It was easy to doubt solid-state batteries until someone finally got one into a car. For over a decade, various automakers have attempted to produce an EV with a solid-state battery instead of a ...

Who would have guessed that Mercedes would win the solid-state race? The German automaker recently test-drove the world's first EV powered by a solid-state battery. To repeat, Mercedes is the first ...

Writer and occasional reluctant perpetrator of engine swaps, James O'Neil is a malaise era enthusiast and also fascinated by the many ways the auto industry has since recovered from those dark days.