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California Man Risks His Life To Save Classic Lowriders From Fires

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California Man Risks His Life To Save Classic Lowriders From Fires Amid the devastation caused by wildfires across Greater Los Angeles, a fabricator in Pasadena stayed behind to save his beloved lowriders with the help of friends and neighbors. Despite the Eaton fire destroying over 14,000 acres as of January 15, every classic car escaped the flames. The only sign of damage was one… Read more…

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Abandoned EV Batteries Could Make The LA Fire Cleanup A Nightmare

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Abandoned EV Batteries Could Make The LA Fire Cleanup A Nightmare Los Angeles has been rocked by some of the worst forest fires in the city’s history over the past week, with an estimated 40,000 acres burned across five fires. As the city prepares to start its cleanup effort, experts are now warning of the increased risk that abandoned electric vehicles could pose to the region’s… Read more…

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You Can Turn Your Toyota Crown SUV Into A Ferrari Purosangue If That’s Something You’re Into

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You Can Turn Your Toyota Crown SUV Into A Ferrari Purosangue If That’s Something You’re Into I’d be sleeping on the couch if I ever bought a fake Louis Vuitton bag for my significant other. If I tried passing off a Toyota Crown Sport as a V12-powered Ferrari Purosangue, I’d be killed. Japan’s Aero Over, for its part, did an admirable job producing a bodykit to elevate the crossover into a facsimile of a… Read more…

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Refreshed Tesla Model Y Looks Even Wonkier In Real Life

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Refreshed Tesla Model Y Looks Even Wonkier In Real Life Tesla’s sales may have been down last year, but there’s no denying the Model Y is still an incredibly popular vehicle. In fact, it was one of the best-selling cars in the country. On the other hand, it’s old, and at least in China, Tesla decided it needed a refresh, so it threw the Cybertruck headlights and a new rear… Read more…

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Chrysler Just Shelved Its Electric SUV Project, So What The Heck Is It Going To Sell?

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Chrysler Just Shelved Its Electric SUV Project, So What The Heck Is It Going To Sell? The Chrysler brand is in dire straits right now as its product lineup has dwindled to a single product, the venerable, but long-in-the-tooth, Pacifica van. The legendary Mopar brand was optimistic about its future in recent years, announcing a move to all-electric luxury vehicles by 2028. Now, with that deadline just… Read more…

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World’s Biggest Fire Truck Weighs 65 Tons And Fights Deadly Airplane Blazes

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World’s Biggest Fire Truck Weighs 65 Tons And Fights Deadly Airplane Blazes A regular fire truck that fights blazes in the U.S. is about 30 feet long and weighs around 20 tons. That’s massive, no doubt, but it’s dwarfed by firetrucks that patrol your local airport. In some cases, theyweigh more than double that. Those two are both put to shame by the world’s biggest firetruck, however, which… Read more…

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Man Fired From Lexus Dealer For Wife’s Porn Can Sue, Judge Rules

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Man Fired From Lexus Dealer For Wife’s Porn Can Sue, Judge Rules A former Lexus dealership employee is celebrating a legal win after he was fired over his wife’s online porn videos. A federal judge ruled that he can take legal action against the dealership for firing him. Read more…

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Falling SpaceX Debris Is Getting In The Way Of Commerical Flights

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Falling SpaceX Debris Is Getting In The Way Of Commerical Flights It makes perfect sense for a private space company to down its rockets over the ocean. However, it can still sometimes get in the way of human activity on and over the water. Falling debris from SpaceX rockets delayed Qantas flights over the Indian Ocean this month. Australia’s flag carrier was given little warning… Read more…

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New York’s Congestion Pricing Has Already Given The City Less Traffic And Faster Buses

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New York’s Congestion Pricing Has Already Given The City Less Traffic And Faster Buses Following in the footsteps of other major international cities, New York City’s congestion pricing officially went into effect about a week ago. Now, if you insist on driving into certain parts of the city instead of using alternative forms of transportation, you have to pay $9. New Jersey is, of course, furious, but… Read more…

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Racing A Car With A 10-Liter Pre-War Airplane Engine Is As Exciting As Driving Gets

