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Images from our latest long-term test, featuring the Audi A5 Saloon e-hybrid S line quattro S-tronic

Over in Europe, the late 20th century was a time when automotive innovation rode the line that separated normal and “out there.” Wild concepts were coming out of brands left and right, with examples like the Peugeot Quasar and the tiny Mercedes-Benz NAFA, the latter of which could be considered the proto-Smart Fortwo. At the time, the computer age was just beginning to dawn, and many cars began to take on a futuristic, cyberpunk-ish look. While not as crazy as some of the concepts released at the time, BMW’s Z1 sports car packed quite a bit of the future into…

Grab a bib, we’re diving into a bit of alphabet soup. If you’re trying to trace the timeline of Chevrolet Corvette engines back to the start, you’ll likely find the slew of designations, order codes, displacements, and engine family names to comprise a particularly confusing word salad. Don’t worry, this makes you a completely normal human being. Since its historic launch in the fifties (with a straight-six engine at first), the Corvette took V8 power to the mainstream masses, and spent decades as the technological showpiece that embodied the best V8 technologies of the day. Along the way, we’ve seen…

While reports of Samsung exploring a horizontal camera bar design for the Galaxy S27 Ultra have surfaced before, a new claim from tipster yeux1122 suggests the redesign could have a more significant benefit. According to a post on Naver, the layout change may finally allow Samsung to add proper Qi2 MagSafe-style magnetic charging to its next Ultra flagship, something Galaxy users have been waiting for since the company adopted Qi2 support. Samsung has used this design before. The 2019 Galaxy S10 series featured a horizontal camera strip across the back, giving the phones a memorable look, while reducing wobble when…

Last week, we ran a sidebar survey asking if Electrek readers still believed in Elon Musk’s vision of a self-driving, robot-built future on Mars. After receiving more than 3,000 responses, here’s what you told us you think about the world’s first trillionaire. The inspiration for this week’s survey was simple enough: as I was talking with someone this week who told me, “We’re going to Mars, I believe in Elon!” That surprised me – but what surprised me the most was that they were totally unaware of the many Elon-based political controversies, legal challenges, and missed deadlines that we often cover in these…

Last year, the FBI opened a Cyber Range in Huntsville, Alabama, for simulating cyberattacks. Think of it sort of like the famous Hogan’s Alley, but for modern digital crime training. It’s a massive 22,000 square-foot replica of an entire town, complete with a convenience store, gas station, hospital, and even fully furnished houses.It’s a training facility where the bureau can recreate real-world scenarios for training and research purposes. All of the various buildings and facilities are hooked up the way they would be in a real town. There’s even a small data center with over 200 servers that can be…

Navigating the financial landscape of automotive retail requires an understanding of distinct valuation metrics. When researching vehicle costs online, buyers frequently encounter two major benchmarks: the original dealer invoice price and the current market value. While both figures influence what a car is worth, they serve entirely different purposes in the lifecycle of a vehicle. Misunderstanding these numbers often leads to unrealistic expectations during the buying process. For anyone looking to secure a fair deal on a pre-owned vehicle, breaking down how these metrics work, how they diverge, and how they impact the final price at the dealership…

The plane will soon be ready to fly over US communities. NASA/Lori Losey NASA’s X-59 research plane took its first supersonic flight at the beginning of the month, and now it’s demonstrated that it can reach the speed and altitude conditions it’ll need to achieve for planned trips over US communities in the near future. The X-59 is designed to fly at supersonic speeds without producing a loud sonic boom; instead, it’ll make a “quiet sonic thump,” according to NASA. For now, though, it’s flying alongside another research craft that does produce a sonic boom, to…

What’s not to love about full-size SUVs? You get spaciousness and all-terrain versatility in a single package. These highly functional vehicles are great when new, but not many are reliable 10 or even 20 years down the road. So, while having a third row is a great luxury, there are only so many three-row SUVs you can actually trust to stand the test of time. At the top of this short list of vehicles is a truck-based platform that never got the attention it deserved. This particular SUV has logged over one million miles in a documented case and has…

2018 AudiA574,818 milesAutomaticPetrol2.0LCash £12,490View A52018 AudiA589,000 milesAutomaticDiesel2.0LCash £10,994View A52025 AudiA534,650 milesAutomaticPetrol2.0LCash £23,690View A52018 AudiA5125,480 milesAutomaticDiesel2.0LCash £8,995View A5The ride quality deserves particular praise, too. Even after long days on the road, I get out feeling remarkably fresh. The car strikes an excellent balance between comfort and control, soaking up poor surfaces while still feeling composed and secure at motorway speeds. The Audi’s versatility has also come to the fore recently. Some readers may know that we have another automotive brand in our portfolio, and the photograph here shows the A5 at Bedford Autodrome while we were setting up one of evo’s…