Tim Stevens
@timstevens.bsky.social
Freelance journo for great places like TechCrunch, The Verge, MotorTrend, Road&Track, Car and Driver, and more. Former EiC at Engadget and CNET's Roadshow. Fiction in Analog SF and elsewhere. Fortune once called me the Nicest Guy in Tech.
It's a little more nerve wracking these days looking out the plane window at night and seeing all the other aircraft blinking in your airspace.
November 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
It's a little more nerve wracking these days looking out the plane window at night and seeing all the other aircraft blinking in your airspace.
Newsletter is back with the latest from yours truly, including a drive of a prototype Honda, a few pieces published in lovely new outlet, impressions from behind the wheel of Porsche's new 911 Turbo S, and what it's like to wheel the 1,250 hp Czinger 21C!
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Driving the Halo Car for the Military-Industrial Complex
No, I'm not talking about Porsche's new 911 Turbo S, though I have impressions of that for you, too.
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November 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Newsletter is back with the latest from yours truly, including a drive of a prototype Honda, a few pieces published in lovely new outlet, impressions from behind the wheel of Porsche's new 911 Turbo S, and what it's like to wheel the 1,250 hp Czinger 21C!
open.substack.com/pub/timsteve...
open.substack.com/pub/timsteve...
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One of two pieces on the current state of things for Honda from @timstevens.bsky.social. This one will be of interest for anyone who is waiting for a more Honda EVs in the US.
November 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
One of two pieces on the current state of things for Honda from @timstevens.bsky.social. This one will be of interest for anyone who is waiting for a more Honda EVs in the US.
Parting shot from Japan. Epic sunset over the wing of this A350 on my flight home. Hope to see you again next year, Fuji-san!
November 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Parting shot from Japan. Epic sunset over the wing of this A350 on my flight home. Hope to see you again next year, Fuji-san!
A vehicle engineer from a certain major manufacturer here in Japan just came up and said he enjoys my monthly column in Car Graphic. Might have made my day a little bit.
November 1, 2025 at 3:22 AM
A vehicle engineer from a certain major manufacturer here in Japan just came up and said he enjoys my monthly column in Car Graphic. Might have made my day a little bit.
Toyota’s got a new RAV4 for and in it, a big new software update. But, unlike GM, Toyota made the pro-consumer choice by not only continuing support for Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, but making the integration of those projection services even better.
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Toyota radically improved the RAV4 software experience, without killing CarPlay
General Motors: Please take notes.
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October 26, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Toyota’s got a new RAV4 for and in it, a big new software update. But, unlike GM, Toyota made the pro-consumer choice by not only continuing support for Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, but making the integration of those projection services even better.
open.substack.com/pub/timsteve...
open.substack.com/pub/timsteve...
Greetings from Malaga. It's @porscheusa.bsky.social 911 Turbo S day in Spain and per usual I can't tell you what I think about it, but a 701 hp hybrid with a pair of electrified turbochargers should give you an idea of the performance. More impressions to come! #porsche
October 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Greetings from Malaga. It's @porscheusa.bsky.social 911 Turbo S day in Spain and per usual I can't tell you what I think about it, but a 701 hp hybrid with a pair of electrified turbochargers should give you an idea of the performance. More impressions to come! #porsche
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Exclusive: Anthropic spent $2.66 billion on Amazon Web Services in the first three quarters of 2025, around 100% of their estimated revenue. Its costs appear to increase with their revenue, showing little path to profitability.
www.wheresyoured.at/costs/
www.wheresyoured.at/costs/
This Is How Much Anthropic and Cursor Spend On Amazon Web Services
So, I originally planned for this to be on my premium newsletter, but decided it was better to publish on my free one so that you could all enjoy it. If you liked it, please consider subscribing to su...
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October 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Exclusive: Anthropic spent $2.66 billion on Amazon Web Services in the first three quarters of 2025, around 100% of their estimated revenue. Its costs appear to increase with their revenue, showing little path to profitability.
www.wheresyoured.at/costs/
www.wheresyoured.at/costs/
If more EVs launched with messaging like this, instead of endless pandering about saving the environment or obliterating your internal organs with ever-faster acceleration times, I feel like the American EV market would be in a much better place today.
