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Jone Jone

Jone Jone is the editor of AutoCar, covering product planning, electric vehicle engineering and the business structure behind both.

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26 published articles

Future Product

Concept Interiors Are the Hard Part

Nov 1, 20264 min read

EV Tech

Winter range loss is two problems, and a heat pump fixes one

Oct 30, 20264 min read

Future Product

What a Concept Car Is Actually for

Oct 28, 20266 min read

EV Tech

The 800-Volt Question: What the Architecture Actually Buys You

Oct 26, 20264 min read

Explained

A Glossary of Charging Terms

Oct 23, 20264 min read

Future Product

How Automakers Decide What to Build Next

Oct 21, 20264 min read

Industry

Why Platforms, Not Brands, Decide What You Can Buy

Oct 19, 20264 min read

Future Product

What Future-Product Reporting Can and Can’t Tell You

Oct 14, 20264 min read

EV Tech

What a Battery Management System Actually Does

Oct 12, 20264 min read

EV Tech

Reading an EV Window Sticker Without Being Misled

Oct 7, 20265 min read

Industry

Model Year, Facelift, Redesign: What Actually Changed

Sep 29, 20264 min read

Explained

A Plain-English Guide to Automotive Product Terms

Sep 22, 20264 min read

Future Product

What a product clinic can measure, and what it can't

Sep 16, 20264 min read

Explained

A legal pass and a star rating are different tests on one car

Sep 11, 20264 min read

EV Tech

LFP or NMC: the battery chemistry changes how you live with the car

Sep 8, 20264 min read

Industry

Why the cheapest new cars keep disappearing

Sep 3, 20264 min read

Industry

Tooling: Where the Money Actually Goes

Aug 25, 20264 min read

Future Product

Why the doors on a concept car often don't open

Aug 18, 20264 min read

Industry

Why you can't order the car you just configured

Aug 11, 20264 min read

EV Tech

The brake pedal asks for slowing, and the car decides who does the work

Aug 4, 20264 min read

EV Tech

Why an electric car wears its tyres faster

Jul 28, 20264 min read

Future Product

Why a new car can look out of step the day it launches

Jul 14, 20264 min read

Explained

How to Read a Spec Sheet

Jul 7, 20264 min read

Industry

Why the same car has different lights in each market

Jun 24, 20264 min read

Explained

What “All-New” Means in a Press Release

Jun 17, 20264 min read

Industry

A trim level is a pricing tool, not a description of the car

Jun 10, 20264 min read