Read More: Click here for Original article More than four dozen selections to discover … For years we hiked miles and miles to dig out the hottest new items for our readers. This year, thanks to COVID-19, we are Zooming around instead of hiking. It’s virtually nothing like the old days, but technology never stands still, and the products we found are a testament to the industry. The Consumer Electronics Show is over now, but we’ve already discovered more than four dozen products to feature. While we normally only write about products that we have used and tested for a period...

While EV sales are still a low-single-digit percentage of the market, the transition to electric vehicles gained momentum in 2021. Most manufacturers made bold claims about electrified futures, and some made big investments to back up the big talk. Here's a timeline of what stood out through the year. 1. January: GM Hopes to Sell Only EVs by 2035 (with Asterisks): GM The largest U.S. automaker said it "aspires" to sell only electrics by 2035 for its light-duty lineup. Crucial caveats: Aspirations aren't commitments, and 300-mile electric trucks may not qualify as light-duty (GM's goal to fully electrify heavy-duty pickups is...

The Audi TT RS will exit the U.S. market after the 2022 model year, Audi revealed today. The 2022 TT RS Heritage Edition brings five unique color combinations to Audi’s sports car, each recalling a paint job worn by the iconic 1980s Ur-Quattro. The Heritage Edition will be limited to 50 units, with 10 in each color specification, and also adds exclusive 20-inch, five-spoke wheels. UPDATE 12/20/2021: Audi said that the pricing for the 2022 TT RS Heritage Edition was incorrectly stated in the original release, and announced that the send-off for the TT RS will instead start at $86,395. This is nearly...

Nikola, an American electric-truck startup, has delivered its first two vehicles to a customer operating at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. The Tre BEV is an electric semi with a claimed 350 miles of range via a 753.0-kWh battery. If the pilot program goes well, Nikola plans to deliver 30 Tre BEVs and 70 Tre hydrogen fuel-cell trucks to the same company in the next two years. Electric-truck startup Nikola has had a bumpy ride. Last year, founder and executive chairman Trevor Milton stepped down amid fraud investigations by the government, prompting General Motors to scale back a deal with the nascent automaker....

The EV startup Canoo has shown off three podlike vehicles—a pickup truck, a delivery van, and a minivan—and said it will now build them in the United States starting next year. Canoo has canceled its original plan for contracting production to VDL Nedcar in the Netherlands, in part to avoid supply-chain issues. The electric pods will instead be built at a factory in Arkansas in 2022 before an Oklahoma facility begins production in 2023. American electric-vehicle startup Canoo has shown off three radically styled vehicles over the past few years and is now solidifying plans to put its podlike designs into production. Although Canoo had...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized new emissions standards on Monday, December 20, that will go into effect with the 2023 model year and run through model year 2026. The EPA will set other standards for 2027 and later vehicles. The EPA said these stricter greenhouse gas emissions rules will provide $190 billion in net benefits to Americans, including lowering the price it costs to drive and creating health benefits from a cleaner environment. There's general agreement that these are the strictest fuel-economy standards ever proposed, even higher than what President Obama asked for before President Trump rolled those rules back. Today,...