Noah Washington

1 day ago | torquenews.com | Noah Washington

He paid $41 to charge his Tesla Model Y for 282 miles, more than double what gas would cost. The surprising reality of EV "savings" in Boston.

1 week ago | torquenews.com | Noah Washington

As Tesla continues to dominate the electric vehicle landscape, two ambitious challengers, Rivian and Lucid, are quietly building momentum from opposite ends of the EV spectrum. Rivian and Lucid Motors, California’s clean-energy cowboys, are building their electric dreams while Tesla continues to suck all the oxygen out of the EV room. These two upstarts want to dethrone the king. They’re leaner, faster, and free of the bureaucracies that slow giants like Tesla.

1 week ago | torquenews.com | Noah Washington

The EV world is a bit overhyped, range is the new horsepower, and every Twitter thread sounds like a warzone between Elon loyalists and EV contrarians. Amongst all this bickering, a new competitor to Tesla has emerged, and it won’t let you play arcade games while you’re parked at Whole Foods. It’s called the Lucid Air. Tesla is flashy and has software quirks, like other Silicon Valley companies. Lucid, also from California, is more low-key and elegant. It lets its smooth driving speak for itself.

2 weeks ago | torquenews.com | Noah Washington

Think owning a dream car protects you? Think again. This C8 Corvette insurance ordeal shows how quickly passion collides with profit-driven algorithms. There are few rites of passage in modern American life more bittersweet than buying your first dream car. It’s not just a purchase, it’s a declaration of arrival, a rolling embodiment of years spent clawing your way through the grind. So when Zah Naderi bought a C8 Corvette in full, no lease, no finance, just keys and cash, it was a milestone.

2 weeks ago | torquenews.com | Noah Washington

Thousands of Toyota Tacoma transmissions shipped underfilled? Your beloved "Taco" might be 2.5 quarts short, straight from the factory floor. There’s a certain romanticism to the Toyota Tacoma, that indefatigable little truck beloved by campers, climbers, preppers, and weekend warriors alike. It’s the only truck in America whose fan base nicknames it after Mexican food and yet still manages to exude an air of indestructibility.