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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

Chop that old one off and put on a CAI. Not going to spend time on those 10 steps for a Focus. Read more

Easy punchlines aside, I think the actual answer to your question is that it got too hard to thread the needle between traditional conservative apprehension for EV’s, and the world’s biggest EV manufacturer now being a conservative mascot. Read more

The important question is why we’re not using Arnold Palmer’s big dong energy to power cars. People are asking. A big burly fireman came up to Trump, nearly 7 feet tall with rippling muscles and an American flag tattoo, with literal tears in his eyes, and asked Trump why he won’t force GM to create a car using BDE.
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The question is, why is he even bothering talking about it when it’s an almost nothing issue with Hydrogen fuel cell cars havbing a near-zero presence? Read more

The things that makes me most mad at Boeing is how low they are setting the bar to make SpaceX look good. Read more

The cause of the explosion is unclear because no Boeing employee, current or former, wants to comment for fear of being unalived.
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Yeah, I’m not sure how the reasoning isn’t directed the other way. The 4-door is worse off road and more a flex than a useful vehicle. IF you must have a wrangler and you must have easy back seat access, ok go for it. But if you want a convertible with some off-road chops then get the 2-door wrangler. Otherwise get a Read more

Not to mention, it has better off-roading specs if you do that sort of thing. Same with the Bronco. Read more

I certainly appreciate the overall sentiment of the article, but the idea that “no one needs a truck as big of the Silverado...” seems to be a bit off the mark. We live in the mountains on 3 acres and just last month while rebuilding my retaining wall I was regularly hauling loads of cement and lumber near the max Read more

If the policeman suspected the vehicle was stolen and called a wrecker to take the vehicle to the police lock up, I would agree.  But the policeman knew who owned the vehicle and decided to penalize an innocent party.  Obviously, campaign contributions keep the dealership free from any penalties for breaking the law. Read more

I doubt many of them are smug. They have their own worries around getting a charge somewhere. A full charge in most EVs might get you to GA, assuming you don’t run the A/C. But the problem is the part of GA where you’re going to be stopping for a charge is also experiencing flooding. Read more

I’m a test driver lol I drive 800hp prototypes all the time. I’ll give you hint of the one we had for a couple of years before any other person, her Nürburgring time was 6:43.616 minutes =) Read more

finishes by saying that the big lesson he’s learned is “no more driving cars like this in the rain.” Read more

I refuse to click through and add to his video view count so I will just assume he wrecked so hard that his shirt came off. Read more

Holy shit - I can just feel the BIG DOUCHE ENERGY through my monitor

We live in the worst of all timelines. That anyone thinks this bag of milk is cool completely blows my mind. Read more