Новости за 19.09.2023

If you live in Wisconsin, I imagine the biggest threats to your car are things like the potholes on the roads, rust from all the cheese brine that’s sprayed across the highways in winter and maybe your fellow road users. One thing I wasn’t expecting to hear about terrorizing drivers in the state is massive snakes.

Every once in a while, an auction will catch our eye. Usually, it’s for a four, or at least two, wheeled mode of transportation, but this motorized toboggan from 100 years ago is a worth edition to this week’s coveting.

Social media-driven travel has become the norm in recent years, with influencers flocking to beautiful destinations to create viral posts. The influx of unruly tourists overwhelming the infrastructure of small localities has significantly outweighed any financial benefit. An area of scenic Vermont has had enough and…

The Parker Space Probe is described by NASA as being “about the size of a small car,” and its only goal is to fly as close to the sun as possible to try to unravel some solar mysteries. What exactly is going on in the ‘solar corona,’ and what do solar flares really do? The space car, launched back in 2018, is…

The Tiguan is one of Volkwagen’s best-selling models. Since the crossover hit the market way back in 2007, Volkswagen says more than 7.6 million have been sold around the globe. Those hits should continue with the all new third generation Tiguan. Volkswagen revealed the all new 2024 model, and the big news is that…

A police traffic stop on the Southfield Freeway in Detroit was anything but routine early Sunday morning. A driver plowed his SUV into the back of a Michigan State Police patrol car. WWMT reported the massive crash left the stopped car’s two occupants, the state trooper and the SUV’s driver all hospitalized with…

There’s something eerie and endlessly intriguing about exploring abandoned buildings. Standing in a forgotten space, you can feel the living that happened there and face that it has — like everything eventually does — ceased. It can feel like walking right up to the edge of death and gawking at the permanent void.…

It may come as no surprise to you that Tesla buyers are incredibly loyal to the brand. An impressive 72.8 percent of Model 3 buyers, for instance, are buying another Tesla after or in addition to their Model 3. That’s a higher percentage of brand retention than pretty much any other brand on the market. Model S buyers…

Here at Jalopnik, we’re big fans of minivans. They may not be as cool as SUVs, but they’re just so damn practical it’s hard to care. And besides, it’s not like anybody’s saying, “Damn, check out that badass Toyota Highlander.” But as the latest Insurance Institute for Highway Safety test shows, none of the minivans…

What kind of projects have you got on the go at the minute? Are you fixing up something on your car? What about a cleanup on your motorbike? I imagine that for most of us, these projects involve staying firmly planted on the ground, but that’s not the case for this build being undertaken by one handy TikTok user.

Tesla’s stock has been a wild ride of ups and downs over the last twelve months, seeing a high value of just over $300 per share last September to a low value of $108.10 per share in January. Things have rebounded for the electric automaker with shares currently trading hands at $262.80. With little more than a…

From SEMA to Suzuka to your local streets, the automotive world is as far-reaching topically as it is geographically. Jalopnik has explained matters big and small, ranging from why you can’t open and unlock a car door at the same time to how racing’s governing body requires aspiring racing drivers to build their…

“Tesla Road Rage Guy” Nathaniel Radimak literally terrorized Southern California freeways in late 2022 and early 2023 before he was arrested in February. Road rage is one thing, but this guy was something else. While his reasons for the attacks appeared to be random, the LA Times shows Randimak had a history of…

It looks as if the Ford Ranger won’t be getting an electrified offering, at least not here in the U.S. Speaking to Car and Driver, Ford confirmed that it’s not bringing over a plug-in hybrid version of the recently updated Ranger to buyers here in the U.S.

PIT maneuvers rarely end well. They’re aggressive, dangerous, and far too often result in someone’s death. But if you’re a state cop who’s absolutely determined to enter a pursuit and to send a car spinning or flipping off the road, at least do this one little bit of due diligence: Make sure it’s the right car.

Space travel is dangerous and tricky—that’s why they call it rocket science, baby. So it’s best to plan for all contingencies, such as giving crews and astronauts places to hide should something go wrong with the several thousand tons of propellant sitting on top of an ignition source. Enter, the Rubber Room.

Walter Isaacson’s new biography of Elon Musk works diligently to show the side of Elon that those of us in automotive media have known for years. The callous mercurial billionaire child-in-a-dad-bod has been known to put himself and his companies ahead of all else. One revelation from the book, posted as an excerpt on…

Due to low sales, Honda gave the Civic Coupe the axe for 2020. We were all sad to see it go, but at least there’s still the used market for anyone in search of a two-door Civic. Years after the pandemic began, though, used car prices are still far higher than we would like them to be, so even buying used Civics is an…

A lot of things can lead to the demise of your daily driver. Maybe it’s the winter salt that causes it to rust away, the hundreds of thousands miles you cover each year or simply the rough terrain you put it through day in, day out. But are there any cars out there that can rise above all these obstacles and live…

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A remote-controlled train struck and killed a railroad worker in a CSX railyard on Sunday. Freight railroad safety has been under intense scrutiny since the Norfolk Southern derailment and chemical spill in East Palestine, Ohio. After this recent fatal incident, railroad unions are demanding an industry-wide review…

I moved to a new apartment recently and, while I’m not exactly new to Atlanta, one thing that has surprised me so far is just how bad a lot of drivers in this area are. Just crossing the street in front of my apartment, I’ve already seen people drift into other lanes, nearly hit parked cars, pull into traffic just…

Good morning! It’s Tuesday, September 19, 2023, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know.

Former Philadelphia police officer Patrick Heron was arrested last year over what CBS News Philadelphia described as “a long list of charges related to unlawful sexual contact with a person less than 13 years of age, photography depicting sex acts with young girls and retaliation and harassment against victims and…

An F-35B jet that went missing over the weekend was found Monday in a bunch of little pieces scattered across a heavily wooded area in northeast South Carolina.