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Ferrari launches its Elettrica with one of the best EV marketing analogies of all time
Walking the golden path between simile and spin, there is greatness.
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October 12, 2025 at 10:12 AM
If more EVs launched with messaging like this, instead of endless pandering about saving the environment or obliterating your internal organs with ever-faster acceleration times, I feel like the American EV market would be in a much better place today.
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I do wonder what people think when they see me cruise by in my Subaru with Koopa sitting solo in left seat, head hanging out the window.
October 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I do wonder what people think when they see me cruise by in my Subaru with Koopa sitting solo in left seat, head hanging out the window.
Finally, I can talk about what I've been up to in Italy this week. I got an early preview of the Ferrari Elettrica, the company's first electric car. Will 1,000 hp, a wild sound, and a design from Jony Ive and Co. win over over the EV haters? www.engadget.com/transportati...
Ferrari's first EV is coming next year with big speed, big sound and a Jony Ive design
Ferrari unveiled the first proper details about its first EV, the Elettrica, which is set to fully debut next year.
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October 9, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Finally, I can talk about what I've been up to in Italy this week. I got an early preview of the Ferrari Elettrica, the company's first electric car. Will 1,000 hp, a wild sound, and a design from Jony Ive and Co. win over over the EV haters? www.engadget.com/transportati...
My latest venture into travel writing, a little guide on how to pack light. Seriously light. I obsess over optimizing everything I carry with me, and here are a few of my favorites!
www.theguardian.com/thefilter-us...
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Travel essentials: eight items to pack for your next trip – and what to leave at home
Skip the bulky neck pillow. Ditch your chargers. Pack these lighter, more useful gear for your next plane trip
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
My latest venture into travel writing, a little guide on how to pack light. Seriously light. I obsess over optimizing everything I carry with me, and here are a few of my favorites!
www.theguardian.com/thefilter-us...
www.theguardian.com/thefilter-us...
Trying to teach Koopa fetch using the two-ball technique. Let's just say things didn't go according to plan.
If y'all have any bomb-proof fetch training techniques we're all ears. This dude would just rather chew on the ball than bring it back, even when treats are involved.
If y'all have any bomb-proof fetch training techniques we're all ears. This dude would just rather chew on the ball than bring it back, even when treats are involved.
October 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Trying to teach Koopa fetch using the two-ball technique. Let's just say things didn't go according to plan.
If y'all have any bomb-proof fetch training techniques we're all ears. This dude would just rather chew on the ball than bring it back, even when treats are involved.
If y'all have any bomb-proof fetch training techniques we're all ears. This dude would just rather chew on the ball than bring it back, even when treats are involved.
Me whenever a @mikemignola.bsky.social bundle shows up on @humblebundle.com (even though I already own 2/3 the titles in the bundle).
a cartoon character is holding a bunch of money and the words shut up and take are above him
ALT: a cartoon character is holding a bunch of money and the words shut up and take are above him
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September 30, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Me whenever a @mikemignola.bsky.social bundle shows up on @humblebundle.com (even though I already own 2/3 the titles in the bundle).
With holiday travel ramping up I figured I'd jot down a few, well, let's say somewhat less conventional tips for how I both reduce and cope with travel headaches on the regular.
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Simple tips to survive terrible trips: Part 1
Some humble advice a tired globetrotter.
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September 30, 2025 at 1:04 AM
With holiday travel ramping up I figured I'd jot down a few, well, let's say somewhat less conventional tips for how I both reduce and cope with travel headaches on the regular.
timstevens.substack.com/p/simple-tip...
timstevens.substack.com/p/simple-tip...
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There’s an episode of Friends where Rachel supposedly (off-screen) compares Jane Eyre to Robocop and I briefly thought of that as @timstevens.bsky.social here makes a much, more more apt comparison between Robocop and the Mustang GTD.
