Raphael Orlove's posts

In 2008, Nissan was gearing up to go all-in on electric cars. The Leaf was still two years away, and it needed to…

Apple’s car project may be forever in limbo, but Foxconn, the company that manufactures the iPhone, has just made…

There are many good reasons to not crash a McLaren. There is the cost, of course, but also the sinking feeling…

You know that Phoenix Yellow BMW E46 M3s are out there, somewhere. Sure, you don’t have one. I don’t have one! Where…

There is no god, but it does make for a convenient explanation why Boeing is asking for airlines to ground some…

Did you own a Ford Ranger EV back in the ‘90s? Do you have a Nissan Leaf in the middle of nowhere, hundreds of miles…

For years America has waited for Chevrolet to give us an EV in a body style we want and now we have it, sort of! The …

Not that I’m mad about it, but the Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo is getting ready for production and it is basically…

I don’t know which is the more dramatic news: that Nissan is selling a series hybrid in a major global model, or…

I can’t believe I am typing this, but once again the Taiwanese postal service has snubbed yet another foreign…

Ever since the Lancia Thema 8.32 became the best-selling car in the world in 1988, retractable/deployable rear…

The McLaren Artura is an exceptional feat of automotive engineering, featuring a plug-in hybrid powertrain, with an…

I am just as confused as you are but I am suddenly stricken with love and appreciation for a mid-level French sedan…

I had hoped that the billion-dollar startups of online car sales like Carvana and Vroom would utterly quash megamall…

Jaguar was just about to debut its EV replacement for the legendary XJ sedan only to cancel it at the last moment.…

Of course, the one I didn’t try was “do things right the first time.” Still, with at least three and a half correct…

Billions and trillions are spilling out of the Federal Government, or at least they’re trying to. All that and more…

I’ve been reading a new book that author and car designer Steve Saxty sent over for me to review, Secret Fords:…

The feds finally weighed in on the case of LG Chem (a battery supplier for GM and others) versus SK Innovation (a…

It’s Ford vs GM, but not a battle about truck sales or pony car quarter-mile times. It’s a battery battle, backing…