I was struck by the disparate messaging coming out of two of the world’s greatest EV manufacturers this week. Which one are you betting on?

https://open.substack.com/pub/timstevens/p/brutal-honesty-from-one-major-automaker?r=17r5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

I can finally tell you about the new Cayenne Electric! That and a bunch more in the latest installment of my weekly newsletter.

https://open.substack.com/pub/timstevens/p/wheeling-a-prototype-of-porsches?r=17r5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

If you're ever having a rough morning, just remember that one time our puppy took a poo in front of our robovac while I was showering.

By the time I got out, the living room was a terrible scene. It was, as you can imagine, a difficult start to the day.

BTW that one time was this morning.

Parting shot from the Mustang GTD launch! Impressions to come in a few weeks!

https://youtube.com/shorts/kz50h8SPMMY?feature=share

Ford CEO Jim Farley stopped Lincoln from going all-in on EVs. More insight on that plus the happenings in Monterey in my latest newsletter!

https://timstevens.substack.com/p/reading-the-hypercar-tea-leaves-in

Spent a lot of time in Monterey this past week talking with CEOs, CTOs, and experts at companies like Bugatti, Lamborghini, Karma, Czinger, and others about how they're creating an emotional experience for their customers and what'll be powering their next super and hypercars. By and large, the answer was the same: internal combustion.

My latest for @arstechnica

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/08/at-the-top-of-the-market-ev-hypercars-are-a-disappearing-breed/

A little clip from my Czinger 21C test drive -- including the moment where a dude in a Porsche Carrera GT made an illegal pass on a double-yellow right in front of us. That was fun!

https://youtube.com/shorts/JxUTdCsL_GI

This was a fun one: Jumping from a hot lap of the Mustang GTD, sampling its 815 horsepower on Laguna Seca, to reclining in a Navigator to see how quickly my heart rate simmered back down. It's over at Edmunds!

https://www.edmunds.com/car-news/ford-mustang-gtd-lincoln-navigator-rejuvenate-feature.html

Had a great chat with Ford CEO Jim Farley on the Concours lawn Sunday for Hagerty, talking about Lincoln old and new. Despite a renewed manufacturing push for EVs at Ford, he told me that he hit the brakes on a move to shift Lincoln to be fully electric, a move he's "sure glad" he stopped. For the future of Lincoln, expect a mix of EREV, Hybrid, and yes EVs:

https://www.hagerty.com/media/car-profiles/exclusive-ford-ceo-jim-farley-on-his-1937-lebaron-coupe-and-the-future-of-lincoln/