Watch This 1,200-HP Honda S600 Run a 7.9 Second Quarter Mile
One of the first sports cars to hail from Japan was the micro-sized Honda S600. Launched in 1964, the 606cc motorcycle engine produced a modest 57 horsepower. But somewhere in Australia, one Honda...
View ArticleQualcomm Demonstrates Road-to-Car Wireless Charging for EVs
Telecommunications firm Qualcomm may have figured out a way to eliminate range anxiety in fully-electric cars. With their new technology, called Halo Dynamic Electric Vehicle Charging (DEVC), an EV...
View Article'Slow Down and Move Over' Is the Law, and it Could Save a Life
New York State, along with many other states around the country, has created the Move Over Law to ensure the safety of all first responders, construction workers, and tow truck drivers. Unfortunately,...
View ArticleThis Wooden, Algae-Powered Motorcycle Is the Best Kind of Weird
A Dutch designer named Ritsert Mans has teamed up with his scientist friend Peter Mooji to create a very unconventional motorcycle. Peter Mooji grows algae and heās a strong advocate for using it as...
View ArticleUS Strikes Convoy Of Fighters Loyal To Assad Near Coalition Outpost In Syria...
Details remain sketchy, but the Pentagon is reporting that US aircraft struck a Shiite militia convoy loyal to the Assad regime in southern Syria. The strikes hit near the town of An Tanf, about 20...
View ArticleUber Freight Has Officially Arrived
Just over a week after Uber CEO Travis Kalanick's tweeted a picture of a trailer sporting the Uber Freight logo, an app has launched and more details have emerged on what this new service from the...
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The US Plan to Give Afghanistan a Fleet of Black Hawks Is Deeply Flawed
The United States is moving ahead with a plan, known as the Afghan Aviation Transition Plan (AATP), to help replace the bulk of the Afghan Air Forceās helicopters with the UH-60 Black Hawk....
View ArticleTesla Workers Reportedly Fainting on Factory Floor Due to Exhaustion
For a relatively small company like Tesla, keeping up with CEO Elon Musk's ambitious production goals is arguably its biggest struggle. The company is still, at the end of the day, a startup building...
View ArticleNissan Teases New Leaf With Headlight Picture
Nissan Electric shared a picture on social media this morning of the headlight of the next-generation Leaf EV. This is our first official look at the car. Amazing things are worth waiting for. The new...
View Article2018 Subaru Forester Will Start As Low As $22,795
Subaru has always been a brand that keeps its base prices within a reasonable range and it has continued that trend with the 2018 Subaru Forester. After 65 consecutive months of sales growth, Subaru...
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Buy This Ford Expedition Funkmaster Flex Edition, Live the Late-Aughts Dream
Early 2007 was a weird time. Flip phones with full keyboards were all the rage, AXE body spray was still a socially-acceptable choice, and America obsessed over Britney Spears shaving her headāall...
View ArticleToyota, Subaru, Mazda, BMW to Pay $553 Million in Takata Airbag Settlement
The solution for a mass recall on defective Takata airbags is under way, though it seems to be far from over. Collectively, the faulty equipment has cost the company over $1 billion in legal fees and...
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Winner of Forza Championship Will Share Podium With Real Drivers at Le Mans
The 24 Hours of Le Mans is a grand stage for the world's most-skilled drivers. Teams train rigorously over the course of the WEC season, preparing for what is assuredly the toughest FIA sanctioned...
View ArticleJosef Newgarden Is the First Driver to Crash at Indy in 2017
On Thursday, Josef Newgarden took the honor of being the first to crash at Indy this year. Someone had to do it. It was going to happen. Thankfully, Newgarden walked away, only slightly dazed, when he...
View ArticleElon Musk Doesn't Know Why Tesla Has Such a High Market Value
Tesla has received a lot of Wall Street attention over the last month. Investors have placed the California automaker above Ford and GM in terms of market capitalization, shocking the rest of the...
View ArticleThe Boring Company Has "Nowhere to Go But Down," Elon Musk Says
I've heard Elon Musk called many things by my peers, but one more so than others: evil genius. Or, that's what we'd think his role in a movie would be seen as (especially as he's one who reveals his...
View ArticleVolvo's Autonomous Garbage Truck Reports for Duty
Tesla isn't the only one fiddling with self-driving trucks. Volvo's expertise with fleet and long-haul vehicles has introduced them to the world of big rigs, and now, they've worked autonomous tech...
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I'm Going to Turn This Volkswagen Jetta Into a Truck
From 1980 to 1983, Volkswagen built the Rabbit Pickup, also called the Caddy. It was technically a ute, since it had a unibody rather than a separate bed-on-frameābut who cares? It was cool, and even...
View ArticleA DIY Air Conditioner Recharge Can Cool Your Jets
Summer has suddenly arrived in my native New England. In the past 24 hours, two of my friends have complained that their cars' air conditioners had stopped working. Naturally, being "The Car Guy"...
View ArticleFord Driving Skills for Life Program Hits 14th Year
Nobody can argue that driving isn't dangerous. And it's especially perilous when done recklessly or with distractions. Ford is keenly aware of just how dangerous driving is: the company reiterates...
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