Новости за 24.08.2023

Fisker finally started delivering its Ocean electric SUV to buyers in America earlier this year. The brand’s first electric SUV promises a bougie interior, a range of up to 360 miles, and a whole heap of futuristic tech. But if you’re the kind of driver that wants their all-electric family hauler to come with a bit…

America’s major manufacturers have made it clear that electric vehicles haven’t been as profitable as hoped. Ford has stated they expected to lose $4.5 billion on their electric vehicle divisions this year. Detroit’s automakers knew that they were going to lose money in these early years of production, just not that…

The canceling of models happens all the time in the auto industry. Models come due for a replacement, are part of a segment that just isn’t selling anymore, or are just poorly selling models, period. Sometimes the cancellations are shocking but not entirely surprising. Other times they can make us question just what…

If you believe everything you read on the internet, then Tesla is nearing mass production of its angular monstrosity, also known as the Cybertruck. But away from the excited announcement, issues with building the massive truck are still plain to see.

The Chippewa Flowage or Lake Chippewa as it is also known, is a lake in Northern Wisconsin that was created by damming the Chippewa river. According to chippewaflowage.com, when the land was flooded in 1923 peat bogs floated to the surface and were gradually covered with vegetation, which has kept them intact. Some of…

Jon and his wife share their time between Abu Dhabi and a new home in Charlotte, NC. They are tired of renting cars when they come back to the States and want a comfortable ride, with reasonable power, hauling capacity, and reliability. With a budget of about $25,000, what should they buy?

Earlier this year, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) told automakers to ignore the Massachusetts Data Access Law, mandating open access to vehicle data. The federal agency claimed that open data cars could allow an avenue for hackers to break into vehicle control systems. NHTSA previously…

If you’re the kind of person that takes their truck camping but is sick of putting up a tent every night, then you’ve got a few options to make your life easier. You could buy a ready-made camper shell that fits snugly into the bed and gives you a kitchen and sleeping space, or you could strap a rooftop tent to your…

The recent rains in Southern California from Tropical Storm Hilary made for dangerous road conditions in much of the region. While a lot of Southern Californians still can’t drive when roads get wet, there are actual reasons why LA roads get so treacherous in slick conditions, Spectrum News explains.

I consider myself to be a pretty attentive driver. Even though I live in a city where driving is not encouraged or the norm, I’m driving fairly often, thanks to my job (working here), and the city forces you to be at attention, often. But after completing the Motorcycle Safety Foundation’s Basic Rider Course, and…

A man’s short but profitable scheme stealing over $400,000 in vehicles from multiple dealers concludes with a sentence of 11 years in prison, KTLA reports.

It’s our final break before the skills test portion of our Motorcycle Safety Foundation course and I am shitting bricks. Passing the test gets you a waiver that you can bring to the DMV in place of a road test (if you already have your motorcycle permit), so there’s a lot on the line. As the rest of my classmates (a…

Being a car and bike journalist is weird. I’ve been licensed to ride motorcycles for four years, but I’ve really only regularly ridden them for one — yet manufacturers will trip over themselves to hand me the keys to a brand-new bike, fully trusting me to take care of it and write an informed review.

There are already so many things to be terrified of while driving, from deer jumping in front of your car to lumber falling off the back of a truck and impaling you. But in case the list wasn’t long enough, we now have a new one to add — literal flying spears. Surprisingly, this didn’t take place in Florida, but we…

Good morning! It’s Thursday, August 24, 2023, 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 today.

Ahh, the 1950s. The post-war economic boom is happening, people are having babies and buying houses. They’re also buying cars and manufacturers are more than happy to oblige with new, thrilling iron that shakes off the last decade-plus of stale design and austerity.

Like many of you, I’ve always been a huge fan of the Jaguar E-Type. Its revolutionary, low-slung design and sweet-sounding inline-six (or V12) engine have made it one of my favorite cars of all time, but unfortunately, I had never driven one. So, when the kind folks at E.C.D. Automotive reached out with a chance to…

If you know about Ruf at all, it’s likely that you either encountered the brand in Gran Turismo and thought it was a bootleg Porsche or you saw Stefan Roser driving the original CTR Yellowbird within an inch of its life in “Faszination On The Nurburgring.”

Hurricane Hilary was downgraded to a tropical storm when it made landfall in Mexico on Saturday, but the torrential downpour that the storm brought caused chaos throughout the country nonetheless. Jalisco was hit with heavy rain on Sunday, flooding the streets of Guadalajara and nearby cities. In Zapopan, floodwaters…

The ‘90s were a fun time, we had Oasis and Blur arguing for the Britpop crown, Michael Schumacher only had two F1 world titles under his belt and self-driving cars were just a sci-fi fantasy. There were also some really dopey cars out on the road.

For those who lament the dearth of padded vinyl roofs on contemporary cars and trucks, today’s Nice Price or No Dice Crown Vic will prove a panacea. Let’s see what this lightly customized big sedan should realistically be worth.