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Electric cars are dying fast and the repair industry is lagging

When you were a kid and you had a little radio control car that you zoomed around the kitchen floor or built jumps for in the back yard, did you throw...

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Oldsmobile died 20 years ago. Here are the 15 greatest gifts it gave auto enthusiasts

Once the largest division of General Motors, the Oldsmobile dream was killed off at 107 years old, on April 29, 2004, a full 20 years ago today. While...

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A simple car repair can mean financial ruin for many Americans

About a third of American households, according to a survey from the Federal Reserve, don’t have $500 in their savings accounts. Because we live in...

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A TSA bomb-sniffing dog retired and he was a good dog — so they threw him a retirement party

One of the Transportation Safety Administration’s “bomb-sniffing” dogs at Reagan National Airport was thrown a retirement party last week after...

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A teacher got fined for putting a For Sale sign in his own truck

A retired Pennsylvania school teacher got an opportunity to move to the Philippines to teach English. After failing to offload his old pickup truck...

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A Tesla Cybertruck went unresponsive after a car wash

After just a couple of months and a few thousand miles of ownership, Tik Tok user @captian.ad’s Tesla Cybertruck was effectively a...

18.04.2024 5

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Tesla's Full Self-Driving keeps driving cars into curbs, drivers say

Tesla owners are understandably peeved about the newest update (version 12.3.4) to the so-called Full Self-Driving suite of driver assist features. It...

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A new lamp post wants to be an electric vehicle charger for the street

Perhaps the largest hurdle for adoption of electric vehicles in the U.S. market right now is a lack of competent charging infrastructure. For those of...

16.04.2024 8

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Of course a Tesla fan called the police on a Rivian driver who dared to use a Supercharger station

Rivian R1T and R1S trucks were allowed access to the previously Tesla-only Supercharger network in mid-March, as Tesla has been slowly allowing more...

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The Tesla Cybertruck is worse at towing than a decade-old Model X, report says

Bowlus, manufacturer of ultra high-end luxury towables, has been testing the tow range of popular electric trucks and SUVs since the Tesla Model X...

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The Baltimore Key Bridge collapsed but it's still mostly intact underwater

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducted its survey of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore using sonar images, and has concluded...

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You can store your car for any length of time. Here's how

At some point in your tenure as a car enthusiast you will surely find the need to put your car away for a while. If you live in a northern climate...

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Somehow train heists — yes, train heists — are just a part of doing business now

There are a bunch of reasons that the ports in Southern California have seen a huge inbound freight uptick in recent years, including the buying...

24.03.2024 5

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There is a YouTube channel dedicated to drivers missing the same curve over and over

We all love a bit of schadenfreude on occasion, who can blame us, we’re only human. So when a new YouTube channel pops up and it’s just footage of...

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Ohio thinks an app could replace driving instructors

Ohio-based Grange Insurance is developing a new driver training app which can turn any adult 21 years and older into an untrained and uncertified, but...

20.03.2024 5

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Tesla's Cybertruck has a lower battery range if used as an actual truck

Tesla engineers have done a lot of work to get the Tesla Cybertruck as aerodynamically efficient as possible, while keeping the faux-futurist design...

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The worst car engines ever made

There have been so many hundreds of different engine configurations built in the history of the automobile. Statistically some of them are bound to be...

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The price premium for EVs is disappearing

There are currently 57 electric vehicle models on sale in the U.S., and while Tesla is still the most popular, new players in the electric car market...

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The abandoned Apple Car project was a van called the 'Bread Loaf'

For at least the last few years, the idea of an Apple-built and branded automobile seemed plausible, if not totally possible. Apple is known almost...

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An AI license plate surveillance startup installed hundreds of cameras without permission

Flock, a startup which promotes a surveillance state, has installed car tracking cameras in 4,000 cities among 42 states. The company makes its money...

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The Tesla Model 3 Plaid was spotted in Spain

The car company with a performance trim named after a throw-away joke from every 13-year-old’s favorite Mel Brooks film is apparently expanding its...

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Elon Musk's Neuralink is starting to freak doctors out

Neuralink, billionaire Elon Musk’s side hustle, began brain-computer interface implant long-term trials in human subjects late last month, the third...

26.02.2024 8

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Elon Musk's alleged drug use reportedly had Tesla board members asking him to go to rehab

It has been not-so-secret Silicon Valley knowledge in recent years that Elon Musk frequently enjoys partaking in mind altering, hallucinogenic, and...

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Tesla's Autopilot update is frustrating both drivers and regulators

Since it was introduced to the market in 2015, Tesla’s so-called Autopilot system has been quite easy to misuse or abuse. The world has seen...

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