation's manufacturers. Held on neutral ground, it also attracts many smaller businesses, such as tuning houses and niche sportscar makers. There's a much greater emphasis on speed and style than you might see elsewhere, and as befits a show that once welcomed concepts for nuclear-powered vehicles, there's a strong focus on innovation.

If you're the guy in charge of leading Daimler--you know, the world's largest luxury carmaker, one of Europe's most important tech companies, and the inventor of the automobile--into a threatening future, it can't hurt to have a name that sounds made for a superhero. Good thing it's a guy named Wilko Stark helming CASE (that's connectivity, autonomous, shared and services, and electric mobility), which Daimler launched in 2016 to address the most promising and troubling trends under one roof. Between electrification, autonomy, car sharing, and ride hailing, the car industry is undergoing a monumental, unprecedented shift. So we sat down with Stark to hear about his plans for bringing Daimler into this future--no cape necessary. This interview has been lightly edited and condensed.

If you don't know yet, we can answer that for you, as well as provide some impressions of Google's latest smart speaker and a new hybrid from Honda. Does the company provide rides or just information?EU decides to treat Uber like a taxi company Europe's highest court has ruled that Uber is a transportation company and not some kind of middleman between passengers and drivers, like it has often claimed. The much-anticipated decision opens the door for member nations to impose stricter regulations on the company, especially where it operates the UberPOP service with non-professional drivers. No other smart speaker sounds this good.Google Home Max review: an assistant for music lovers The Google Home Max is expensive, but you get a lot for your money. If you want great audio and don't want to mess around with more complicated speaker setups, the Home Max is a solid option -- with all those Google Assistant smarts.

Japanese carmaker Honda spelled out for the first time its plans to develop autonomous cars which can drive on city streets by 2025, building on its strategy to take on rivals in the auto market of the future. Unveiling its mid-term Vision 2030 strategy plan, Honda said it would boost coordination between R&D, procurement and manufacturing to tame development costs as it acknowledged it must look beyond conventional vehicles to survive in an industry which is moving rapidly into electric and self-driving cars. The firm has already revealed plans to market a vehicle which can drive itself on highways by 2020, and the new target for city-capable self-driving cars puts its progress slightly behind rivals like BMW. At this time, the Japanese carmaker also said it will these vehicles will be equip with'level 4' standard automated driving functions. This means the cars can drive themselves on highways and city roads under most situations.