Beloved British car writer and collector Harry Metcalfe has added one hell of a vehicle to his garage: one of the ten Land Rover Defender SVX monster trucks made for that mountain chase scene in the last James Bond movie Spectre. Lucky for us, Metcalfe’s taking the opportunity to crawl Read more
Filed under: Government/Legal,Green,Plants/Manufacturing,Fisker,Volkswagen,Green Automakers,Transportation Alternatives,Electric Mueller says a VW battery factory “makes sense.” US voters want transportation initiatives. The DOE must turn over secret documents to lawyers in a case against Fisker. Continue reading Recharge Wrap-up: VW CEO mulls battery factory, voters approve $201B in transportation funding Recharge Wrap-up: VW Read more
There are endless documentaries that explain the clever technology that allowed World War I fighter planes to fire their machine guns through their propellers without hitting the blades. But The Slow Mo Guys use their high-speed cameras so you can finally see exactly what’s happening. Read more…
NASCAR’s hilariously intense, pushy-shovey action film series on the Chase for the Sprint Cup has come to its inevitable conclusion. The wrap-up involves Jimmie Johnson making a physics-defying fall, and it’s just as wonderfully bizarre as the rest of the series. Read more…
With a victory in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Jimmie Johnson won his seventh series championship on Sunday night. Johnson joins Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt Sr. in the ranks of seven all-time Sprint Cup championships. Read more…
Ford spokesperson Mike Levine confirmed that all the charges have been dropped against the drivers of the Ford GT prototypes pulled over for speeding. Continue reading Speeding Ford GT prototype test drivers cleared of charges in Colorado Speeding Ford GT prototype test drivers cleared of charges in Colorado originally appeared Read more
Filed under: Green,Tesla,Technology,Sedan,Autonomous,Electric Ever wonder what it’s like to be an autonomous car? Continue reading Tesla self-driving demo shows you what the car sees Tesla self-driving demo shows you what the car sees originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 20 Nov 2016 10:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use Read more
If you were hoping the upcoming Mercedes X-Class would serve as a replacement for your aging G63, don’t hold your breath. According to a report from Motoring, Mercedes-AMG has no plans for an AMG-ified variant of the upcoming X-Class pickup truck. Speaking with Motoring at the 2016 Los Angeles auto Read more
Hey Joey, what’s happening? Well, uh, rumor around town says you might be thinkin’ about going down to the pits. You know, swap out wheels, fuel the car, maybe watch the car catch fire, and change into that Def Leppard t-shirt. Read more…
As if there weren’t gas stations all over the place or something like that, Volvo announced on Thursday that owners will be able to have gas delivered right to their vehicles by using a smartphone app. Owners can also have their cars taken in for a wash or service, because Read more