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Yellow Mercedes-AMG GT 63 SUV parked on a test track, seen from the front three-quarter angle with its vertical-slat grille

Porsche · Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-AMG GT SUV Out-Charges AMG's Own GT 4-Door at 710 kW

The electric Mercedes-AMG GT 63 SUV makes 1,153 hp and charges at up to 710 kW from a 128 kWh pack. It reaches US dealers in summer 2027.

Haye KestelooOct 173 min read

Silver Lexus LFA Concept electric sports car seen from the front three-quarter angle on a wet floor under white light beams

Toyota

Toyota Patented Sequential Shifting for EVs Without a Real Gearbox

Toyota's US patent 12,679,217 cuts and restores motor torque to fake a sequential gearbox shift in an EV, no clutch pedal needed. The LFA could use it.

Damien KestelooOct 14

Porsche

Porsche Mission S Teases a Gas Supercar Above the 911, Not an EV

Porsche's Mission S debuts Oct. 15. CEO Michael Leiters says the supercar it previews will be combustion only, three years after the electric Mission X.

Haye KestelooOct 12

Thomas of GTS Car Life standing beside his white Tesla Model Y Performance in a parking lot at dusk

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Seven-Time Porsche Owner Sells 911 GTS and Taycan for Three Teslas

A 20-year car-business veteran and driving instructor swapped a 911 GTS and a Taycan for three Teslas. The 510 hp he quotes is 50 more than Tesla lists.

Haye KestelooOct 6

Bentley

Bentley Torcal Costs $218,000 and Charges Like a Porsche Cayenne

Bentley Torcal starts at $218,000 with up to 876 hp. Its 400 kW, 16-minute charging claim matches the Porsche Cayenne Electric's.

Damien KestelooSep 23

Bentley

Bentley Names Its First EV Torcal, Borrowing From Torque Eight Months After Its CEO Said Everyone Has It

Bentley will call its first electric car the Torcal, the company announced from Crewe on July 6, 2026, ahead of a full reveal set for London on September 23. The name draws on El Torcal de Antequera, a limestone formation in Andalusia, Spain, and on the Latin torquere, to twist, the root of the modern…

Haye KestelooJul 6

Xiaomi

Xiaomi YU7 GT Laps Nürburgring With Nobody Driving, Posting First Autonomous Record

A Xiaomi YU7 GT circled the Nürburgring Nordschleife with an empty driver’s seat and logged 10 minutes, 29.483 seconds, the first officially timed autonomous lap of the German circuit. Xiaomi set the run on June 8 and announced it on June 22, releasing onboard video that shows the steering wheel turning itself through the corners…

Haye KestelooJun 22

Taycan

Porsche Reverses Its Own Stance, Gives 2027 Taycan The Fake Gears It Once Called a Bad Idea

Porsche has given the 2027 Taycan simulated gear shifting, a feature its own development driver publicly dismissed less than two years ago. The system, called E-Shift, lets drivers row through eight virtual gears using paddles on the GT Sport steering wheel, with a virtual rev limiter and gear-specific drag torque tuned to mimic engine braking.…

Haye KestelooJun 17

Porsche

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