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Platform Sharing - When Expensive Cars Get Cheaper Platforms And Viceversa
Platform Sharing - When Expensive Cars Get Cheaper Platforms And Viceversa

17 Jan 2017, 17:54 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / In the complicated world of the automobile industry, expensive cars are often based on volume models. Sometimes, cheap cars get platforms from expensive ones

 
Florida Sheriff Sets An Example of Himself After Getting Caught Speeding
Florida Sheriff Sets An Example of Himself After Getting Caught Speeding

24 Jan 2017, 16:22 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Mike Chitwood, a new sheriff in Florida's Volusia County, was caught speeding, and he asked his deputy to issue the corresponding fine to set an example

 
Faraday Future Gets Sued For $1.8 Million, Plaintiff Didn't Get Paid For Work
Faraday Future Gets Sued For $1.8 Million, Plaintiff Didn't Get Paid For Work

24 Jan 2017, 10:43 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Faraday Future has been sued by a visual arts company named The Mill Group. Apparently, the latter did not receive payment for the work requested by FF

 
BMW Sues California Company For Selling Counterfeit Products With Its Logo
BMW Sues California Company For Selling Counterfeit Products With Its Logo

23 Jan 2017, 18:05 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / BMW has filed a lawsuit against a company from California that was marketing products with its trademarked logo. The merchandise included counterfeit wheels

 
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Gets Confused With Namesake Aircraft Engine Supplier
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Gets Confused With Namesake Aircraft Engine Supplier

23 Jan 2017, 12:31 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, the company we are referring when speaking about automobiles and this name, was confused with a different business with the same name

 
Trump Wants to Tax Imported Cars, Germans Say "Build Better Ones Yourselves"
Trump Wants to Tax Imported Cars, Germans Say "Build Better Ones Yourselves"

18 Jan 2017, 20:02 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / President-Elect Donald Trump has a fight to pick with the German premium manufacturers but, guess what, the Germans can bite as well

 
Famous Monster Truck Grave Digger Crashes After Failed Backflip
Famous Monster Truck Grave Digger Crashes After Failed Backflip

18 Jan 2017, 16:32 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / You do not have to be a monster truck enthusiast to know about "Grave Digger." The vehicle has recently been involved in a spectacular crash, and we have video

 
Hyundai And Kia Want To Invest $3.1 Billion In The USA
Hyundai And Kia Want To Invest $3.1 Billion In The USA

18 Jan 2017, 10:28 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Hyundai Motor Company, the owner of the Kia and Hyundai brands, has announced plans to invest $3.1 billion in the USA within the next five years.

 
Tesla Gigafactory Will Have World's Largest Solar Rooftop Array
Tesla Gigafactory Will Have World's Largest Solar Rooftop Array

15 Jan 2017, 14:31 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Tesla has revealed that the roof of its Gigafactory will have the world's largest solar array. It will not rely on electricity from the power grid

 
EPA Stands Firm With 2025 Emissions Targets, Expect Better Fuel Economy
EPA Stands Firm With 2025 Emissions Targets, Expect Better Fuel Economy

14 Jan 2017, 15:33 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / In spite of the requests made by American automakers to the 45th Elected President of the USA, the EPA has decided to stick with its 2025 emissions targets

 
Earnhardt Jr.'s '70 Chevelle Is For Sale At Auction, Buy It For Charity
Earnhardt Jr.'s '70 Chevelle Is For Sale At Auction, Buy It For Charity

13 Jan 2017, 12:48 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Dale Earnhardt Junior used to own a restomodded 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle. It is now for sale, and it does not have a reserve. Sound like a deal to us

 
Honda Will Recall an Extra 722,000 Cars In the U.S. For Takata Issues
Honda Will Recall an Extra 722,000 Cars In the U.S. For Takata Issues

12 Jan 2017, 10:53 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Takata's airbag fiasco has blown out of control. The issue that were caused by the supplier have made Honda announce a recall for an extra 722k units in the US

 
Volkswagen Agrees to Pay the DOJ $4.3 Billion Over the Dieselgate Fiasco
Volkswagen Agrees to Pay the DOJ $4.3 Billion Over the Dieselgate Fiasco

11 Jan 2017, 09:20 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Volkswagen has confirmed an agreement with the Department of Justice regarding a fine of $4.3 billion over the Dieselgate fiasco

 
Splitting the Hairs Over What to Do When Pulled Over Might Come in Handy
Splitting the Hairs Over What to Do When Pulled Over Might Come in Handy

10 Jan 2017, 16:57 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Just in case you might want to know vital information such as which excuse had worked best when pulled over by the police so far, there is now a survey for it

 
Volkswagen Executive Arrested By FBI on Conspiracy Charge For Dieselgate
Volkswagen Executive Arrested By FBI on Conspiracy Charge For Dieselgate

10 Jan 2017, 09:48 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / One of Volkswagen's executives in the USA was arrested by the FBI in relation to the Dieselgate scandal. He is charged with conspiracy to defraud the USA

 
Fully-Loaded 2018 Volkswagen Atlas Will Cost Just Shy of $50,000
Fully-Loaded 2018 Volkswagen Atlas Will Cost Just Shy of $50,000

9 Jan 2017, 12:06 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Volkswagen is now focusing its business in the U.S. on SUVs and crossovers. The Atlas, one of the first products of the new offensive, starts at $30,000

 
Giant Spool of Wire Goes "Final Destination" on Highway
Giant Spool of Wire Goes "Final Destination" on Highway

9 Jan 2017, 09:22 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / What's the worst that can happen if you do not tether your cargo properly? Well, it can drop from the trailer and go haywire on the highway. Here's an example

 
60 Percent of Americans Don't Know Electric Cars Are Actually a Thing
60 Percent of Americans Don't Know Electric Cars Are Actually a Thing

3 Jan 2017, 18:01 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / It's 2017, and more than half the American population is oblivious to the fact there is a non-polluting alternative to the internal combustion engine

 
DUI Conviction Overturned In Appeal Court For Man That Hit Truck With Wheelchair
DUI Conviction Overturned In Appeal Court For Man That Hit Truck With Wheelchair

1 Jan 2017, 15:43 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Four years ago, an Oregon man was riding his mobility scooter and crashed into the door of a truck. He was charged with a DUI, but it was overturned this year

 
Study Reveals States With Medical Marijuana Laws Have Lower Traffic Fatalities
Study Reveals States With Medical Marijuana Laws Have Lower Traffic Fatalities

1 Jan 2017, 12:43 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Researchers from the Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health have uncovered an interesting link between road safety and medical marijuana laws.