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Making deer glow to prevent cars from hitting them
The Finnish Reindeer Herders Association is hoping that painting deer with fluorescent paint could reduce the number of reindeer killed by cars. According to Smithsonian, around 4,000 deer dies this...
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The Porsche 928 from Risky Business is up for auction
The Porsche 928 that Joel Goodsen drove, and sunk, in Risky Business (1983) is up for auction. Well, it's not actually the one that sank. Apparently there were three 1978 Porsche 928s seen in the film...
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Videogame company Bandai Namco made the sounds for Nissan's new cars
Nissan commissioned sound designers at videogame/entertainment company Bandai Namco—creators of Pac-man and Tekken—to create new car sounds. From Nissan Stories: They were asked to help create a higher...
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Base model electric Ford F150 apparently handles and accelerates like a...
The reviewers on this test drive of a low-end electric F150 are gleefully giggling away as a demo driver calmly tosses them around a pre-determined by Ford track. The 'Pro' model they are testing is...
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Own the Doof Wagon! Max Max: Fury Road vehicles up for auction
Auctioneers in Australia have some of the vehicles seen Mad Max: Fury Road on the block, including Imperator Furiosa's Tatra T815 War Rig and the Doof Wagon. Available for expressions of Madness is a...
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Space Camper for Tesla Cybertruck seems perfect for Burning Man luxurists
Space Camper is a new company rolling out a camper that mounts on the forthcoming Tesla Cybertruck. I like the way the Cybertruck looks much more with this addition. It feels like a 1960s space age...
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Here's why your car's speedometer goes to 160 mph even though that will never...
In the US, almost all automobile speedometers go up to 160 mph even though very few cars can go that fast, not to mention it's almost twice the highest posted speed limit in the country. So why the 160...
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Forget drugs in candy — Halloween is a day of ritual sacrifice for the cult...
Have you heard that the National Drug Dealers Consortium is planning on spiking your children's Halloween candy bowl with rainbow-colored fentanyl this year? To hear the local news tell, these evil,...
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Auto Trader just loves the new Porsche 911 GT3 RS
The Porsche 911 GT 3 RS is one of those cars you have to be crazy willing to spend money to acquire new from Porsche. A friend in Northern California who had one told me his Porsche dealer required him...
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Your car's automated safety features are probably making driving less safe
I live in Boston, which is known among other things for having absolutely terrible drivers. I've also been bicycling as my primary mode of transportation since 2006, with only a handful of near-death...
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The history of the 8-Track tape format
Today, people may snicker at the 8-track tape format, seeing it as some kind of sonic dodo bird, a kitschy artifact of the 1970s (if they know about it at all), but as The History Guy points out, it...
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The ridiculously space age instrument panel on the 1961 Chrysler Imperial
When I was a teen, my Florida-retired granddad had a 1961 Chrysler Imperial. This was in the late 60s and his '61 Imperial might as well have been moments from the showroom floor. He adored that car...
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Gevalia's tea kettle-shaped trucks were like cartoons brought to life
These 1950s tea kettle-shaped tractors from Gevalia in Gävle, Sweden were real-life cartoons. The vehicles were promotional tools for Gevalia coffee, which is the most popular coffee roaster in...
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POV video of driving a tricked-out Lamborghini supercar at 150 mph on the...
Novitec, maker of mods for supercars, tricked out a Lamborghini Huracán Tecnica (base price: $240,000) and took it for a spin on the German Autobahn where the only speed limit is in your head (and,...
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Don't park your Hyundai or Kia SUV inside or it could burn down the building
Hyundai and Kia have recalled 571,000 SUVs and minivans for a repair and warn owners to "park their vehicles outside and away from structures until the remedy is completed." Why? Because if you park in...
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Mercedes-Benz launches new subscription service that lets you drive your car...
CNN Business reports that Mercedes-Benz has launched a new subscription service for attainable car speeds. Yes really. And you have a choice to pay a monthly, or annual fee! Mercedes-Benz electric...
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The Donut guys absolutely trash a $1.2 million camper
I enjoy watching the guys at Donut screw cars up. Their High Car/Low Car series is fun, and I enjoyed seeing them build their truck campers. However, this road test of a very expensive overlander is...
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Million-dollar 1963 Ferrari found in garage of soon-to-be-sold Santa Cruz home
Real estate agents Dana Bambace and Kimberly Ward were prepping to sell a cozy beach house in Santa Cruz, California when they made a discovery. Under a dusty old tarp in the garage, they found a...
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World's lowest low-rider car looks like half of it is underground (video)
The gearhead hackers of Italy's Carmagheddon collective sliced off the entire bottom of a Fiat Panda and then jammed the mechanical bits and wheels into the cockpit… along with the driver. Videos...
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Cybertruck owners must agree not to sell it within a year
Buying a Cybertruck? You'll agree not to sell it for one year. The detail is reportedly in the order agreement buyers must sign to get on the list. The rule is part of a section trying to exclude...
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Cybertruck to be officially delivered today
After years of prototypes, troubles, promises and blown dates built around what amounts to a bored adolescent's sketch of a totally cool low poly technical, the Cybertruck is to be officially unveiled...
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Tesla recalls nearly every car it has sold in America
A National Highway Traffic Safety Administration probe has resulted in a recall of nearly all Teslas on US roads. Tesla is recalling almost two million of its EVs to update the "Autopilot" "full...
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Tesla sales drop more than expected
Tesla suffered its first annual drop in sales in four years, reports CNN, as competitive EVs from rival automakers flood the forecourts and CEO Elon Musk's "unpleasant" personality has buyers thinking...
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Heavy EV appears CyberStuck
Elon "Pedo Guy" Musk's fantastic invention, the CyberTruck, appears stuck in a loop, but it is a river. As Tesla mercilessly panders, begging its shareholders to vote in favor of Elon Musk's $55...
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How to crank start an antique car
YouTuber Paul Shinn walks us through the process of starting and some history of his beautiful 1931 Model A Ford. I have never had to crank start a car. I have churned butter, but only to be fancy and...
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Incredible photo shows $1 million car burned to a crisp inside its trailer
That charred hunk of metal seen in the photo was once a futuristic Ford Ghia Probe, a concept car created in 1979 by Ford chief designer Don F. Kopka and Carrozzeria Ghia. It is one-of-a-kind....
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Teslas "nearly unusable" for police work
Three police chiefs in Northern California have independently concluded that Teslas are unfit to serve or protect. As the mere existence of Irvine Police's Cybertruck is supposed to keep kids off...
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USPS mail carriers love their new electric duck trucks
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! With their distinctive duck-billed profile and boxy posterior, they're not the sleekest beasts on the road. But the new electric mail...
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Glued together Cybertrucks fall apart in the cold
A Tesla owner and automotive wrap installer claims to have seen multiple instances of failing adhesive on Cybertrucks and believes this is why body parts are falling off at speed. Reid Tomasko recorded...
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Sales of combustion engine vehicles peaked before pandemic and have not...
Global sales of combusion-engine vehicles peaked in 2018 and have only fallen since, according to the International Energy Agency's global outlook report. The Covid pandemic made it difficult to...
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