The Chrysler 200 Lives On In The Pacifica’s Gauge Cluster The Chrysler 200 may have died during the 2017 model year, but that doesn’t mean its remains are completely dead and gone. As it turns out, Chrysler’s mid-sized sedan still lives on… sort of. Over the past few days, I’ve been testing out the 2024 Pacifica Hybrid Pinnacle,and while using the $61,685 van’s radar cruise… Read more…

Judge hears arguments to block Louisiana’s Ten Commandments displays in schools BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles did not immediately issue a ruling Monday, but said he will try to reach a decision by Nov. 15. That date is of importance as an agreement was reached by the court and state in July, in which five schools specifically listed in the lawsuit will not post the commandments in classroom…

Elon Musk Ruined Free Speech Says Adam, Ruiner Of Everything Over the years, Elon Musk has made a lot of money and used it to pay other people to make some pretty cool things for him. He’s also a horrible person whose list of scandals is so long, you’ve probably forgotten things that would have gotten any other CEO fired, and nowhere is that attitude on display clearer than… Read more…

Lebron James Fills Son Bronny’s Lamborghini Urus With Cereal In New Nike Ad LeBron and Bronny James made history this week as the first father-son duo to play in an NBA game together. It was quite a moment for the sport and LeBron, even if poor Bronny isn’t very good (the man played three minutes, didn’t record a basket and had one rebound.) Still, it was cool to see. To celebrate the moment, … Read more…

Meta Shuts Down Accounts Tracking Private Jets Of Mark Zuckerberg And Elon Musk What do you do when you’re a billionaire social media mogul worried about people sharing the publicly available location of your private jet? You simply ban them from your platform. Meta suspended accounts tracking the jets of co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and other celebrities from Instagram and Threads on… Read more…

Jaguar Built Two New E-Types From Scratch For A Customer In Asia Jaguar is currently only producing one model, the F-Pace SUV, after killing off the rest of its lineup in anticipation of upcoming electric cars that are still over a year away. Turns out that’s not exactly true, though — Jag just announced that it built two new E-Types for a customer in Southeast Asia. That’s right,… Read more…

The U.S. Government Can Track Abortion Travel Through Your Cell Phone Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the United States has fallen into a patchwork of access to medical care — some states allow it, others restrict it, and some ban it entirely. This has forced pregnant people across state lines to get the care they need, but a new system purchased by the U.S. government… Read more…

Curmudgucation: Are Grade Level Texts the Magical Cure? (The Ghost of Common Core) Curmudgucation: Are Grade Level Texts the Magical Cure? (The Ghost of Common Core) At The Hechinger Report, Suzanne Simons wants to complain about English Language Arts instruction in middle and high schools. It’s a familiar kind of mess, but I promise a tiny twist at the end, which might almost make up for the length. Simons is th…

These Are The Cars You Probably Didn’t Know Came With A CVT CVT is an acronym short for continuously variable transmission, so for anyone who refers to them as CVT transmissions, you’re wrong and just as annoying as people who say ATM machines. Now that’s out of the way, you may be surprised to learn that each of the vehicles on this list came available with a continuously… Read more…

These Are The Worst Experiences You’ve Had Selling A Car Sometimes, selling a car can be more trouble than it’s worth. We asked our readers earlier this week what was their worst experience selling a car. The responses ran an erratic gambit from the typically flaky buyers to drug dealers and desperate sociopaths. Without further ado, here are the anecdotes that I wouldn’t… Read more…

Rudy Giuliani Ordered To Give Lauren Bacall’s 1980s Mercedes To Two Georgia Election Workers If I’m being completely honest, 2024 has not been great for me considering the whole “almost died” thing*. And yet, I’d rather relive this year ten times over than trade places with disgraced and disbarred former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani. A judge has now ordered him to turn over essentially all of his… Read more…

Rivian’s Factory Is A Safety Nightmare For Workers Good morning! It’s Wednesday, October 23, 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. Read more…

Here’s How Much EV Range You Actually Need Telling people range anxiety isn’t real and can’t hurt you has done little to alleviate the problem. Last week we asked readers to take into account their current life and think: just how much range do they need an EV to have for it to work for their needs? These were their responses. Read more…

These Are The Weirdest, Cringiest Old Videos I Found On Stellantis’ YouTube Channel Early internet content was incredibly cringey as folks figured out how to produce entertaining content. Recently when my totally normal brain told me to scour the internet for more information about the Dodge Caliber’s tailgate-mounted boombox, I stumbled across an old video on the Stellantis YouTube channel. Which… Read more…

Don’t Follow A Hyundai Nexo Too Closely, You May Be Driving In A Cloud Of Flammable Hydrogen Gas Nearly 90 years ago, a little thing called the Hindenburg Disaster ignited public understanding of the volatility of the most abundant element in our universe, hydrogen. As we continue the slow crawl to using more sustainable sources of energy, hydrogen has come back into the picture as a potential alternative fuel… Read more…

At $4,000, Is This 2012 Coda EV The Last Word In Value? The seller of today’s Nice Price or No Dice Coda claims the company that built it went bankrupt because the car was “too nice.” Let’s see if this weird little electric car’s current price (see what I did there?) won’t break the bank. Read more…

2025 Toyota GR Corolla Refines The Unrefined When you’re Toyota and you’ve built perhaps the most exciting hot hatch in decades, any improvements are going to be a game of inches. The improvements made to the 2025 model year GR Corolla are minimal, but all the more impactful because of it. Toyota knew that it had a solid formula on its hands with the diminutive… Read more…

Crash Course and John Green unpack religion on YouTube (RNS) — ‘Religion seems like something firm and concrete, but it oozes out of your grasp as soon as you think you’ve got a hold on it,’ said novelist and host John Green. The post Crash Course and John Green unpack religion on YouTube appeared first on RNS.

Chabad Jews celebrate at 5,000-square-foot sukkah in New York (RNS) — By contrast, Jewish university students on as many as 30 campuses tried to erect Gaza solidarity sukkahs, most of which were dismantled by campus police. The post Chabad Jews celebrate at 5,000-square-foot sukkah in New York appeared first on RNS.

2025 Mercedes-AMG GT63 Pro Doesn’t Need A Pro Behind The Wheel To Impress On Track Biblical clouds breeze across the sky above, vacillating between brief, glorious moments of sunshine and dark gray clouds unleashing onslaughts of track-soaking downpours. It’s finally my turn to drive Mercedes-AMG’s new GT63 Pro on the Ascari racing circuit, and despite not having driven the car or the track before,I… Read more…