Новости за 13.04.2023

Rain can be annoying, especially if you’re on a motorcycle, but it’s usually no big deal. We need it to keep the plants alive. What Fort Lauderdale, Florida is dealing with is nothing short of a disaster. Yesterday, the city got 26 inches of rain, with most of it falling in a mere seven hours, reports the South…

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A new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows that SUVs and crossovers are objectively more dangerous for cyclists than sedans because of their tall front ends. Basically, the taller front ends mean bike riders are being struck higher up on their bodies and are also at risk of being thrown under,…

If you’ve spent any time at all near a New York Police Department precinct, the first thing you probably noticed were all of the cars inexplicably parked on sidewalks, in bike lanes, and in crosswalks. Well, it’s not a one off thing in your neighborhood. It’s an epidemic, and a new study from a Ph.D. candidate at U.C.…

Lightyear Automotive’s downfall was quick. A render of its first car was shown in mid 2019. By the summer of 2022, the company said production was gearing up to start, which it did that same December. Then in early February 2023, mere weeks after announcing a second cheaper model, the company filed bankruptcy. Now…

Zoox has had to disclose the details of its “self-certification” process after federal regulators in the U.S. raised questions about the safety of the Amazon-backed company’s autonomous vehicles, or robotaxis, which started operating on public roads in February of this year.

The number of traffic deaths in the United States is at a record high. While a traffic death can happen almost anywhere motor vehicles can travel, nearly a quarter of all the country’s fatal crashes happen at intersections. The Colorado-based Fang Law Firm combed through 20 years of crash data from the National…

Back in the 1960s, motorcycle racing was a different world. It was a time before Rossi or Marquez, before literbikes and ground-effect aero, when top-tier racing could still happen at displacements smaller than Moto3's 250ccs. A time when Mike Hailwood still raced, and did so atop this: A 125cc Ducati race bike dubbed…

The current generation DBS was unveiled back in 2018 and has been winning the hearts and minds of footballers, bankers, and other wealthy people ever since. But, its days are now numbered and Aston Martin will kill it off with the DBS 770 Ultimate. The British marque announced the new model earlier this year,…

Everyone knows when you do a crime you’ve got to record it and uploaded it publicly to social media in order for everyone to know exactly how cool you are. It’s this logic that led Connecticut State Troopers straight to the driver who hit 133 mph in his 1970 Chevrolet Nova.

It’s been a long two years, but new cars are finally selling below sticker price on average. It’s a sign the miserable car-buying market may be getting better for the average consumer. According to data from Kelley Blue Book, the average amount of money Americans spent on a new vehicle in March was $48,008. That works…

Electrification may be the way of the future, but understandably not everyone is on board just yet. Some folks don’t even want to venture into the world of hybrids. Long term reliability and return on investment questions are all very valid ones, so we’ve decided to compile a list of new cars for people who want…

I’ve never really been one for tiny cute lil’ cars. They just don’t really do it for me, but you all seem to like them a lot — and so does the rest of the Jalopnik staff. I suppose I can see why: For every Dodge Challenger Demon 170, there should be a Citroën Ami to bring balance to the universe. It’s what leads us to …

A key Harley-Davison exec is riding off into the sunset, automakers and suppliers are finding that the best sites for factories in the U.S. are actually quite limited despite the abundance of space in this country, and Toyota and Exxon are proposing cleaner gasoline. All that and more in this Thursday edition of The…

Steve McQueen may be best known for driving the Bullitt Mustang, but he wasn’t just a Mustang man. Over his lifetime, he amassed an incredible collection of some of the most desirable cars and motorcycles ever sold. McQueen seemed to specifically have a thing for Porsches and Ferraris, and soon, you’ll be able to bid…

Period-correct electronics in older cars are the bee’s knees, but they’re not always up to the standards of modern technology. As much as I want to put a MiniDisc deck in my old BMW, I’m not jumping through Sony’s DRM hoops just to put Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit mixtapes on MiniDisc. Not when all I have to do…

Hyundai Motorsport driver Craig Breen has been killed in a testing accident. Hyundai was conducting a pre-event test on asphalt roads in Croatia before the FIA World Rally Championship round there next week. According to DirtFish, Breen went off the road and his Hyundai i20 N Rally1 collided with a pole. The…

Yesterday, the New York Police Department debuted its latest set of high-tech policing equipment. We New York denizens will soon come face to face with robot dogs, daleks, and something new: A pneumatic gun that can fire a sticky GPS tracker at a moving vehicle.

Today’s Nice Price or No Dice S4 comes in an interesting color combination of Phantom Black over a two-tone black and copper interior. That’s all well and good, but it’s what’s underneath the aesthetics that makes this Audi fun. Let’s see if its price tag ruins the party.

First, came the midsize Chevrolet Colorado ZR2. Then the Colorado ZR2 Bison. After that, Chevrolet added the full-size Silverado ZR2. And the Silverado ZR2 Bison. So it should come as no surprise that Chevrolet just announced the 2024 Silverado HD ZR2 and Silverado HD ZR2 Bison. The demand for off-road trucks is…

I love car history and figured you all probably do, too. It was a safe assumption, because you provided the perfect bite-size tidbits of auto info to keep me happy and fed on facts for a long time.

Way back in April of 2020, when we were all huddling down in our sad little survival hovels (read: apartments) trying to avoid catching Captain Trips, Ford was out setting badass electric drag-racing records with its Mustang Cobra Jet 1400. That last part meant it had 1,400 hp on tap to deliver a mad-decent…

San Francisco is known for its fog. The thick, low-hanging water vapor can make visibility tricky, especially behind the wheel. Now, it seems that driverless vehicles are running into the same problem — with five cars from Waymo’s fleet waylaid by fog this morning.

Chartering a private jet may suck for the planet, but we’re not going to pretend we don’t understand why people who can afford it do it. It’s no fun to have to deal with other passengers while flying, especially if one of said passengers decides to go barefoot. Unfortunately, private chartered flights cost as much as…

On Thursday, a European spacecraft will start its eight-year journey to Jupiter in an effort to study the biggest planet in our solar system and three of its moons. According to Axios, the mission will be to check out the moons Callisto, Europa and Ganymede. It’s being done as part of mankind’s ongoing quest to find…