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Gitlin"> </div> <div class=""> <h1 class="font-impact text-2xl font-semibold uppercase md:text-3xl"> Jonathan M. Gitlin </h1> <div class="font-impact -mt-1 text-base font-semibold uppercase text-gray-400 md:text-lg"> Automotive Editor </div> <a class="font-impact -mt-1 block text-lg font-semibold" href="mailto:jonathan.gitlin@arstechnica.com"> jonathan.gitlin@arstechnica.com </a> <div class="mb-9 mt-4 max-w-2xl text-lg leading-tight text-gray-400"> Jonathan is the Automotive Editor at Ars Technica. He has a BSc and PhD in Pharmacology and followed up with postdoctoral work at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, CA, and the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY, then moved to the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health as a science policy analyst. In 2004 he started contributing to Ars Technica, covering the sciences with the occasional foray into racing games and motorsport. In 2014 he decided to indulge his lifelong passion for the car by leaving NHGRI and launching Ars Technica's automotive coverage. He lives in Washington, DC. In his spare time you might find him watching motorsport or hanging out with his cats. Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/drgitlin/">https://www.instagram.com/drgitlin/</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="bg-gray-250 mb-9 h-[4px] dark:bg-gray-700"></div> <div class="font-impact dark:text-gray-250 mb-4 text-xl font-semibold uppercase text-gray-400 sm:text-2xl lg:text-3xl"> <span class="font-bold text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-400">Recent stories by </span> <span>Jonathan M. Gitlin</span> </div> </div> <div class="mx-auto my-5 px-[15px] sm:px-5 sm:px-5 lg:grid lg:max-w-6xl lg:grid-cols-3 lg:gap-8 xl:px-0"> <div class="grid grid-cols-1 gap-5 lg:col-span-2"> <article id="card-2076421" data-id="2076421" class="relative group card-list-square post-2076421 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cars tag-hyundai tag-nacs"> <div class="overflow-hidden rounded-sm"> <div class="flex flex-nowrap items-start"> <a class="relative block aspect-square h-auto w-16 overflow-hidden rounded-sm md:w-24" href="https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/02/hyundais-nacs-adapter-for-evs-will-be-free-to-all-existing-owners/"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Ioniq-5-at-supercharger-300x300.jpg" class="group-hover:saturate-150 object-cover h-auto min-w-full min-h-full absolute wp-post-image" alt="A Hyundai Ioniq 5 charges at a Tesla supercharger" loading="lazy" decoding="async" srcset="https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Ioniq-5-at-supercharger-300x300.jpg 300w, https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Ioniq-5-at-supercharger-500x500.jpg 500w, https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Ioniq-5-at-supercharger-1000x1000.jpg 1000w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <div class="flex flex-1 flex-col justify-between pl-3 sm:pl-5"> <div> <h2 class="-mt-1 font-serif text-xl font-bold leading-none md:text-2xl md:leading-none"> <a class="text-gray-700 visited:text-gray-300 hover:text-orange-400 dark:text-gray-100 dark:visited:text-gray-400 dark:hover:text-orange-400" href="https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/02/hyundais-nacs-adapter-for-evs-will-be-free-to-all-existing-owners/">Hyundai’s NACS adapter for EVs will be free to all existing owners</a> </h2> <p class="leading-tighter dark:text-gray-250 my-1 text-base text-gray-400"> Existing Hyundai EV owners will just need their VIN to claim their free adapter. </p> <div class="font-impact text-xs font-semibold uppercase text-gray-300"><span>Jonathan M. Gitlin</span> – <span class="whitespace-nowrap"> <time class="mr-[2px] inline-block cursor-default" title="2025-02-14T18:54:55-05:00" datetime="2025-02-14T18:54:55-05:00" x-data="{ compact: true, open: false, date: new Date('2025-02-14T18:54:55-05:00'), updatedTimestamp: false, format: function() { let dateFormat = { year: 'numeric', month: 'short', day: 'numeric' }; let timeFormat = { hour: 'numeric', minute: 'numeric' }; let formatted = this.date.toLocaleDateString(undefined, dateFormat) + ' ' + this.date.toLocaleTimeString(undefined, timeFormat); if (this.compact) { if (this.date.toDateString() === new Date().toDateString()) { formatted = this.date.toLocaleTimeString(undefined, timeFormat); if (this.updatedTimestamp) { formatted = 'at ' + formatted; } } else { formatted = this.date.toLocaleDateString(undefined, { year: 'numeric', month: 'numeric', day: 'numeric' }); } } if (this.updatedTimestamp) { formatted = 'Updated ' + formatted; } return formatted; } }" x-text="format()"> 2/14/2025 </time> <span class="text-gray-550">|</span> <a