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Drive Safely Through Wildfires: Use Your Blinkers!
Wildfires are currently ravaging Canada, throwing a blanket of particle-filled smoke across major cities both at home and in parts of the American northeast and midwest, turning New York City into a Philip K. Dick-style dystopia.
Toyota’s Hydrogen Hypercar Aims to Win Le Mans
Toyota’s had the 24 Hours of Le Mans virtually on lock for several years now, ever since Porsche left the scene. Porsche has now returned of course, as have Peugeot, Ferrari and Cadillac, to the highest level of global endurance racing. In case you were worried Toyota might sweat the competition and bail, don’t worry: …
NYC’s ‘Blade Runner’ Hellscape: No Alternate Side Parking Worries
Typically, alternative side parking rules in New York City only see emergency suspensions for snowstorms. The smoke from wildfires in Canada has smothered New York’s streets and made the city’s air quality the worse in the world. As a result, city officials made the unusual decision to suspend alternate side parking…
Waymo Car Kills Dog in San Francisco
Self-driving cars are facing something of an uphill battle today. They need to prove to regulators that they are safe enough to hit the highway and they need to demonstrate to motorists that they are the future they actually need. One thing that probably won’t help either mission is an incident that saw a Waymo…
VW CEO: Don’t Markup ID.Buzz for Dealers
We’ve been waiting for Volkswagen’s new-age electric microbus — known as the the ID.Buzz — for years. The concept was shown way back in 2017, and now we can confirm that it’s finally coming to America. While we have no idea what it’s going to cost, the state of the auto market the last few years has shown that this…