BMW i8: America had two visions of the future in 2014, and picked the other one
The BMW i8 paired supercar looks with a 1.5L three-cylinder, and lost the future to Tesla’s big battery. A decade on, its bet looks early, not wrong.
Hypercars
Seven-figure EVs with thousands of horsepower and records that expire in weeks. Absurd, eye-wateringly expensive, impossible to ignore — and the people behind them.
Ferrari F80: the anti-Prius hybrid that refuses to drive on electricity
The Ferrari F80 is a 1,200 hp hybrid with no plug and no EV mode: its 2.28 kWh battery is built to go faster, not greener. The no-filter take, on NEB.
Lotus Evija: the featherweight brand just built a 1,900-kg muscle car (and ran it on batteries)
The Lotus Evija makes nearly 2,000 hp and weighs 1,887 kg. The lightness brand built its heaviest car, not through laziness, but by choosing the wrong kind of car. On NEB.
RIMAC NEVERA R
Rimac Nevera R: the man who built the world’s fastest car no longer believes in it The quickest-accelerating production car ever made didn’t come from Detroit. It didn’t come from Stuttgart, Maranello or Silicon Valley. It came from Croatia, a country with no car industry to speak of, built by a guy who started in … Read more