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Racing A Car With A 10-Liter Pre-War Airplane Engine Is As Exciting As Driving Gets The Goodwood Members Meeting is typically a very fun racing event to watch, as it brings together the well-heeled properly vintage car owners for a weekend of fun and competition. The S.F. Edge Trophy race is always one of my favorites, as it highlights special racing vehicles over 100 years old, from before The Great… Read more…

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Jaguar XJ-SC, Aston Martin Lagonda And Citroën SM Star In Kesha’s “Joyride” Music Video

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Jaguar XJ-SC, Aston Martin Lagonda And Citroën SM Star In Kesha’s “Joyride” Music Video America loves a good car chase whether it’s broadcast live on the news or in a Hollywood blockbuster. Kesha, the music artist behind hit songs like “TiK ToK,” “We R Who We R,” and “Your Love Is My Drug” recently resurfaced on the pop charts with her single “Joyride.” The song uses the powerful feeling of unbridled free… Read more…

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Driver Busted For DUI After Reporting Someone Else Driving Erratically

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Driver Busted For DUI After Reporting Someone Else Driving Erratically If you’re going to drive drunk – which you definitely shouldn’t – maybe you should avoid calling the police to report other motorists. Back in on New Year’s Eve, a Canadian driver wanted to call in a suspected drunk driver after he saw them driving erratically down the road. Sounds like a Good Samaritan, right? Well,… Read more…

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Jeff Bezos And Elon Musk Squabbling Over Trump’s Ear And NASA’s Future

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Jeff Bezos And Elon Musk Squabbling Over Trump’s Ear And NASA’s Future Blue Origin scrubbed the debut launch of its New Glenn rocket on Monday over a vehicle subsection issue. If Elon Musk had his way, he would also scrap the company’s Blue Moon from landing NASA astronauts on the lunar surface in 2030. However, Amazon billionaire and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos doesn’t view Musk and… Read more…

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Max Verstappen Still Drives Like Max Verstappen In Virtual Racing

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Max Verstappen Still Drives Like Max Verstappen In Virtual Racing It is known in endurance racing that you absolutely cannot win a race in the first corner, but you can sure as hell lose one, but apparently Max Verstappen never learned that lesson. During Sunday’s IMSA Esports Daytona Michelin 240, the fourth round of the digital racing championship, Verstappen chucked his Acura… Read more…

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A Used Lucid Air Is A Heck Of A Lot Of Car For Less Than $50,000

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A Used Lucid Air Is A Heck Of A Lot Of Car For Less Than $50,000 The Lucid Air isn’t the most affordable electric vehicle on the market, but it’s absolutely fantastic. Even the least expensive version, which starts at about $70,000, offers 420 miles of range and can hit 60 mph in 4.5 seconds. Most people can’t afford a car that expensive since most people don’t make that much… Read more…

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What the ‘B’ On Your Gear Shifter Means (And When To Use It)

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What the ‘B’ On Your Gear Shifter Means (And When To Use It) Toyota may not have the most exciting electric car in the world, but it’s done an incredible job of helping the hybrid go mainstream. And while it certainly has more competition in the market than it did when the Prius was first introduced, it’s still one of the automakers that appears most committed to offering… Read more…

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Here’s What 9,000 Pounds Of Aerial Firefighting Liquid Does To A Car

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Here’s What 9,000 Pounds Of Aerial Firefighting Liquid Does To A Car Firefighting aircraft have been key in California’s battle against the wildfires raging in Los Angeles over the past week. An array of aerial firefighters have dropped thousands of gallons of red fire retardant liquid on LA in recent days, but have you ever wondered what all that liquid might do to a car? Read more…

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Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Drive With Snow On Your Roof

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Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Drive With Snow On Your Roof A semi truck driver in Kansas caught the horrifying moment a block of frozen snow smashed through their windshield on Thursday. The driver was plowing along Highway 50 near Cedar Point when a huge block of frozen snow flew off the roof of a passenger car and hit the front of their truck, reports Fox Weather. Read more…

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Formula E In Mexico City Proves Nobody Does Sporting Events Like The Mexican Fans

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Formula E In Mexico City Proves Nobody Does Sporting Events Like The Mexican Fans I have never been to a sporting event quite like Formula E’s Mexico City E-Prix. Full stop. The Mexican fans really brought their A-game in terms of enthusiasm and excitement for the FIA’s all-electric on-track package, and after having seen it first hand, it’s obvious why. Mexico City is an amazing city, the… Read more…

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