Benny Kirk
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Honda Reveals Civic Si Race Car Prototype, Shows it Attacking a Race Track
26 Oct 2021, 16:53 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Honda V-Tec and the world of auto racing go hand in hand like bread and butter. Thanks to the team at Honda Performance Development (HPD), the latest Tenth generation Civic Si will be no exception. The team unveiled the latest Civic Si race car pro...
Toyota Cracks Top Ten on Fortune Magazine's Global 500 List
26 Oct 2021, 15:54 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The automotive success story of the current moment appears to be Tesla surpassing $1 trillion in market capitalization this week. But right on the heels of that story, largely underneath our noses, Toyota chalked up a financial win of their own. Do...
Worlds Most Congested, Scariest Auto Bridge Turns 90 Years Old This Month
26 Oct 2021, 15:22 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / If there are three words that strike fear and anxiety into the hearts and minds of New York City motorists, it’s “George Washington Bridge” in that exact order. This month, the most expensive, congested, busiest, and – some ...
Dutch Pension Company Dumps €15bn in Gasoline/Oil Holdings, Admits EV Revolution Is Here
26 Oct 2021, 14:14 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / As it should not be a surprise to any of our viewers, the all-electric revolution has swept the auto industry like a storm and is here to stay. Many of the consequences of that are plain as day to see, but others aren’t nearly as much. It ...
GM Restarts Production Plant, Completes Trucks It Didn't Get to Finish
26 Oct 2021, 13:28 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / There were smiles and goodwill all around for the men and women of GM yesterday as America’s largest auto manufacturer announced it would be reopening key production facilities laid to waste by the global microchip shortage. Starting November...
Tesla Smashes $1 Trillion in Market Cap, Says EV Revolution is Underway
25 Oct 2021, 19:35 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / As should be news to absolutely no one in the industry, Elon Musk, and my association Tesla, are filthy stinking rich. On Monday, October 25th, 2021, Musk and his beloved company cemented their wealth in the history books by achieving what only the...
Zombified 1956 Cadillac Hearse Practically Begging to Be Reanimated
25 Oct 2021, 16:49 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / We’d all prefer to live forever if given a chance. But since you gotta go one of these days, there’s no vehicle that Americans prefer to take their last ride in than a Cadillac Hearse. Although the one we’ve found for sale via an ...
Startup Company Brings Relaxed Car Buying Experience to Philadelphia, Others to Follow
25 Oct 2021, 14:39 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The process of buying a car has historically been one full of stress, heartache, and misery. Some companies, like Carvana for example, have attempted to remedy this arduous process at least to a degree. But now, it looks like there’s a new ga...
President Biden, Congress Close to Infrastructure Deal To Save America's Crumbling Roads
25 Oct 2021, 13:53 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / President Joe Biden has reason to be hopeful this week as negotiations for his proposed infrastructure stimulus appear to be advancing in the right direction. After meeting with Democratic senators Chuck Schumer (New York) and Joe Manchin (West ...
Indian Vazirani Reveals New Ekonk, Worlds Lightest and Maybe Fastest EV
25 Oct 2021, 13:18 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / It’s happiness and smiles all around for the Indian upstart automaker Vazirani today as it unveiled what it claims is the lightest and potentially the fastest electric vehicle ever made. Dubbed the Ekonk, this car is ready to show the Telsa M...
Toyota to Test Hydrogen Combustion Engine in Race Cars, Save Petrolheads From EV Menace
25 Oct 2021, 12:34 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / If you thought the environmentally sustainable revolution sweeping the auto industry was going to have a bland soundtrack, your salvation might be at hand thanks to Toyota, of all people. They recently announced they’re ready to test their hy...
Panasonic Teams With Tesla to Produce Next-Generation EV Batteries, Shows First Prototypes
25 Oct 2021, 11:31 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / One would assume Telsa would be more than satisfied with a range of EV batteries that are considered the gold standard in the industry. As it happens, Elon Musk is the type of person who never likes to rest on his laurels, as Tesla’s latest c...
AC7 Modder Adds NPC Strategic Bombers to Playable List, Hilarity Ensues
23 Oct 2021, 19:12 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The Ace Combat franchise has historically been exclusive to the console side of gaming. So when PC gamers got their hands on Ace Combat 7, the latest installment in the series, it was only a matter of time before they tried messing around with the ...
Even Tire Companies Can't Avoid the Microchip Menace
23 Oct 2021, 13:40 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The German multinational tire company Continental announced it would be lowering the forecast for their profit margins for 2021 at the hands of the global microchip shortage. For a product so devoid of anything digital, this didn’t exempt the...
Italy Courts Intel With Plans For New Microchip Plant, Could Give Aid to Auto Industry
23 Oct 2021, 13:24 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / If the global microchip could be solved by simply making more chip factories, one would assume we wouldn’t be in a shortage in the first place. Even so, more facilities can be nothing but an asset, and it looks like Italy is primed to attract...
South Korean Firm Reveals All Electric Basic Trainer For New Air Force Recruits
23 Oct 2021, 13:15 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / You’d expect a fighter plane, even one meant for training, to sport an engine that roars in every direction for miles as it passes overhead. As Korean Aerospace Industries just proved (KAI, not Kia), times are changing just as much in the ai...
First Ever Autonomous Race to Take Place at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Today
23 Oct 2021, 13:00 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / An auto race without any drivers may seem a bit pointless if you’re a die-hard fan. But if you’re a part of a team developing the most advanced autonomous vehicle technology the world’s ever seen, a race of that caliber must feel ...
BMW Challenges Tesla, Begins Production of Model 3 Rival i4 Sedan
23 Oct 2021, 12:07 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Tesla’s unparalleled dominance of the EV sector is getting shakier and shakier as each day passes. Why is that? Well, one look at the all-new i4 BMW’s just begun manufacturing should tell you all you need to know. Unlike Teslas, the i4 ...
Ninebot Mecha Kit Turns Your Segway Hoverboard Into Something Far Less Lame
22 Oct 2021, 16:49 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The last time most of us heard anything about the Segway company, it was likely after laughing under our breath as a group of tourists riding one of their personal hoverboards crossed a major intersection in their unfortunate choice of headwear, bo...
South Korea's First Homemade Rocket Launches Successfully, Fails to Reach Correct Orbit
21 Oct 2021, 20:10 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / It may come as a surprise to some that a nation as tech-savvy as South Korea never developed its own in-house space rocket launch system. Well, better late than never, and the new Nuri rocket system’s first service launch impressed in some ar...