There's a patriotic war brewing on a track that, traditionally, neither American manufacturers nor their enthusiasts have cared much about. It's the Nürburgring, and here's what it's like to drive the two greatest 'Merican weapons that have ever been deployed there. arstechnica.com/cars/2025/09...
ZR1, GTD, and America’s new Nürburgring war
Ford and Chevy set near-identical lap times with very different cars; we drove both.
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September 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
There’s an episode of Friends where Rachel supposedly (off-screen) compares Jane Eyre to Robocop and I briefly thought of that as @timstevens.bsky.social here makes a much, more more apt comparison between Robocop and the Mustang GTD.
There's a patriotic war brewing on a track that, traditionally, neither American manufacturers nor their enthusiasts have cared much about. It's the Nürburgring, and here's what it's like to drive the two greatest 'Merican weapons that have ever been deployed there. arstechnica.com/cars/2025/09...
ZR1, GTD, and America’s new Nürburgring war
Ford and Chevy set near-identical lap times with very different cars; we drove both.
arstechnica.com
September 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
There's a patriotic war brewing on a track that, traditionally, neither American manufacturers nor their enthusiasts have cared much about. It's the Nürburgring, and here's what it's like to drive the two greatest 'Merican weapons that have ever been deployed there. arstechnica.com/cars/2025/09...
Pinball, deconstructed. First test wiring up of our Street Fighter II Pinball restoration project. Some final finishing touches today, hopefully will flip the switch for the first time next week. Pray for no smoke...
September 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Pinball, deconstructed. First test wiring up of our Street Fighter II Pinball restoration project. Some final finishing touches today, hopefully will flip the switch for the first time next week. Pray for no smoke...
Hold up, I thought EVs were the ones that caught fire. www.cbsnews.com/news/bmw-rec...
BMW recalling more than 196,000 cars in U.S. over potential fire risk
Tens of thousands of BMW vehicles, and some Toyotas, are being recalled due to an engine starter relay that can corrode, increasing the risk of a fire.
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September 26, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Hold up, I thought EVs were the ones that caught fire. www.cbsnews.com/news/bmw-rec...
Excited to share my first publication at The Guardian! It was an opportunity to tap into all the packing expertise I've picked up over the past years and millions of miles I've traveled.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
I travel 200,000 miles a year. This is the best travel backpack I can’t leave home without
I’ve tried everything from big rollers to tiny duffels – these are the two options that are far superior to all of the others
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Excited to share my first publication at The Guardian! It was an opportunity to tap into all the packing expertise I've picked up over the past years and millions of miles I've traveled.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Had a headache this am so I took some acetaminophen. Just catching up on the news and I'm glad I didn't take Tylenol. Really dodged a bullet there.
September 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Had a headache this am so I took some acetaminophen. Just catching up on the news and I'm glad I didn't take Tylenol. Really dodged a bullet there.
I would like to ask a few questions of the engineer at DTW who decided that closing and 2/3 of the airport restrooms simultaneously for renovation was a good idea. I'm sure there's some cost savings in working in parallel, but the other result is a line out the door of every functional facility.
September 22, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I would like to ask a few questions of the engineer at DTW who decided that closing and 2/3 of the airport restrooms simultaneously for renovation was a good idea. I'm sure there's some cost savings in working in parallel, but the other result is a line out the door of every functional facility.
There's a lot to unpack here.
September 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
There's a lot to unpack here.
Ever wish you could play Mario Kart for real, with weapons and everything? Starting today you can at RPM Raceway locations in the northeast. I got an exclusive first go for @theverge.com!
www.theverge.com/games/777737...
www.theverge.com/games/777737...
Battling for the lead at an IRL version of Mario Kart
Who wouldn’t want to launch rockets while racing at 45 mph?
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September 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Ever wish you could play Mario Kart for real, with weapons and everything? Starting today you can at RPM Raceway locations in the northeast. I got an exclusive first go for @theverge.com!
www.theverge.com/games/777737...
www.theverge.com/games/777737...