Новости за 26.10.2023

On October 2, 2023, a woman was run over and pinned to the ground by a Cruise robotaxi. Given the recent string of very public malfunctions the robotaxis have been experiencing in San Francisco, it was only a matter of time until a pedestrian was hurt by the self-driving cars. New reports, though, suggest that Cruise…

Hertz stock value tumbled some fifteen percent Thursday morning, following the company’s third quarter reporting, showing missed earnings estimates largely due to Tesla’s recent price cuts. Hertz has invested in an electric car portfolio of rental cars, including 35,000 Tesla models. With Tesla cutting thousands off…

During the grueling 8-day Rebelle Rally, a non-GPS-based off-road map and compass navigation rally, the 65 teams competing aren’t the only ones faced with challenges. The 121 staff members run their own kind of rally. And it’s usually tougher than anything the competitors endure.

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) could be forced to make different decisions on how it spends its lackluster budget to maintain the state’s aging roads and bridges. WSDOT has estimated there will be an $11 billion budget shortfall over the next decade. The eye-watering figure is due to nearly…

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BP has ordered $100 million worth of Tesla Superchargers, Reuters reports. This reportedly comes as part of BP’s electric charging division’s plan to invest $1 billion in chargers across the U.S. by the end of the decade. It also gives Tesla a new way to make money.

Moab is arguably the most important venue in American off roading, and this month the federal Bureau of Land Management has closed 317 of the area’s 812 trail miles to motorized vehicles. The closure takes effect this Saturday, October 28, closing ORV trails to the thousands of off-roaders who frequent the park. The…

Most of us could stand to treat our vehicles a little better. Vacuum the carpet more often, change the oil a bit more frequently, patch that leak from the tire that’s just slow enough to not be worth dealing with. If you want top dollar for your car when you go to sell it, though, you’re going to need to deal with…

Things have never looked better for women in motorsport. F1 Academy champion Marta García has secured a fully-funded ride with Prema in the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine (FRECA) — and the series has promised to fully pay for any entries contested by the top-three finishers in the series. Formula 1 te…

Caleb is going to sell his Z3 project car because at 6’8” he doesn’t exactly fit safely within the confines of the car. He and his fiancé have a $12,000 budget for a zippy, manual transmission car that can accommodate a taller driver. What car should they buy?

Residents of a small city in New Zealand are beset by drivers blasting Celine Dion songs late into the night. The loud music comes from cars that have been modified by local enthusiasts who participate in “siren battles” that run on any given day of the week from 07:00 PM to 02:00 AM, according to the AFP.

Driving the world’s smallest vehicle, the three-wheeled Peel P50 microcar, on the world’s largest track, the Nürburgring Nordschleife, is probably one of the dumbest things you can do in all of cardom. Doing it in the dark when you’ve never been in a P50 before, and never driven the Nordschleife before, is all the…

Son of the most recent American Formula 1 champion, 1991 CART champion, and former Celebrity Apprentice contestant Michael Andretti has been making a case for his team to join the Formula 1 grid for the last 18 months with backing from the fifth-largest automaker in the world. Earlier this month the newly-renamed…

From the proportions to the wild styling and even the tiny side mirrors, everything about the Lexus LF-ZC concept screams “never gonna happen.” At least in its current form. There are still some vaguely Lexus-esque design cues there, but it really just looks like a concept car. According to Lexus, though, you’ll be…

The GMC Canyon recently underwent a redesign to make it as capable as its twin, the Chevy Colorado. That redesign culminated in the GMC Canyon AT4X, which takes the off-road chops of the Colorado ZR2 and heaps on the luxury.

Toyota has been slow to the electric car uptake, but this new Space Mobility prototype—scheduled for unveiling at the Japan Mobility Show on October 27—is proving the company still knows how to engineer the best and coolest stuff out there.

Being an airline pilot used to be a glamorous job, one that allowed you to travel the world while wearing a sexy uniform. Now, most commercial pilots find themselves fighting their employers for decent pay and working conditions as they work absurd schedules. However, pilots aren’t blameless; plenty have also put…

Chevrolet was forced to recall certain Bolt EVs back in 2021 after a spate of fires started in the electric car’s battery packs. After recalling and replacing thousands of cars’ batteries, the company then decided it had done enough, and would stop the program. Now, it’s offering Bolt customers $1,400 to let them…

A motorcycle rider in Florida is lucky to be alive to share video of his terrifying highway crash from earlier this summer.

Owners of old BMWs are no strangers to getting stranded and having to wait for a tow, but drift car driver Andrew May was caught off-guard when the Chevy Silverado 3500 HD that tows his BMW E36 mysteriously broke down. The pickup refused to start when Andrew and his family were at a drift competition in Englishtown,…

Good morning! It’s Thursday, October 26, 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.

We’ve all got mortal enemies. I know I do (it’s you). They’re people you wish nothing but misfortune upon. People you want to see down and out, having a bad day. Maybe it’s the hater in me, but I do get a lot of joy out of that, and I’m sure you folks do too. It’s what leads us to today’s question.

As far as Bettersen Wade knew, her son Dexter went missing on March 5. After she reported his disappearance to the Jackson, Mississippi police department, they continually told her they weren’t able to find him, NBC News reports. So she began searching for him herself, posting updates on social media and regularly…

The 2023 United States Grand Prix was a first for me at Jalopnik: after ages of wondering how to get access to the Formula 1 pre-race grid, I finally figured it out just in time to scoop up access to two grids in one weekend: the sprint race grid and the proper Grand Prix grid.

Here in the United States, making hiring decisions based on race common but technically illegal under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In the United Kingdom, they appear proud of the British Navy’s “century-old custom of having Chinese servants on warships,” and hate that it’s coming to an end.