Новости за 21.05.2024

GM is rethinking its EV investment and finally coming around to what Toyota seems to be selling a ton of: hybrids. The first of these hybrids were needed yesterday, but we won’t be seeing them until 2027. That’s when every GM division will roll out a hybrid or plug-in hybrid model. Just don’t expect to see one from…

Congratulations! You got a seat in an exit row for your flight. All that sweet, sweet extra legroom is yours, and now the only thing that stands between you and actually being able to stretch your legs out is to simply say, “Yes,” when the flight attendant comes by to make sure you’re willing and able to help in the…

I hate insects, especially the ones that fly, so you can imagine my displeasure at learning an 18-wheeler carrying about 15 million honey bees crashed and overturned on I-95 in Maine while being transported to pollinate blueberry fields in Washington County.

Back in 2021, the Rhode Island DMV took a page out of Maine’s book and started canceling registrations for imported kei trucks. Now the state is at it again, asking owners of already-registered kei trucks to turn in their registrations — but this time, those owners have help from state government.

The SCCA Trans Am class was at its absolute pinnacle in the early 1970s, with factory-backed efforts from Ford, Chevrolet, AMC, Dodge, and Plymouth fighting for the top spots. You’re probably one of those basic bitches that loves the Bud Moore Mustangs or the Penske Camaros, right? Yeah, everyone is. Me, I’m into the…

City officials in Oakland, California decided to replace a traffic light at an intersection with stop signs last week. This decision wasn’t part of some urbanist initiative to calm traffic; the city couldn’t keep the light functional.

If you’ve ever played Gran Turismo, you probably remember that anything even approaching a one-minute time at Tsukuba Circuit is frickin’ fast. To bop around that track in a tiny little Fiat, on street-legal tires no less, in one minute and seven tenths of a second is nigh unbelievable. This little lemon jelly bean is…

Roaring ’20s Chicago was the epicenter of a wave of American inventions, like a new, more violent kind of organized crime and most importantly in this story, the rental car. One hundred years ago today, the humble rental car was the lynchpin in a plan by two rich teenage psychopaths to commit the perfect crime; the…

Typically, the news that an automaker has just announced a new hybrid version of a compact sedan isn’t all that exciting. For example, when Honda announced the new Insight, we did write about it, but we didn’t exactly have much to say. With the Insight dead again, though, Honda needed something to replace it — the…

Elon Musk is pretty big on making promises he can’t keep. If it’s not cars that can actually drive themselves or affordable electric vehicles, then it’s canceled features and backtracked launch dates. Now, the Tesla boss has been forced to admit defeat once again as no new Tesla’s will ship with support for Steam games

While electric vehicles may be (theoretically) better for the environment than internal combustion-powered cars, the mining of minerals used to make their batteries is overrun with allegations of human abuse. A nonprofit called the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre recently posted a report that shows widespread…

Formula 1 liveries are boring as all hell these days, but one team isn’t afraid to bring a little color to the grid. For this weekend’s 81st running of the Monaco Grand Prix, McLaren will swap out its traditional Papaya for a striking yellow, blue, and green Senna tribute livery. It has been thirty years since the…

Good morning! It’s Chewsday, May 21, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know.

A Singapore Airlines flight from London to Singapore ended in tragedy and was forced to make an emergency landing in Bangkok after severe turbulence left one person dead and more than 30 others injured. The BBC reports the plane dropped about 6,000 feet in only a couple of minutes, sending the Boeing 777-300ER into…

The prognosis for Fisker owners seems to get worse and worse every week. The bankruptcy is still a looming threat, and the company is essentially having a fire sale to get rid of leftover inventory even though an Ocean is probably the last thing anyone should be buying right now. Now comes word that things have gotten…

It’s taken almost two months of work, a few tons of explosives and the construction of a whole new trench in the lower Patapsco River, but the container ship that hit and destroyed the Francis Scott Key bridge is finally on the move again. The Dali hit the bridge on March 26 and has finally returned to port in…

Your forever car. The one car that you’d want to carry you through the ups and downs of a human live. It would have to be a special machine.

Your brain is a pretty important part of your body. Everything that makes you who you are is held in that little three pound sack of fat and neurons, so you should probably do what you can to protect it. Wear a frickin’ helmet, you dorks! Only nineteen of these fifty United States have a law on the books requiring…

There’s always going to be something special about spending hours poring over reviews and research until you find the best, most perfect car that could ever fit your needs. Sadly, once you’ve settled on a new car to buy, you’re also probably far from the only one to decide that a new Toyota Tacoma or Kia Telluride is…

In case you don’t know, it takes car designers years of education, training and development before they’re allowed to tackle say, the swoop of a windshield or the kink in a window. Parts are drafted on computers, crafted into clay and finally built into full prototypes. Every part of a car is supposed to be a…

When you travel abroad, there are all kinds of things you have to think about when you hit the road. There’ll be new road signs to understand, new speed limits to stick to and you might even have to drive on the opposite side. There’s also all kinds of parking rules to follow or you could face a hefty fine. The U.S.…

Elon Musk has recently become convinced that his floundering car company is actually, secretly, an incredibly powerful robotics company. Model Xes and Ys are no longer the big business to him; it’s all about Optimus and robotaxis — that is, unless he doesn’t get his way at the upcoming shareholder meeting.

Today’s Nice Price or No Dice VW GTI 337 is an anniversary edition that the U.S. received a year after the fact. It’s still kitted with some very desirable accessories, but we’ll have to decide if it’s a day late and a dollar short.