Automaker Mergers, Presidential Limos And Performance EVs In This Week's QOTD Roundup
Mergers have been in the news a lot lately. Whether it’s the announcement that Honda and Nissan are joining forces or rumors that Stellantis may end up selling off some of its brands, automakers working together have been at the forefront of a lot of people’s (read: my) minds. That’s what led me to today’s question. -…
Congestion Pricing Works, RyanAir Wants A 2 Drink Maximum And The Weirdest Stuff Caught By The TSA In This Week's Beyond Cars Roundup
Firefighting aircraft have been key in California’s battle against the wildfires raging in Los Angeles over the past week. An array of aerial firefighters have dropped thousands of gallons of red fire retardant liquid on LA in recent days, but have you ever wondered what all that liquid might do to a car? - Owen…
Ridiculous Used Car Quote, A 500,000-Mile Bentley Continental GT And Tesla-Swapped Ariel Atom In This Week's Car Buying Roundup
The used car market, for the most part, has shifted back in favor of the buyers instead of the sellers. With deals to be had on most of your typical cars and incredible savings on EVs, it also means that some dealers are pulling out all the stops to get you in the door even if the real price isn’t what it appears…
What 'B' Means On Your Shifter, Spiky Semi Wheels And The Vegas Loop Still Sucks In This Week's Car Culture Roundup
Toyota may not have the most exciting electric car in the world, but it’s done an incredible job of helping the hybrid go mainstream. And while it certainly has more competition in the market than it did when the Prius was first introduced, it’s still one of the automakers that appears most committed to offering…
Cybertruck On Sale, Chinese Car Ban And Possibly No Renault In Honda-Nissan Deal In This Week's News Roundup
Tesla’s sales may have been down last year, but there’s no denying the Model Y is still an incredibly popular vehicle. In fact, it was one of the best-selling cars in the country. On the other hand, it’s old, and at least in China, Tesla decided it needed a refresh, so it threw the Cybertruck headlights and a new rear…
The Most Satisfying Pickup Trucks To Own, According To Consumer Reports
These days, pickup trucks are no longer basic work vehicles that may or may not have power windows or air conditioning. Now, they offer almost any feature you’ll find on a crossover in addition to being able to tow, haul and off-road. The upside is that trucks are more comfortable and daily drivable than they’ve ever…
Woman Sues Unconscious Lyft Driver For Negligence After She Jumped Out Of His Moving Car
A woman in Southern California is suing a Lyft driver for negligence after she jumped out the window of the moving ride-share vehicle last year after the driver became unresponsive and began driving erratically.
Canadian Ring Camera Captured The First Audio And Visual Recording Of A Meteorite Hitting Earth
A man from Prince Edward Island returned home from walking his dogs to find a pile of dust-like debrison the walkway to his front door, which ended up being caused by a meteorite — and his Ring camera captured it hitting earth in a historic first. Joe Velaidum, a resident of Marshfield, Prince Edward Island, a small…
Detroit Judge Allows Parking Lots With $1,000 Parking Spaces To Reopen Ahead Of Lions Playoff Game
The Detroit Lions are finally good again. 2022 saw their first winning season since 2017, and this year, they’re back in the NFC Championship playing the Washington Commanders for their shot at the Super Bowl. As you can imagine, there’s a lot of enthusiasm for this game and a lot of folks looking to make money from…
DJI Will No Longer Stop You From Flying Your Drone Over Airports Or The White House
Less than a month after drone swarms haunted New Jersey’s night skies, DJI removed the geofencing features that finally ended the panic over the Garden State. The Chinese drone producer announced a software update that replaced the guardrails that prevented operators from flying into restricted airspace with an in-app…
New EV Registrations Surge As Customers Try To Cash In On Incentives Trump Wants To Kill
Shoppers are looking to cash in on automaker discounts and electric vehicle tax credits ahead of Donald Trump taking office on January 20. The incoming President is expected to either cut the incentives or completely repeal them. The result of that is the end of 2024 seeing a marked uptick in new EV registrations in…
Polestar Continues Growing Its Lineup With New Small 7 SUV
Polestar used the start of the new year as an opportunity to release a roadmap for its future, and all the typical buzzwords were included. EBITDA. Positive free cash flow. Securing new equity and debt funding. Strong product momentum. The future is bright, and Polestar will soon sell more cars. It wasn’t a very…
UK Seizes Illegal Cybertruck Caught Driving On Its Mountains Green
Police in the UK finally did something useful after officers in the northern city of Manchester impounded one of the first Tesla Cybertrucks to make it across the pond. Officers cleared the Manchester streets of the electric menace Thursday and impounded the Cybertruck as it is “not road legal in the UK.”
More People Owe At Least $10,000 On Their Auto Loans Than Ever Before
Among the news of all the shiny new models coming for 2025 and beyond is a dark reality looming over the auto industry: Millions of people are upside down on their auto loans, and the amounts owed are at their highest level ever.
Why Doesn't Your Car Have A Headliner With Illuminated Dragons On It?
2024 was the Year of the Dragon, which, sorry to say for everyone else, is definitely the coolest of the Chinese zodiac signs. (I’m a Rooster, which I at least enjoyed as we grew up with pet chickens.) To mark the conclusion of the lunar Year of the Dragon, a “discerning” Rolls-Royce client in China commissioned a…
Jeep Says It May Have Been Too Ambitious With Wagoneer Pricing
Jeep has more than a few problems it needs to fix, but chief among them is probablypricing. The brand’s upmarket push with models like the Wagoneer has turned off many would-be buyers because they simply cost too damn much. Jeep may have jumped the gun a bit, and surprisingly one of the brand’s executives admitted…
Chargepoint Introduces ‘Cut-Resistant’ Chargers With Built-In Alarms To Deter Vandalism And Theft
The charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in the U.S. has been criticized for years, and though much of the criticismsurrounds malfunctioning chargers, vandalismis another issue. According to the Electric Vehicle Charging Association, vandalism affected about 20 percent of charging stations in the country in…
‘We Lost Some Customers’ Mercedes Concedes Some Buyers Were Turned Away By Four-Cylinder C63
Word to the wise: don’t mess with people’s engine displacement. It’s a message Mercedes-Benz clearly didn’t listen to, and now it’s costing the German automaker in sales. Back in 2022, the company ditched its much-loved 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 in the AMG C63 in favor of a new plug-in hybrid four-cylinder powerplant.…
This 1991 Chevrolet Astro Tiger GT AWD Camper Has Me Seriously Considering Van Life
The concept of van life really blew up during the early days of the pandemic. Social media was suddenly teeming with crunchy millennials documenting their experience converting sketchy school buses into cringey “live laugh love” mobiles decked out in dream catchers and culturally appropriative fabrics. Mercifully it…
Here Are The Performance EVs You Wish Existed
With seemingly hundreds of all-electric car buying options in 2025, it might seem like there is a car to fit everyone’s personal style. Some of us, however, like to sit and daydream about the potential for a performance version of an otherwise “regular” electric car. Are you looking for something that’s a little more…
