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Aaron Gordon
aaronwittesgordon
Former Senior Reporter, Investigations & Technology, Jalopnik

Finally liberated from her exhausting fashion shoot, the supermodel needed to relax a little by hunting a few geese/deer/communists. Unfortunately she took a wrong turn somewhere around Ukraine and ended up in the Gobi desert. Not to worry, her trusty Vauxhall will take her all the way home.
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“The car companies should make cars” is exactly the kind of profound insight I visit jalopnik dot com for. Another happy reader here.
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I too am sick and tired of all the haters and losers telling me I haven’t built cars when I’ve totally built cars. Look at the cars I have built, you losers!
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Nikola: a car company that knew making cars is hard, so they didn’t bother trying.
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Uber is going to “spend” the money it receives from EV surcharges applied to riders who take EVs, which most riders will opt out of because they don’t care, which will screw over drivers who take on the added expense to upgrade to EVs on the promise of higher fares, which is exactly what happened with Uber Black Read more

Gotta hand it to the dealers who really want to ensure their own obsolescence.
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Without car dealerships, the Little League industry would collapse. Who would buy the cheap t-shirts the stupid kids think are jerseys?
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But Andrew it is wildly impractical for an off-road vehicle to have an electric powertrain and battery capability. I was assured of this by many Very Smart Men who emailed me after I said Ford was dumb to not offer a hybrid or PHEV Bronco. Please advise how to feel about this development given that these Very Smart Read more

Meanwhile, the safety record of trains has only improved over time due to stringent government regulation and thorough oversight.
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Neutral: What Should U.S. Auto Safety Regulation Look Like?” Read more

I didn’t mention this in the article (probably should have) but, yes, racers/folks riding for exercise should absolutely wear a helmet. I don’t think it should be a *legal* question, though. And, to be honest, every road biker I know wears a helmet. Riding for transportation around cities, to me, is a separate Read more

First of all, I don’t have a law degree, but the lawyer I spoke to for the article does, and he disputes your characterization of what the law is “supposed”to do (I read the law as well and think he’s got a point).
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You’re seriously arguing there’s nothing unfair about not re-attaching the tires to a car before giving it back to the customer? That is really your position here?
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In complete agreement that induced demand works hand-in-hand with land use patterns. They cannot be separated and we see it with suburban sprawl around the country. Welcome to the urbanism club, good sir. There’s a keg in the back.
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