Nikesh Kooverjee has been contributing to the automotive sphere for 11 years. His previous roles include Digital Editor at CAR South Africa and associate editor at CarBuzz. He has always had a strong ...

When my dad taught me and my siblings to drive back in the day, it wasn’t in our ’72 Impala family sedan with an automatic transmission but in his barebones ’69 Beetle commuter car with a four-speed ...

If you've ever driven a Tesla, the first time probably went something like this: Everything's going fine until you need to gently slow down. You lift off the accelerator pedal, and wham! You nearly ...

Electric vehicles drive very similarly to combustion cars, but what happens when you lift off the accelerator is quite different. Automakers have put a lot of effort into making the electric vehicle ...

Some electric vehicles, including several GM EVs, are equipped with a one-pedal driving system that will slow the vehicle down without the driver touching the brake pedal. Basically, the driver simply ...

A lot of electric vehicles today offer what’s known as a one-pedal driving feature, which basically means the electric motor kicks in as a generator as soon as you take your foot off the accelerator ...

With the rise of electric vehicles, regenerative braking has become a whole lot more common, and many drivers of EVs assume that using maximum regenerative braking settings means they’re getting a ...

Automakers have put a lot of effort into making the electric vehicle driving experience as similar to a combustion vehicle as possible. Going from combustion to electric these days doesn’t require ...

One-pedal driving allows EV drivers to decelerate without touching the brake pedal, while ramping up regeneration to recover energy. But Porsche thinks there's a better way. The Porsche Taycan makes ...