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Broken Down School Bus Evacuated Minutes Before Being Hit By Train

Jalopnik - Tue, 12/17/2024 - 10:45am

More than a dozen children were evacuated from a school bus in Belgium after it broke down on a rail crossing last month. The driver of the bus escorted the 16 children on board to safety moments before a train passed through and totally destroyed the bus.

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Rolling Robots Armed With Net-Flinging Guns Are The Latest Nightmare Fuel

Jalopnik - Tue, 12/17/2024 - 10:30am

If you thought the threat of police robots died with the demise of New York’s subway bot, you’d be wrong. A new rolling robot has been sent into the field in China. The spherical crime fighting device is a lot more sinister than New York’s failed attempt at robot policing and comes armed with net-throwing guns, tear…

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Airlines Can't Go Around Mistreating Disabled Travelers Anymore

Jalopnik - Tue, 12/17/2024 - 10:15am

Airlines in the U.S. have a terrible track record of handling the equipment of disabled travelers. After hitting American Airlines with a record $50 million fine for its numerous violations of the Air Carrier Access Act, the Department of Transportation is implemented sweeping protections for disabled travelers.

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Honda Prelude to return to US in 2025 as a hybrid

Motor Authority - Tue, 12/17/2024 - 10:00am
The Honda Prelude will return to the U.S. by late 2025, Honda announced on Tuesday. The car, which will likely arrive as a 2026 model given the timing, will be a production version of the Prelude concept rolled out at the 2023 Tokyo auto show, and it will retain the show car's hybrid powertrain. Prototypes spotted in the wild suggest the...

EV Charging Infrastructure Will Continue To Expand Under Trump Whether He Likes It Or Not

Jalopnik - Tue, 12/17/2024 - 10:00am

Good morning! It’s Tuesday, December 17, 2024, 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.

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The Best New Cars And SUVs For Tall Drivers, According To Consumer Reports

Jalopnik - Tue, 12/17/2024 - 10:00am

Regardless of how much money you spend, there aren’t many cars out there that are more fun than the Mazda MX-5 Miata. It’s an absolute hoot to drive and may actually be the perfect car. Unless you’re tall. If you’re more than six feet tall you probably won’t fit inside comfortably, which makes it hard to enjoy the…

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Porsche Designed The Awesome Spaceship For Naughty Dog's New Sci-Fi Video Game

Jalopnik - Tue, 12/17/2024 - 9:15am

At the 2024 Video Game Awards last week, Naughty Dog released the announcement trailer for its first new game franchise in ten years. Called Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, it’s centered around a bounty hunter in a late 20th century-style sci-fi world, and it looks like an exciting, ambitious turn for the studio…

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2025 Audi Q6 And SQ6 E-Tron are Completely Nice, If Not Particularly Distinctive Electric SUVs

Jalopnik - Tue, 12/17/2024 - 9:00am

Growing up, I always saw Audi’s cars, design language and overall vibe as the most modern, daring, and chic of any automaker in the U.S., but over recent years the brand seems to have lost its way a bit. One of Audi’s biggest distinguishing features nowadays are its OLED lightsthat can be programmed to display a…

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100 Stinky Pigs In Cargo Hold Divert Flight And Lead To 26-Hour Delay

Jalopnik - Tue, 12/17/2024 - 8:45am

Passengers onboard a 12-hour flight to Mexico had a pretty uncomfortable ride after they took off from Amsterdam this weekend. The discomfort wasn’t due to rough air, poor food choices onboard or anything like that, instead it was because the cabin filled with an awful smell thanks to 100 pigs that were loaded into…

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Teardown Of VW’s V10 Diesel Shows It’s One Of The Most Complex Engines Ever

Jalopnik - Tue, 12/17/2024 - 8:30am

There are some true engineering marvels of the automotive world out there, like the Bugatti Veyron, old Formula 1 racers such as the Lotus 78 and even humble city cars like the Scion IQ can have some pretty incredible engineering inside. Now, a teardown of a diesel engine produced by Volkswagen in the early 2000s has…

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At $21,500, Is This 1972 Volvo 1800ES Shooting Brake Worth A Shot?

