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.

Update: This list has been updated with the latest solid-state battery developments at Karma Automotive and Donut Lab. Talk to any battery executive, and they’ll tell you lithium-ion batteries have a ...

The challenges to mass adoption are substantial, but the benefits could be game-changing. The phrase "what's under the hood" is rapidly reaching obsolescence. For cars powered by internal combustion, ...

Electric vehicles may have become a whole lot more popular over the past five years or so, but that’s despite some issues they still face regarding things like limited range and slow charging speeds.

Solid-state batteries charge in a fraction of the time, run cooler, and pack more energy into less space than traditional lithium-ion versions. A new review from the University of California, ...

While electric vehicles have been a solution to help manufacturers move closer to their carbon-neutral goals, electric vehicle batteries are still insufficient in terms of both driving range and ...

Imagine an electric vehicle that charges in minutes, travels over 1,200 kilometers on a single charge, and eliminates the risk of battery fires altogether. This isn’t science fiction, it’s the promise ...

Sidd started as a freelance writer for TopSpeed back in 2017 and took up a full-time position a year later. 2,100+ articles later, he got into the editorial side of things and is now the sitewide ...