Новости за 01.05.2023

General Motors is reportedly cutting “several hundred” contract employees at its Global Technical Center in Warren, Michigan and other locations, according to the Detroit Free Press. For the most part, these jobs were full-time, and the move is said to have been done in an effort to get $2 billion off the automaker’s…

Nuclear power is clean, efficient, and safe, yet it’s vastly underutilized as a method of generating electricity. Sure, people have their fears about Chernobyl or Fukushima, but those don’t align with the data — statistically, you’re more likely to die in a wind turbine accident. So why don’t we use more nuclear…

Embattled electric truck maker Lordstown is really going through it now. Shares of the company sank 29 percent on Monday morning from their already-paltry $0.52 price, following a public spat between itself and its manufacturing partner-slash-major shareholder Foxconn. Lordstown warns that if it doesn’t get an…

In 2021, California proposed a ban on the sale of new small off-road engines, such as those in lawn mowers and gasoline-powered generators. The ban goes into effect next year, and more states and cities are now proposing similar bans. Boston, New York City, even Dallas want to scale back the use of gas-powered engines

Remember the Dodge Tomahawk? It’s a shame it never went into production, because I still remember the reveal to this day because it was ridiculous in the best way possible. A ten-cylinder motorcycle that made 500 hp and was kind of arguably not a motorcycle since it technically had four wheels? It was incredible. But…

Texas may be making moves that could interrupt EV adoption. The Dallas Morning News reports that the state is currently proposing making EV owners pay a $200 annual fee to cover their share of highway costs. The bill has many supporters and a few against it.

Formula 1 likes to pride itself on its safety record these days. Innovations in car design, crash barrier development and the way an F1 race is run means that serious accidents are, thankfully, few and far between these days. But the number of close calls we see on a race weekend has been on the rise in recent months,…

Frequent flyers on commercial flights might have felt like the passenger experience has gotten worse since 2020. Delays and cancellations are becoming more common at the slightest hint of trouble. The most notable incident was when a winter storm in late December 2022 provoked Southwest Airlines’ mass cancellations…

Regulators in California have voted to ban the sale of new diesel 18-wheelers by 2036 and will require all trucks to be zero-emission by 2042, according to Reuters. It’s a decision that once again puts the Golden State at the front lines of the fight on vehicle pollution. The California Air Resources Board unanimously…

These days, it feels like every automaker is looking for an in somewhere across the world of electric bikes. For Jeep, that came with American bike brand Quietkat, which assembles its full-suspension electric mountain bikes in Colorado. But is this just a case of Jeep slapping its name on something, or does it have…

Eric Adams, mayor of New York City, has a lot of big ideas. This city has problems, you see, and he’s going to fix them all using the latest and greatest technology. Remember when he fixed that collapsed parking garage in Manhattan by sending in a robot dog that walked two feet into the rubble and immediately fell over

When I asked new motorsport fan Alexandra Kueller about her first Formula 1 experience, she summed it up in one word: corporate. A recent live racing convert after a mid-COVID Drive to Survive binge, Kueller took advantage of a free ticket to head to her first-ever race, the 2022 Miami Grand Prix. From her…

The world of anime is one that too often goes underappreciated on this here car website. This is a heinous crime, and one I seek to rectify immediately. My holy war begins today, with a question that’s plagued the Earth’s greatest thinkers since time immemorial: What’s the best car in anime history?

There’s a new war brewing over biofuels, Ford has made a manufacturing breakthrough and new pickup trucks should be easier to find while the flowers are blooming. All that and more in this edition of The Morning Shift for Monday, May 1, 2023.

As long as there have been mass produced vehicles, there have been recalls. Henry Ford had to recall his first run of Model Ts, for instance, after he cheaped out and used Spanish Moss to fill the seats rather than cotton or other fibers. This gave his customers a charming case of chiggers and other biting insects…

It isn’t quite a comeback yet, but things may actually be looking up for car sales. A new report from Automotive News shows that cars have held — and even won back — some market share in the U.S. that has been held by bigger vehicles. Before we go any further, when I say “cars,” I’m talking about sedans, coupes, …

Back when he was the CEO of Toyota, Akio Toyoda definitely didn’t like electric cars, but he sure did appreciate a good sports car. We arguably have the GR86, Supra and GR Corolla because of Toyoda and his interest in high-performance vehicles. And now that he’s no longer the CEO, it sounds like he’s working on…

It was just a matter of time before the 2024 GMC Sierra HD AT4X followed on the heels of the Chevrolet Silverado HD ZR2, unveiled earlier this month. Chevy, Ford and Ram have been at each other’s throats with off-road specific pickups across all segments, including heavy duty trucks, which were once content with being…

Today’s Nice Price or No Dice Lincoln MK VII is an LSC (Luxury Sports Coupe) which means it has the Mustang’s high-output V8 and extra gauges. It’s also a little rough around the edges. Could an appealing price let you look beyond its flaws?

Growing up, Top Gear was one of my favorite shows. Long before it was widely available in America, I would watch rips of it on YouTube or the now-famous FinalGear.com. As I got older, and as the golden-era trio of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May moved on to other things, it sort of fell by the wayside…