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Audi’s A2 e-tron Sips Just 12.8 kWh per 100 km

Audi’s A2 e-tron Sips Just 12.8 kWh per 100 km

Wheel Front Team Aug 4, 2026

Audi just posted a number that should make every EV engineer in the industry look up from their desk. The upcoming A2 e-tron, in its 140 kW configuration with the optional efficiency package, consumes a preliminary 12.8 kilowatt-hours per 100…

Florida Ditches $200M in EV Charger Cash for Flying Taxis

Florida Ditches $200M in EV Charger Cash for Flying Taxis

Wheel Front Team Aug 3, 2026

Florida has 200 million reasons to raise eyebrows. The state is redirecting its entire federal allocation for electric vehicle charging infrastructure toward building an “aerial…

Tesla Quietly Swaps Cybertruck Underbody to Carbon Fiber

Tesla Quietly Swaps Cybertruck Underbody to Carbon Fiber

Wheel Front Team Aug 3, 2026

Tesla has switched the Cybertruck’s underbody panels from aluminum to carbon fiber, a material upgrade that touches every trim level of the polarizing pickup. Lead…

BMW’s Lineup Bloat Has a Reckoning Coming

BMW’s Lineup Bloat Has a Reckoning Coming

Wheel Front Team Aug 3, 2026

BMW spent the better part of a decade bolting new nameplates onto its portfolio like a collector who ran out of wall space. Now the…

Toyota Goes All-In on Hydrogen Trucks With Cellcentric

Toyota Goes All-In on Hydrogen Trucks With Cellcentric

Wheel Front Team Aug 3, 2026

Toyota Motor Corp. has signed a binding agreement to become an equal partner alongside Volvo Group and Daimler Truck in cellcentric, the hydrogen fuel-cell company…

Hennessey’s $2.5M Blackbird Bets Against Every Hypercar Trend

Hennessey’s $2.5M Blackbird Bets Against Every Hypercar Trend

Wheel Front Team Aug 3, 2026

Hennessey just built a $2.5 million hypercar with no screens, no turbos, no digital gauges, and a physical ignition key. In a segment where rivals…

Tariffs Just Killed the Lotus Eletre in America

Tariffs Just Killed the Lotus Eletre in America

Wheel Front Team Aug 3, 2026

Lotus had done the work. The homologation was complete. The dealers were lined up. The Eletre electric SUV was ready to roll into American showrooms.…

A Battery Backpack for Semi Trucks Raises $27 Million

A Battery Backpack for Semi Trucks Raises $27 Million

Wheel Front Team Aug 3, 2026

A California startup called Revoy just closed a $27 million funding round for what might be the strangest idea in commercial trucking electrification: a battery-and-motor…

Audi’s Reborn A2 Hits the Nürburgring Before Fall Debut

Audi’s Reborn A2 Hits the Nürburgring Before Fall Debut

Wheel Front Team Aug 2, 2026

A camouflaged Audi A2 prototype was recently spotted hammering laps at the Nürburgring, a strange proving ground for a small electric hatchback that most buyers…

Jersey Cops Dress as Bushes, Nail 74 Phone Users

Jersey Cops Dress as Bushes, Nail 74 Phone Users

Wheel Front Team Aug 2, 2026

A police officer in a ghillie suit stood next to a tree on a main street in Dunellen, New Jersey, scanning traffic with binoculars. In…