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Tanner Foust’s FC1-X EV Racer Booed by ICE Fans at SEMA, He Had Them Smiling by the End
Tanner Foust’s FC1-X EV Racer Booed by ICE Fans at SEMA, He Had Them Smiling by the End

21 Nov 2024, 21:00 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Mixed in with a gaggle of ICE drifters, you'd be forgiven for not paying much mind to the FC1-X at first. But it's much faster than any of those.

 
BMW i4's Road to Pikes Peak Has Entered a New Phase
BMW i4's Road to Pikes Peak Has Entered a New Phase

17 Nov 2024, 19:35 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / The road to Pikes Peak is paved with many difficulties for drivers who covet the King of the Hill title. This is one man's journey in an EV.

 
DS18 Built the Craziest Slingshot Ever for SEMA, Packs $20 Grand in Lights and Speakers
DS18 Built the Craziest Slingshot Ever for SEMA, Packs $20 Grand in Lights and Speakers

15 Nov 2024, 22:10 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / At the 2024 SEMA Show, Rob and his team brought a pimped-out 2024 Slingshot SLR that beats everything rolling down urban streets at 3 a.m.

 
Throtl's R34 GT-R 2 Fast 2 Furious Tribute Car Brought Tears to Our Eyes at SEMA
Throtl's R34 GT-R 2 Fast 2 Furious Tribute Car Brought Tears to Our Eyes at SEMA

15 Nov 2024, 01:30 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / For a shop that builds around 18 custom rigs a year, throtl closed out 2024 with their best one yet. It also pays tribute to a film icon.

 
Troy Herfoss Rose From the Ashes to Win the 2024 King of the Baggers
Troy Herfoss Rose From the Ashes to Win the 2024 King of the Baggers

9 Nov 2024, 09:41 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / 37-year-old Australian Superbike Legend Troy Herfoss has been racing an Indian Challenger in 2024 to win the King of the Baggers title. This is his story.

 
Ringbrother's "Infected" Build Proves Pink Can Be Manly, Jim Ring Himself Explains at SEMA
Ringbrother's "Infected" Build Proves Pink Can Be Manly, Jim Ring Himself Explains at SEMA

6 Nov 2024, 20:54 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / To get the inside scoop on what makes the Infected build one of the most unique at SEMA, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Jim Ring himself.

 
Photography Was This Young Man's Key to Get Closer to Racing
Photography Was This Young Man's Key to Get Closer to Racing

3 Nov 2024, 18:23 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / In 2023, I met a young photographer at a drift event in Germany, and upon learning more about his life story, I wanted to share it with you, too.

 
Greek Kid Has Been Drifting Since He Was Seven, Is Now One of the Best
Greek Kid Has Been Drifting Since He Was Seven, Is Now One of the Best

26 Oct 2024, 06:31 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / This is the story of a modern Greek hero, one who uses his 800-HP BMW to do battle against the best drivers worldwide. Stavros Grillis is a legend in the making

 
German Drift Hero MH84 Talks About His Devotion to the Dream
German Drift Hero MH84 Talks About His Devotion to the Dream

14 Oct 2024, 12:20 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / 32-year-old Max Heidrich from Germany is one of the most talented and passionate pro drifters I have ever met, and his story could inspire the next generation.

 
Drifting Since 2006 Taught Me That You Win Because You're Having Fun
Drifting Since 2006 Taught Me That You Win Because You're Having Fun

28 Sep 2024, 14:42 UTC · By: Dragos Chitulescu / Tobias Welti is one of Europe's OG pro drifters who has done it all, from driving in Japan and Europe to organizing events, and I've asked him to tell me more.

 
Tanner Foust Just Made His Return to Nitrocross, Has Thousand-HP EV Racer to Play With
Tanner Foust Just Made His Return to Nitrocross, Has Thousand-HP EV Racer to Play With

23 Sep 2024, 23:19 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Tanner Foust's first return race back on the Nitrocross didn't go quite the way he envisioned. But his thousand-HP EV racer gives him a chance at a comeback.

 
Hennessey Built the Fastest, Craziest Stick-Shift Hypercar Ever Made, Company Rep Explains
Hennessey Built the Fastest, Craziest Stick-Shift Hypercar Ever Made, Company Rep Explains

14 Sep 2024, 04:48 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / To mark the occasion, autoevolution was happy to sit down with a leading man on the F5-M project to see how the world's craziest manual hypercar took shape.

 
Polaris Built the Most Refined Sports UTVs Ever With 2025's RZR Pro Line, Rep Explains
Polaris Built the Most Refined Sports UTVs Ever With 2025's RZR Pro Line, Rep Explains

31 Aug 2024, 20:09 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / After an up-close encounter with the three Pro Rs over the sand dunes of Oregon, I knew I had to sit down with someone from the RZR team to learn more.

 
Maximum Attack: Kevin Magnussen Looks Ahead to Formula 1 Swansong
Maximum Attack: Kevin Magnussen Looks Ahead to Formula 1 Swansong

30 Aug 2024, 18:00 UTC · By: Ed Spencer / Kevin Magnussen maybe entering the final races of his second spell in Formula 1 but the Danish veteran isn't showing any signs of slowing down.

 
Here's What Michelin's Auto and Aerospace Tires Have in Common, Explained by Company Rep
Here's What Michelin's Auto and Aerospace Tires Have in Common, Explained by Company Rep

24 Aug 2024, 22:21 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Any engineer could tell you the makeup between an automotive tire and an aircraft tire are worlds apart. But is there any intersection at all between the two?

 
Genesis Was Bold Enough To Challenge BMW’s X6 With the All-New GV80 Coupe, Rep Explains
Genesis Was Bold Enough To Challenge BMW’s X6 With the All-New GV80 Coupe, Rep Explains

24 Aug 2024, 20:16 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / To understand why Genesis had the stones to try building an SUV Coupe and challenge German Coupe SUVs, we needed to talk to with someone from the brand itself.

 
EV Swap the World: The Polarizing Story of America's First Electric Restomod Shop
EV Swap the World: The Polarizing Story of America's First Electric Restomod Shop

15 Aug 2024, 21:24 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / As we sat down in Marc Davis' office there was a sense that Marc was about to anger a lot of people with his thoughts on his EV restomod business.

 
Yamaha Won't Abandon Low-End UTVs Thanks to the Wolverine 850, Company Rep Explains
Yamaha Won't Abandon Low-End UTVs Thanks to the Wolverine 850, Company Rep Explains

28 Jul 2024, 05:40 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / To understand why the Wolverine 850 became one of the best bang-for-buck deals in powersports, we had to sit down with a Yamaha rep and ask some questions

 
Alaskan Offshore Charter Fishing is Faster and Easier With Yamaha Outboards, Here's How
Alaskan Offshore Charter Fishing is Faster and Easier With Yamaha Outboards, Here's How

28 Jul 2024, 05:09 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / By offshore charter fishing standards, this North River is nothing short of fully loaded. It's also got two absolute beasts of Yamaha V6 outboards to boot.

 
This Restomod Shop Doesn't Just Restore Classic Defenders, They Build Them From Scratch
This Restomod Shop Doesn't Just Restore Classic Defenders, They Build Them From Scratch

13 Jul 2024, 21:36 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / In the cozy coastal town of Norwalk, Connecticut, this crack team literally make V8-powered reproductions of first-generation Land Rover Defenders come to life.