500-Mile Electric Cars, Tim Walz Is A Car Guy And Mercedes Naming Conventions In This Week's News Roundup

The Arizona-made Lucid Air is perhaps the king of modern electric car luxury. It’s got its own aerodynamic design aesthetic, efficient layout, tons of power, but the new 2025 Grand Touring model is also the king of EPA-rated EV range, supposedly delivering more miles per charge than any other EV on the market. And it might surprise you to learn that Lucid actually under-sold its range ratings, as YouTube tester Kyle Conner recently found out with an all-highway real-world range test. - Bradley Brownell Read More

No matter how badly Amazon treats its workers, we all keep shopping there. There have been accusations that delivery drivers weren’t allowed to go to the bathroom, the company reportedly left airport workers toiling away in 100 degree heat and now it’s apparently banned delivery drivers from their last remaining joy at work: singing along to the radio. - Owen Bellwood Read More

When the Ford Bronco was introduced, with its Sasquatch rock-crawling trim, we all thought the same thing: “Surely, this would be the perfect factory vehicle to steal if I knew I would have to drive over cop cars while escaping a Tim Hortons.” Wait, did you all not also think that? - Amber DaSilva Read More

Minnesota Governor and Vice Presidential-hopeful Tim Walz is a bona fide car guy. His teal 1979 International Harvester Scout II has sort of become an icon of the Harris-Walz campaign, and it reinforces his whole “small-town Midwest dad” vibe. As it turns out, that old truck, what it represents and Walz’s DIY attitude are paying dividends with voters. The Los Angeles Times explains: - Andy Kalmowitz Read More

Parrot heads everywhere were devastated when Jimmy Buffett passed away on September 1 last year, but his home state and the place that inspired his whole vibe is commemorating him in a few very special ways. In what’s likely the best legislation ever signed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Floridians will be able to honor their state’s musical legend Jimmy Buffett with a special Margaritaville license plate design. To further pay respect to his cultural contributions, August 30 was declared Jimmy Buffett Day, and Florida State Road A1A was also renamed the Jimmy Buffett Memorial Highway. Buffett’s contributions to the world are undeniable, but choosing to put the name of his song about alcohol on license plates seems very on-brand for Florida. - Logan Carter Read More

As Pennsylvania police announced double homicide charges against a woman for a fatal March DUI crash, they mentioned she was using some of the driver-assistance functions that can be found in her car, a Ford Mustang Mach-E. State and federal investigators say the woman’s crossover struck a stationary vehicle of a man who had stopped on the left shoulder of I-95 to help out a driver whose car had broken down ahead of him. The collision, which occurred around 3 a.m., killed both men. - Andy Kalmowitz Read More

The Volvo EX90 is a ridiculously comfortable, quiet and luxurious electric vehicle, but what if you aren’t quite ready to go fully electric? Well, that’s where the XC90 comes in. It’s been refreshed with new styling and a new infotainment system, and while those changes aren’t exactly revolutionary, they should make the XC90 more desirable. At least as long as Volvo works out those software bugs we noticed in the EX90. - Collin Woodard Read More

A drunk dumbass tried to flee the scene of a crash after striking two parked cars and two pedestrians on Saturday and ended up significantly worse off for it. Following a u-turn and a high-speed getaway, the driver ran headlong into the back of a parked Jeep and rolled his van. Around a dozen people rushed to the overturned car and pushed to right it before getting the injured driver the medical help he needed. When the car was once again upright, the driver was attended to by first responders. Once they opened the door of the car a bottle of Hennessy cognac fell out, and another bottle of liquor was visible inside the car. - Bradley Brownell Read More

There was chaos in Los Angeles this week as two takeovers happened in the same night, resulting in vehicles set ablaze and broken windows at a nearby dealership. LA’s ABC 7 reports the first of the two takeovers happened around midnight on September 3rd in South Los Angeles. Footage shows this takeover even included a vehicle fire, as crowds surrounding the area watched it burn. - Lawrence Hodge Read More

Oh, happy days: Mercedes-Benz seems to be getting rid of its silly and convoluted electric vehicle naming scheme in favor of unifying both gas-powered and EV variants of its cars under one nameplate. That means the EQS name is going away, and it’ll be replaced with the “S-Class” nomenclature. - Andy Kalmowitz Read More