Jalopnik - Tue, 12/17/2024 - 8:00am

Like Vincent Van Gogh, today’s Nice Price or No Dice Volvo was less appreciated during its production run than in later years. Let’s see how appreciative we might be about this tidy example’s price.

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Jeep Brings Back The 2025 Wrangler V6's Discontinued Automatic Transmission Due To High Demand

Jalopnik - Tue, 12/17/2024 - 8:00am

Despite the brand’s troubles, Jeep has a tendency to actually listen to its typically loyal customers. When Jeep customers want something they let the brand know, and that’s paid off for 2025. Just three months after announcing it would be discontinued, Jeep says it’s bringing back the automatic transmission to the…

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Mercedes-Benz AMG CLE 53: Motor Authority Best Car To Buy 2025 finalist

Motor Authority - Tue, 12/17/2024 - 7:45am
The Mercedes-Benz AMG CLE 53 is the top-shelf CLE, for now It’s the only finalist powered by gas A Mercedes-Benz AMG CLE 53 costs $73,950 Mercedes has done addition by means of subtraction. The CLE combines the E-Class and C-Class coupes into one midsize vehicle—and it does an admirable job in a shrinking segment. The AMG-badged...

2025 Expedition SSV marks 75 years of Ford cop cars

Motor Authority - Tue, 12/17/2024 - 6:00am
Ford's overhauled 2025 Expedition has been revealed in its SSV police specification Ford has been supporting police agencies for 75 years Ford's first police package was designed for the 1950 Custom sedan The 2025 Ford Expedition has been overhauled with a refreshed interior and exterior, and includes, for the first time, a rugged Tremor model...

2026 Audi A7 Avant spy shots: A6 wagon's replacement spotted

Motor Authority - Tue, 12/17/2024 - 2:00am
A redesigned Audi A7 offering gas and plug-in hybrid powertrains debuts in early 2025 The redesigned A7 range will include both sedan and wagon body styles A prototype for the new A7 wagon has been spotted testing A prototype for a new Audi A7 Avant wagon has been spied again, revealing many new details. The vehicle is being developed alongside a...

Save 10% and Protect Your Corvette During Winter Storage with CarCapsule!

Corvette Blogger - Mon, 12/16/2024 - 6:40pm

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[PIC] Tommy Milner Visits the Corvette Team’s ‘All Persons Meeting’ in Detroit

Corvette Blogger - Mon, 12/16/2024 - 5:58pm

Tommy Milner was invited to attend the GM Corvette Team's 'All Persons Meeting' and shared this pic featuring a Z06 GT3.R racer and the 2025 Corvette ZR1 that set the official 233 mph speed record.

Continue reading [PIC] Tommy Milner Visits the Corvette Team’s ‘All Persons Meeting’ in Detroit at Corvette: Sales, News & Lifestyle.

[PODCAST] Corvette Today #244 – Meet Mike Brink from Brink of Speed

Corvette Blogger - Mon, 12/16/2024 - 5:10pm

Mike Brink of the Brink of Speed YouTube Channel sits down with your host Steve Garrett to talk about his outstanding Corvette channel, his background and how he got it started.

Continue reading [PODCAST] Corvette Today #244 – Meet Mike Brink from Brink of Speed at Corvette: Sales, News & Lifestyle.

Warframe 1999's Motorcycle Is A Fascinating Mix Of Retro And Modern Design

Jalopnik - Mon, 12/16/2024 - 5:00pm

Warframe’s much-anticipated 1999 expansion dropped last week, and Tenno all around the world are being introduced to something new: ‘90s sportbikes. You can keep your railjacks and k-drives, there’s a retro motorcycle now available — or, is it a modern one? Both? Neither?

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Chevrolet’s Corvette Z06 Ranks 12th on Kogod’s 2024 Made In America Index

Corvette Blogger - Mon, 12/16/2024 - 4:42pm

Kogod School of Business 2024 Made In America Auto Index shows that the Corvette Z06 is tied for 12th on the index while the Stingray comes in at 14th.

Continue reading Chevrolet’s Corvette Z06 Ranks 12th on Kogod’s 2024 Made In America Index at Corvette: Sales, News & Lifestyle.

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