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Hand-Built Home Sits on Top of a Car, Comes With Touching Story and Real Safety Issues
Hand-Built Home Sits on Top of a Car, Comes With Touching Story and Real Safety Issues

18 May 2022, 03:51 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Unlike most improvised shacks, this one actually moves around. The builder and owner says police only pull him over to ask about it, not for citations

 
Affordable Green Hydrogen Is Closer to Reality Thanks to Solar Thermochemical Breakthrough
Affordable Green Hydrogen Is Closer to Reality Thanks to Solar Thermochemical Breakthrough

14 May 2022, 21:24 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Green hydrogen is usually generated through water electrolysis, but a new thermochemical process will cut the costs thanks to concentrated solar power

 
Ford Seems To Understand Workhorse EVs Like a Pro, On Both Sides of the Atlantic
Ford Seems To Understand Workhorse EVs Like a Pro, On Both Sides of the Atlantic

14 May 2022, 10:34 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / With a starting price below $40k, the 2022 F-150 Lightning Pro is quite “cheap.” We do not know the quotation for the newly introduced E-Transit Custom, though

 
Manganese Could Be the Missing Link of Truly Affordable EV Batteries
Manganese Could Be the Missing Link of Truly Affordable EV Batteries

14 May 2022, 10:12 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Manganese is the material that EV makers eye for building truly affordable batteries with better characteristics than current LFP cells

 
Tesla's Request For Panasonic to Speed Up 4680 Cells Reinforces Possible Issues With Them
Tesla's Request For Panasonic to Speed Up 4680 Cells Reinforces Possible Issues With Them

11 May 2022, 20:36 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / If Tesla managed to get all aspects right to make them on its own, why would it ask its old-time supplier to take care of that?

 
Autonomous Driving Ph.D. Shows Why Tesla FSD Is Not Safe
Autonomous Driving Ph.D. Shows Why Tesla FSD Is Not Safe

10 May 2022, 17:32 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / If you would not accept putting a cardiac pacemaker in your body, why would you be ok with allowing beta software to drive your car?

 
The U.S. Can’t Sell Seized Billionaires’ Superyachts (Yet), So They’re Floating Money Pits
The U.S. Can’t Sell Seized Billionaires’ Superyachts (Yet), So They’re Floating Money Pits

10 May 2022, 07:50 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The difference between a floating palace and a floating money pit is in the lack of a legal framework and precedents for the sale of seized assets of this kind

 
If You Were Looking for a Sign to Go on a Track Day, This Is It!
If You Were Looking for a Sign to Go on a Track Day, This Is It!

8 May 2022, 20:55 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Have you spent years waiting for a moment where things are perfectly in line to start racing? Well, that may not be the best idea. Consider starting now

 
It's Wrong To Ask for a Test-Driving Fee
It's Wrong To Ask for a Test-Driving Fee

8 May 2022, 20:07 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / Some employees, managers, and owners think going for an extra fee will help them with business costs. It won’t. It’ll even hurt the sales

 
F1 Racers Have a Point in Protesting the Jewelry Ban Enforcement, and It Makes Sense
F1 Racers Have a Point in Protesting the Jewelry Ban Enforcement, and It Makes Sense

7 May 2022, 18:37 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Formula 1 racers are not happy with a controversial announcement made by the FIA regarding one of its older rules. This is why it is a problem

 
2023 Porsche 911 Sport Classic Might Not Hold a Candle Against Certain U.S. Heroes
2023 Porsche 911 Sport Classic Might Not Hold a Candle Against Certain U.S. Heroes

7 May 2022, 10:34 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Porsche signaled the return of the ducktail, and the limited-production “vintage” model will be sold in the U.S. for the first time, against powerful rivals

 
GM's CEO Mary Barra Sees $30,000 Electric Vehicles as Key to Overtaking Tesla
GM's CEO Mary Barra Sees $30,000 Electric Vehicles as Key to Overtaking Tesla

6 May 2022, 22:24 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / GM's CEO Mary Barra reiterated the plan to overtake Tesla by mid-decade, and for that GM needs to sell more affordable electric vehicles

 
China Thanks Tesla, the Asians Will Take It From Here
China Thanks Tesla, the Asians Will Take It From Here

1 May 2022, 20:59 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / The free market is a wonderful thing. Everyone adapts to changing circumstances. But nobody changes their strategy as fast as a hungry competitor

 
Datsun Was a Bet on Affordability That Failed to Understand Human Nature
Datsun Was a Bet on Affordability That Failed to Understand Human Nature

30 Apr 2022, 16:57 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Reborn in India, Datsun proved something no automotive executive can forget: most people do not want to buy something that screams “cheap”

 
2021 Ford Bronco's 2.7-Liter Engine Has a Catastrophic Problem, Dozens Affected
2021 Ford Bronco's 2.7-Liter Engine Has a Catastrophic Problem, Dozens Affected

30 Apr 2022, 11:39 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Dozens of 2021 Ford Broncos with the 2.7-liter V6 engine suffered a catastrophic failure that can be traced to a dropped valve, Ford is aware of the problem

 
Everyone Wants to Hustle, But Ford Seems Ready to Bring the EV Revolution
Everyone Wants to Hustle, But Ford Seems Ready to Bring the EV Revolution

30 Apr 2022, 10:34 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / “America's Best-Selling Vehicle is now electric,” as production of the 2022 Ford F-150 in zero-emission Lightning form is underway at the historic Rouge Complex

 
Will There Be Beater Cars in an EV World?
Will There Be Beater Cars in an EV World?

29 Apr 2022, 16:48 UTC · By: Matt DeLorenzo / In a few years we will have millions of electric cars with huge mileage on them, so the question question above is quite appropiate

 
Why the Combustion Engine is Doomed, Regardless of Fuel or Electric Aids
Why the Combustion Engine is Doomed, Regardless of Fuel or Electric Aids

27 Apr 2022, 19:51 UTC · By: Gustavo Henrique Ruffo / Those counting on them to resist in emerging countries did not realize legislation and globalization already signed their death sentences

 
Somebody Should Tell Carmakers That Nobody Uses Their Poor In-Car Navigation Systems
Somebody Should Tell Carmakers That Nobody Uses Their Poor In-Car Navigation Systems

25 Apr 2022, 11:36 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Most vehicles sold in the world today come with an in-dash navigation system that almost nobody uses due to their poor design and the prevalence of smartphones

 
There Is a Time and a Place for That Special Vehicle in Your Life, Don't Miss It
There Is a Time and a Place for That Special Vehicle in Your Life, Don't Miss It

24 Apr 2022, 20:50 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / As they say, there is a time and a place for everything. Once that time has passed, though, you might not enjoy something as much, so be wise about it