class="view-comments text-gray-300 hover:text-gray-500" href="https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/02/hyundais-nacs-adapter-for-evs-will-be-free-to-all-existing-owners/#comments" title="98 comments"> <svg class="-mt-1 ml-1 mr-[2px] inline-block h-4 w-4" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 80 80"><defs><clipPath id="bubble-zero_svg__a"><path fill="none" stroke-width="0" d="M0 0h80v80H0z"/></clipPath><clipPath id="bubble-zero_svg__b"><path fill="none" stroke-width="0" d="M0 0h80v80H0z"/></clipPath></defs><g clip-path="url(#bubble-zero_svg__a)"><g fill="currentColor" clip-path="url(#bubble-zero_svg__b)"><path d="M80 40c0 22.09-17.91 40-40 40S0 62.09 0 40 17.91 0 40 0s40 17.91 40 40"/><path d="M40 40 .59 76.58C-.67 77.84.22 80 2.01 80H40z"/></g></g></svg> 98 </a> </span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article id="card-2075941" data-id="2075941" class="relative group card-list-square post-2075941 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cars tag-honda tag-nissan"> <div class="overflow-hidden rounded-sm"> <div class="flex flex-nowrap items-start"> <a class="relative block aspect-square h-auto w-16 overflow-hidden rounded-sm md:w-24" href="https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/02/the-honda-nissan-merger-is-dead/"><img width="300" height="222" src="https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/c241223c_003H.jpg" class="group-hover:saturate-150 object-cover h-auto min-w-full min-h-full absolute wp-post-image" alt="Two Japanese men in business suits stand at podiums." loading="lazy" decoding="async" srcset="https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/c241223c_003H.jpg 8456w, https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/c241223c_003H-640x475.jpg 640w, https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/c241223c_003H-1024x759.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/c241223c_003H-768x570.jpg 768w, https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/c241223c_003H-980x727.jpg 980w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <div class="flex flex-1 flex-col justify-between pl-3 sm:pl-5"> <div> <h2 class="-mt-1 font-serif text-xl font-bold leading-none md:text-2xl md:leading-none"> <a class="text-gray-700 visited:text-gray-300 hover:text-orange-400 dark:text-gray-100 dark:visited:text-gray-400 dark:hover:text-orange-400" href="https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/02/the-honda-nissan-merger-is-dead/">The Honda-Nissan merger is dead</a> </h2> <p class="leading-tighter dark:text-gray-250 my-1 text-base text-gray-400"> Always more of a takeover than a merger, they agreed to call the whole thing off. </p> <div class="font-impact text-xs font-semibold uppercase text-gray-300"><span>Jonathan M. Gitlin</span> – <span class="whitespace-nowrap"> <time class="mr-[2px] inline-block cursor-default" title="2025-02-13T09:10:20-05:00" datetime="2025-02-13T09:10:20-05:00" x-data="{ compact: true, open: false, date: new Date('2025-02-13T09:10:20-05:00'), updatedTimestamp: false, format: function() { let dateFormat = { year: 'numeric', month: 'short', day: 'numeric' }; let timeFormat = { hour: 'numeric', minute: 'numeric' }; let formatted = this.date.toLocaleDateString(undefined, dateFormat) + ' ' + this.date.toLocaleTimeString(undefined, timeFormat); if (this.compact) { if (this.date.toDateString() === new Date().toDateString()) { formatted = this.date.toLocaleTimeString(undefined, timeFormat); if (this.updatedTimestamp) { formatted = 'at ' + formatted; } } else { formatted = this.date.toLocaleDateString(undefined, { year: 'numeric', month: 'numeric', day: 'numeric' }); } } if (this.updatedTimestamp) { formatted = 'Updated ' + formatted; } return formatted; } }" x-text="format()"> 2/13/2025 </time> <span class="text-gray-550">|</span> <a class="view-comments text-gray-300 hover:text-gray-500" href="https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/02/the-honda-nissan-merger-is-dead/#comments" title="141 comments"> <svg class="-mt-1 ml-1 mr-[2px] inline-block h-4 w-4" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 80 80"><defs><clipPath id="bubble-zero_svg__a"><path fill="none" stroke-width="0" d="M0 0h80v80H0z"/></clipPath><clipPath id="bubble-zero_svg__b"><path fill="none" stroke-width="0" d="M0 0h80v80H0z"/></clipPath></defs><g clip-path="url(#bubble-zero_svg__a)"><g fill="currentColor" clip-path="url(#bubble-zero_svg__b)"><path d="M80 40c0 22.09-17.91 40-40 40S0 62.09 0 40 17.91 0 40 0s40 17.91 40 40"/><path d="M40 40 .59 76.58C-.67 77.84.22 80 2.01 80H40z"/></g></g></svg> 141 </a> </span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article id="card-2075728" data-id="2075728" class="relative group card-list-square post-2075728 