Romain Dumas guided Ford’s Super Mustang Mach-E up the Goodwood hill in 41.98 seconds during Sunday’s Timed Shoot-Out. That mark beat the next quickest entry, a new Gen4 Formula E car driven by Daniel Ticktum, by 0.48 seconds. It also left the rest of a strong field more than four seconds behind.
Fiat has started sales of its smallest electric vehicle in America. The Topolino arrives with a starting price of $13,995 before destination fees and targets drivers who want something far simpler than a regular car. Pricing for the Topolino begins at that figure, with a $990 destination charge bringing the total to $14,985. Limited quantities of the 2026 models sit at select dealers now, and orders have opened for those who want one.
The WN7 is Honda’s first full-size electric motorbike, and it is now available from dealers around Europe. They’ve been watching this category for years, but rather than going all out for record-breaking performance numbers, they’re hoping to give riders a more down-to-earth experience, something that feels natural, is predictably engaging from the start, and gets you hooked from the minute you twist the throttle.
Austin streets now host something that looks ordinary at first glance but represents a sharp break from everything that came before. Production Cybercab units have started engineering tests on public roads, and these vehicles carry no steering wheel and no pedals. Tesla just posted video of the tests on June 30. The footage and supporting details show the first examples built for actual use rather than pure development. Earlier cars sometimes carried temporary controls. These do not.
Tesla has started delivering a new version of its Full Self-Driving software to Model 3 and Model Y vehicles that use the original Hardware 3 (HW3) computers. Known as FSD v14 Lite, the update began reaching a small group of early-access drivers in recent days through software version 2026.20.5.1. It marks the first meaningful step forward for these cars in more than a year.
Shell built a working electric hatchback to prove that fast charging and strong efficiency can exist in the same vehicle without forcing buyers into painful compromises. The company calls the project the Triple 10 Challenge. Three targets sit at its center: 10 kilometers of range per kilowatt-hour of energy used, a lifetime carbon footprint of just 10 tonnes of CO2 equivalent, and a charge from 10 to 80 percent in less than 10 minutes.
Zoox just released a new version of their autonomous robotaxi, and the vehicle retains its original no-nonsense purpose-built design, but with a few important modifications derived directly from real-world experience on the streets of Las Vegas, San Francisco, Austin, and Miami. More than half a million cyclists had already completed the route, and they had clearly made their stamp on the most recent round of changes.
This week, Slate Auto began collecting pre-orders for their highly anticipated electric pickup. The base two-seater model costs $24,950 before the destination fee(s). Production is ramping up at the assembly plant in Warsaw, Indiana, with customer deliveries scheduled in the fourth quarter of this year. The company now has over 180,000 reservations from consumers who have made previous deposits. Pre-orders now need a non-refundable $300 payment.
Xiaomi just sent its YU7 GT electric SUV around the Nürburgring Nordschleife with nobody behind the wheel and came away with an official time. The run wrapped up in 10 minutes and 29.483 seconds on June 8, establishing the first publicly validated autonomous lap on the 12.94-mile track that features 73 turns and more than 1,000 feet of elevation change.
Honda drew from its Japanese kei car roots and stretched the formula just enough for European buyers. The result is the Super-N, a compact electric hatch that measures about 3.6 meters long, sits low, and carries a purposeful stance. It arrives this summer priced at £18,995 and aims straight at drivers who want efficiency without giving up all sense of fun.