” is so common today that few people ever stop to think about where it came from or why we use it to describe automobiles. However, the term has a surprisingly long and interesting history that ...

From intern to editor, Damian Adams' story reads like a well-written novel where he steadily worked to become the youngest-ever editor of South Africa's leading motoring publication, CAR Magazine. He ...

Let’s clear something up right away: the electric car isn’t some modern invention.The EV’s origin story goes back to a time ...

The earliest cars were very utilitarian-looking. The first car ever invented, patented by Carl Benz in 1887, was little more than a bench, a wooden floorboard, three bicycle-style wheels, and a ...

The mid-1960s was an iconic year in the American automotive culture as the pony car category was taking off and gaining popularity due to their daring designs and ready-to-drive performance. When the ...

Nicholas Petris, born to Greek immigrants in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1923, could remember a time when electric trucks were a common sight on the streets of Oakland. In fact, just a couple of ...

Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV. From its inception, the electric street car has ...