smart
Mercedes Streeter
smart
Staff Writer at Jalopnik, learning pilot and does bus stuff. Smart Fortwo (x4), Honda Beat, Suzuki Every, VW Touareg V10, Passat TDI, Jetta TDI, Audi TT, Buell Lightning, Triumph Tiger, Genuine Stella

I don’t see how this is impressive at all. Considering all the claims made about these “trucks?” this should have been a sunday drive. Read more

Shawshank Redemption? Forest Gump? Truly great movies. No trains. Read more

I have a hard time imagining a Cybertruck owner laying much cable.  Read more

I dare to bet, after those troubles and problems, they still gonna end it with “still love the Cybertruck though” Read more

I drove a 350Z from Texas to the Arctic Circle in AK back when I lived in Anchorage. Also around quite a bit of the Yukon without much difficulty. I agree, there is very little that these guys will be proving of their “rigs” aside from being able to charge the stupid things. I’m sure they’ll pull off onto some fire Read more

A bunch of Cybertruck bros pretending to be explorers and venturing off into one of the more hostile-to-humans areas of our planet. This should end well. Read more

Well considering there don’t appear to be any EV charging locations between Fairbanks and Prudhoe Bay, which is 350+ miles as the crow flies, I suspect the odds are HIGH, like Snoop Dogg high Read more

It certainly looks like Bearded Tesla is going into this with his eyes wide open in a modified Cybertruck. Read more

I’ll bet money these guys have to be rescued by people in real trucks at some point. Read more

I wonder if a bunch of solar panels to use as an emergency system is viable.” Read more

I wonder how many people reading now did so in that era. There can’t be many of us left. Read more

You know that DEI also means hiring someone who is not White??? Read more

Yes, we've been pandering to white men for centuries, and look how equal the world is now.
Read more

By

Tractor Supply is trying to make inroads into suburbia, looking for customers with free income to spend on “rural” hobbies, in some places that is still fairly red but in others it can be purple or blue. At some point your base gets saturated and the path to growth and profit means you need to attract not repel Read more

This one was pretty great. Read more

By

The Goodyear RV tire story was the pinnacle of Jalopnik investigative, independent reporting that rattled a giant and held them accountable instead of letting it get swept under a rug. Incredible work by Felton and a high water mark for Jalopnik as an outlet. https://jalopnik.com/how-goodyear-hid-evidence-of-the-worst- Read more