Looking back. it may seem absurd, but apparently the marketing folks at Jaguar once felt the need to compare the brand’s legendary E-Type sports car directly to other vehicles. The E-Type, known also as the XK-E in North American markets, popularly considered one of the most-beautiful mass-produced vehicles ever built, is laid uncomfortably bare in the chart below.

Brendan and Tom talk to the folks at Goodyear about electric-vehicle tires. Joining the crew are David Zanig, Goodyear’s Senior Director of Tire Technology, and Brad Heim, Vice President for Product Development. Listen in to learn why EV tires are different from those found on conventional vehicles. 

If you’ve been shopping for a plug-in hybrid vehicle, there’s a good chance you’ve learned that the Toyota RAV4 Prime is difficult to come by. This isn’t surprising, as Toyota’s compact plug-in crossover is (spoiler alert) a fine vehicle, and one that asks little in exchange for its power and efficiency. Here’s some good news: The RAV4 Prime supply seems to have loosened up. More on that in a moment…

Although it may sound relatively simple, going from gasoline to electric propulsion is fairly complicated. The hardest part is packaging: taking out an engine in the front of the car and then adding electric motors and a large battery pack takes some creativity—and the result isn’t always going to be ideal.

Nagisa means “calm beach” in Japanese, and it has been theorized in online forums that this water-capable Isuzu was designed to help reduce traffic congestion in crowded cities including Tokyo. Indeed, Tokyo features countless waterways and ocean inlets, though how easily those channels could be accessed by an automobile is unclear, and, there is no record of Isuzu having ever claimed the Nagisa was meant to help move ground traffic into the water.