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cars tag-pedestrian-deaths tag-road-deaths tag-road-safety"> <div class="overflow-hidden rounded-sm"> <div class="flex flex-nowrap items-start"> <a class="relative block aspect-square h-auto w-16 overflow-hidden rounded-sm md:w-24" href="https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/02/common-factors-link-rise-in-pedestrian-deaths-fixing-them-will-be-tough/"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/GettyImages-1093734020-300x300.jpg" class="group-hover:saturate-150 object-cover h-auto min-w-full min-h-full absolute wp-post-image" alt="Bloody female victim of deadly car accident lying on road, close-up view at body" loading="lazy" decoding="async" srcset="https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/GettyImages-1093734020-300x300.jpg 300w, https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/GettyImages-1093734020-500x500.jpg 500w, https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/GettyImages-1093734020-1000x1000.jpg 1000w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <div class="flex flex-1 flex-col justify-between pl-3 sm:pl-5"> <div> <h2 class="-mt-1 font-serif text-xl font-bold leading-none md:text-2xl md:leading-none"> <a class="text-gray-700 visited:text-gray-300 hover:text-orange-400 dark:text-gray-100 dark:visited:text-gray-400 dark:hover:text-orange-400" href="https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/02/common-factors-link-rise-in-pedestrian-deaths-fixing-them-will-be-tough/">Common factors link rise in pedestrian deaths—fixing them will be tough</a> </h2> <p class="leading-tighter dark:text-gray-250 my-1 text-base text-gray-400"> A new AAA study finds common factors in the rise of fatal pedestrian crashes. </p> <div class="font-impact text-xs font-semibold uppercase text-gray-300"><span>Jonathan M. Gitlin</span> – <span class="whitespace-nowrap"> <time class="mr-[2px] inline-block cursor-default" title="2025-02-12T11:06:41-05:00" datetime="2025-02-12T11:06:41-05:00" x-data="{ compact: true, open: false, date: new Date('2025-02-12T11:06:41-05:00'), updatedTimestamp: false, format: function() { let dateFormat = { year: 'numeric', month: 'short', day: 'numeric' }; let timeFormat = { hour: 'numeric', minute: 'numeric' }; let formatted = this.date.toLocaleDateString(undefined, dateFormat) + ' ' + this.date.toLocaleTimeString(undefined, timeFormat); if (this.compact) { if (this.date.toDateString() === new Date().toDateString()) { formatted = this.date.toLocaleTimeString(undefined, timeFormat); if (this.updatedTimestamp) { formatted = 'at ' + formatted; } } else { formatted = this.date.toLocaleDateString(undefined, { year: 'numeric', month: 'numeric', day: 'numeric' }); } } if (this.updatedTimestamp) { formatted = 'Updated ' + formatted; } return formatted; } }" x-text="format()"> 2/12/2025 </time> <span class="text-gray-550">|</span> <a class="view-comments text-gray-300 hover:text-gray-500" href="https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/02/common-factors-link-rise-in-pedestrian-deaths-fixing-them-will-be-tough/#comments" title="200 comments"> <svg class="-mt-1 ml-1 mr-[2px] inline-block h-4 w-4" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 80 80"><defs><clipPath id="bubble-zero_svg__a"><path fill="none" stroke-width="0" d="M0 0h80v80H0z"/></clipPath><clipPath id="bubble-zero_svg__b"><path fill="none" stroke-width="0" d="M0 0h80v80H0z"/></clipPath></defs><g clip-path="url(#bubble-zero_svg__a)"><g fill="currentColor" clip-path="url(#bubble-zero_svg__b)"><path d="M80 40c0 22.09-17.91 40-40 40S0 62.09 0 40 17.91 0 40 0s40 17.91 40 40"/><path d="M40 40 .59 76.58C-.67 77.84.22 80 2.01 80H40z"/></g></g></svg> 200 </a> </span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article id="card-2075656" data-id="2075656" class="relative group card-list-square post-2075656 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cars tag-ford tag-tariffs"> <div class="overflow-hidden rounded-sm"> <div class="flex flex-nowrap items-start"> <a class="relative block aspect-square h-auto w-16 overflow-hidden rounded-sm md:w-24" href="https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/02/ford-boss-says-tariffs-will-create-cost-and-chaos/"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/GettyImages-2192536788-300x300.jpg" class="group-hover:saturate-150 object-cover h-auto min-w-full min-h-full absolute wp-post-image" alt="A man stands on a stage, wearing a suit. 