Must Reads of 2023: Road Test Editor Zac Palmer

You're probably already thinking that my list is going to be rather predictable. Road Test Editor ... it's probably just going to be a bunch of Road Tests, right? Well, only partially. Looking back on the year, there are a lot of stories that I'm proud to shine a spotlight on, from epic comparison tests to breaking news and more. Yeah, I still write news here despite the job title perhaps suggesting otherwise – but this is Autoblog, car news is what we do!

With that, I'll invite you on this little journey through 2023. I narrowed the list down to just seven stories (it was hard!), so scroll on down and check them out.

We charged a non-Tesla at a Supercharger. Here's how it went

Remember that weird several-month stretch where it looked like Tesla was going to install CCS adapters on its Superchargers so that non-Teslas could charge on them? The great NACS migration shortly thereafter essentially killed that idea, but while it was a viable one, I drove our long-term Kia EV6 hundreds of miles to one of the chargers with the CCS adapters (termed Magic Dock) installed to tell you all how it worked. Consider it one of the weirder footnotes in the ever-evolving history of EVs we're living through right now.

2023 Nissan Z vs. 2023 Toyota GR Supra Comparison Test

This one's pretty self-explanatory. Comparing the GR Supra and Z was my comparison test highlight of the year, and I'm thrilled with how both the test, photos and story came out.

Mercedes-Benz’s Dolby Atmos audio wins the 2023 Autoblog Technology of the Year award

As Road Test Editor, I'm the lucky one who gets to plan and organize our annual Technology of the Year award testing. Then, when it's done, I get to write the story for the winner. It's always a hectic and fun time of the year, and it's one of the stories that we put a ton of effort into every year.