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Last year, the BYD “Shenzhen” set sail on its first voyage with 9,200 parking spots – or enough space to fill 20 football fields, making BYD’s transport ship easily the world’s largest. Now, as the Chinese car brand sets its sights on Europe and North America, it’s ordering 10 more. Citing multiple industry chain sources and quotes on LinkedIn, Middle Eastern maritime magazine Robban Assafina is reporting that BYD placed an order for ten additional 9,200 CEU pure car and truck carriers. The rumored order would bring BYD’s existing fleet to 18 LNG-powered ships, with a staggering combined cargo capacity…

Yes, you’ll need to do math, but it’s worth it to avoid being left powerless. Voyagerix/Getty Images As climate change continues to worsen, renewable energy is becoming more and more important in daily life, particularly with new consumer markets opening up (such as plug-in solar in the UK). One of the more well-trodden areas of consumer renewables comes from solar power in RVs, where rigs can bring off-grid power without the noise of a typical generator. However, there are more than a few steps and stipulations to keep in mind when going all-in with solar panels…

Every so often, we’re faced with a decision to either follow the head or the heart. The head tells you to get the hybrid Toyota Camry sedan that comes with a warranty and incredible fuel efficiency. The heart, however, looks at a used V12 grand tourer. Scary repair bills be damned – there’s nothing quite like crunching up the miles with 12 cylinders roaring away in front of you. With so many ’90s and ’00s cars dropping sharply in value, the V12 category is one of the worst affected. High running costs make them a fun yet terrifying prospect to…

The usual advice about spotting fake parts is to check the welds and buy from a reputable seller. True, but useless as a decision rule, because it treats a €40 silicone coupler and a €1,200 turbo as the same problem. They aren’t. Some replica parts are a reasonable way to save money. Others will destroy an engine, and the failure mode is often not the part breaking but the part quietly under-performing until something else breaks. The useful question isn’t “is this genuine?” It’s “what happens to my car if this specific part is 30% worse than it claims…

The Drive 🤝 your inbox. Every weekday The Daily Brief wraps up the biggest stories and our exclusive reporting on the auto industry and car culture. One of many persistent electric vehicle gripes is that batteries don’t last long enough. Still, as reported by Ars Technica, a recent study found that a majority of EVs maintained 90% of their original battery capacity after roughly 93,000 miles (or 150,000 kilometers). And as this real-world example shows, they’re capable of going a lot further than that. Out of Spec Renew recently did a video on a 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning that needed…

A drone strike shut down Saudi Arabia’s East-West oil pipeline this week, knocking roughly 5 million barrels a day offline. That’s about 5% of global supply, and it pushed Brent crude above $104. US diesel is at record highs. That’s the fossil fuel crisis making headlines. The quieter one is on your own utility bill, and it’s not getting better either. The East-West line, also called Petroline, is the pipe Saudi Arabia uses to move crude to the Red Sea and skip the Strait of Hormuz. With Hormuz already choked and the Houthis squeezing Red Sea shipping, that bypass was…

Due to a scheduling mishap, I was only able to check out two movies on my second day at the Toronto International Film Festival — but I did manage to get an early look at and some fascinating details on one of my most anticipated films this year.Even if you don’t know the name Laika, you probably know the studio’s work; it’s the animation house behind stop-motion hits like ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls, and Kubo and the Two Strings. Over the years Laika’s films have steadily gotten more impressive on both a technical and artistic level. Which brings us to the…

Knowing when a venue is busy can make all the difference when you’re hungry. David Cameron/Getty Images Google Maps is super useful for step-by-step directions, whether you’re walking, driving or taking transit to a destination. But it also offers much more than that, highlighting businesses and points of interest along the way with useful information about them. This can include star ratings, opening hours, travel distance and even suggestions about dishes or services visitors tend to love, but it can also provide real-time information as well. At a glance, it can tell you how busy a…

New car prices have climbed so high that the used market has never looked more appealing — and for good reason. With the average transaction price hovering over $50,000, buyers are increasingly asking whether a brand-new vehicle is really worth the immediate depreciation hit, especially when so many modern models feel anonymous on the road. Brands are struggling to stand out, and the cars rolling off today’s assembly lines often blur together in a sea of crossovers and touch screens. That’s exactly why savvy enthusiasts are looking backward — specifically, to the 1990s — where character, variety, and mechanical soul…

Chrysler may be one of America’s oldest automotive brands still in existence, but it has languished in a near-death state for more than a decade. In recent years, its lineup has been whittled down to just the Pacifica minivan. There had been talk of retiring the brand or turning it into a mobility business, but there finally appears to be a solid road ahead. In May, Chrysler’s Stellantis parent outlined plans for all its brands during a financial markets presentation, confirming three new Chrysler crossovers to join the Pacifica. We now have potential pricing for those crossovers, and it’s lower…