the winner of which becomes known as The King of the Hammers. Until now, it had always been won by purpose-built, vaguely Jeep-looking contraptions with four-wheel drive and tremendous jounce and ...

At King of the Hammers, one of the toughest off-road races in the world, electric vehicles aren’t really on the radar. Gas-powered vehicles rule, and they go hard across the desert. There’s no ...