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By Phil Royle – July 23, 2026   On this week’s podcast, it’s been a roller coaster of a year for Lucid, and 2026 is bar…

By Phil Royle – July 16, 2026 With a bright Crayola partnership everyone will see coming, it’s a wrap for Slate. But it…

By Phil Royle – July 9, 2026 Is Lucid’s latest purchase and finance deals the first real sign that it's teetering o…

By Phil Royle – July 2, 2026  Turns out, a vehicle needn’t be made in China for the U.S. to chuck it from these shores…

By Phil Royle — June 25, 2026 From a ho-hum car to more fake ICE sounds to robot overlords, Hyundai’s in the news! I…

By Phil Royle — June 18, 2026 Rivian is in the news! From R2 production to R3 expectations, radio features, CalTrans…

By Phil Royle — June 11, 2026 The Rivian R2 is in the hands of journalists, and the reviews are in. On this week’s p…

By Phil Royle — June 4, 2026 Does electric propulsion mean a vehicle is in some way less enjoyable to drive? A recen…

By Phil Royle — May 28, 2026 Ferrari unveils its first fully electric vehicle, and the reviews are mixed. From its J…

By Phil Royle — May 21, 2026 The Mercedes-AMG GT EV is unveiled, with some interesting styling choices. Does this ca…

By Phil Royle — May 14, 2026 Call it morbid curiosity, but we couldn’t help but revisit the topic of the Cadillac Ly…

By Phil Royle — May 7, 2026 Between Jaecoo, BYD, Yangwang, and Geely, Chinese automakers are most definitely coming.…

By The Watt Car Staff — April 30, 2026 BYD reveals a wild one with its Denza Z. Is this 1,000hp roadster everything …