In the rarefied world of high-performance automotive engineering, few things are as polarizing as the decline of the traditional manual transmission. For decades, the "row-your-own" gearbox was the definitive litmus test for a driver’s connection to their machine. Yet, as automotive technology advanced toward the blistering efficiency of dual-clutch transmissions…
The landscape of the American automotive market is shifting under the weight of new federal regulations, and the latest casualty is a name once synonymous with the future of premium electric mobility: Polestar. Following a sweeping regulatory change enacted by the U.S. Department of Commerce—the Connected Vehicles Rule—the Swedish-Chinese electric…