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Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States." loading="lazy" decoding="async" srcset="https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2194989581-300x300.jpg 300w, https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2194989581-500x500.jpg 500w, https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2194989581-1000x1000.jpg 1000w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <div class="flex flex-1 flex-col justify-between pl-3 sm:pl-5"> <div> <h2 class="-mt-1 font-serif text-xl font-bold leading-none md:text-2xl md:leading-none"> <a class="text-gray-700 visited:text-gray-300 hover:text-orange-400 dark:text-gray-100 dark:visited:text-gray-400 dark:hover:text-orange-400" href="https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/01/fuel-efficiency-evs-and-charger-funding-all-cut-by-trumps-orders/">California’s air pollution waiver and the “EV mandate” are banned by Trump</a> </h2> <p class="leading-tighter dark:text-gray-250 my-1 text-base text-gray-400"> Among the new president's many executive orders were attacks on clean vehicle policies. </p> <div class="font-impact text-xs font-semibold uppercase text-gray-300"><span>Jonathan M. Gitlin</span> – <span class="whitespace-nowrap"> <time class="mr-[2px] inline-block cursor-default" title="2025-01-21T08:19:17-05:00" datetime="2025-01-21T08:19:17-05:00" x-data="{ compact: true, open: false, date: new Date('2025-01-21T08:19:17-05:00'), updatedTimestamp: false, format: function() { let dateFormat = { year: 'numeric', month: 'short', day: 'numeric' }; let timeFormat = { hour: 'numeric', minute: 'numeric' }; let formatted = this.date.toLocaleDateString(undefined, dateFormat) + ' ' + this.date.toLocaleTimeString(undefined, timeFormat); if (this.compact) { if (this.date.toDateString() === new Date().toDateString()) { formatted = this.date.toLocaleTimeString(undefined, timeFormat); if (this.updatedTimestamp) { formatted = 'at ' + formatted; } } else { formatted = this.date.toLocaleDateString(undefined, { year: 'numeric', month: 'numeric', day: 'numeric' }); } } if (this.updatedTimestamp) { formatted = 'Updated ' + formatted; } return formatted; } }" x-text="format()"> 1/21/2025 </time> <span class="text-gray-550">|</span> <a class="view-comments text-gray-300 hover:text-gray-500" href="https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/01/fuel-efficiency-evs-and-charger-funding-all-cut-by-trumps-orders/#comments" title="480 comments"> <svg class="-mt-1 ml-1 mr-[2px] inline-block h-4 w-4" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 80 80"><defs><clipPath id="bubble-zero_svg__a"><path fill="none" stroke-width="0" d="M0 0h80v80H0z"/></clipPath><clipPath id="bubble-zero_svg__b"><path fill="none" stroke-width="0" d="M0 0h80v80H0z"/></clipPath></defs><g clip-path="url(#bubble-zero_svg__a)"><g fill="currentColor" clip-path="url(#bubble-zero_svg__b)"><path d="M80 40c0 22.09-17.91 40-40 40S0 62.09 0 40 17.91 0 40 0s40 17.91 40 40"/><path d="M40 40 .59 76.58C-.67 77.84.22 80 2.01 80H40z"/></g></g></svg> 480 </a> </span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article id="card-2071360" data-id="2071360" class="relative group card-list-square post-2071360 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-cars tag-ev-charging tag-patent"> <div class="overflow-hidden rounded-sm"> <div class="flex flex-nowrap items-start"> <a class="relative block aspect-square h-auto w-16 overflow-hidden rounded-sm md:w-24" href="https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/01/gm-patents-ev-that-can-charge-and-power-stuff-simultaneously/"><img width="300" height="300" src="https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2024-silverado-ev-wt-208-300x300.jpg" class="group-hover:saturate-150 object-cover h-auto min-w-full min-h-full absolute wp-post-image" alt="Close-up of the Silverado EV WT plugged into a charging station." loading="lazy" decoding="async" srcset="https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2024-silverado-ev-wt-208-300x300.jpg 300w, https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2024-silverado-ev-wt-208-500x500.jpg 500w, https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2024-silverado-ev-wt-208-1000x1000.jpg 1000w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a> <div class="flex flex-1 flex-col justify-between pl-3 sm:pl-5"> <div> <h2 class="-mt-1 font-serif text-xl font-bold leading-none md:text-2xl md:leading-none"> <a class="text-gray-700 visited:text-gray-300 hover:text-orange-400 dark:text-gray-100 dark:visited:text-gray-400 dark:hover:text-orange-400" href="https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/01/gm-patents-ev-that-can-charge-and-power-stuff-simultaneously/">GM patents a dual-port charging system for EVs with vehicle-to-load</a> </h2> <p class="leading-tighter dark:text-gray-250 my-1 text-base text-gray-400"> I'm not sure why you'd want to do both at the same time, but this EV could. </p> <div class="font-impact text-xs font-semibold uppercase text-gray-300"><span>Jonathan M. 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