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With Yakima RibCage, Jeep Wranglers can off-road with a heavy load
taking your jeep wrangler to a desolate, off-road destination these days doesn’t necessarily mean leaving behind the accouterments of civilization. yakima wants to help you haul it along. yakima's ribcage rooftop track systems for the wrangler’s jl 4-door hardtop and the wrangler jk models, each retailing for $600, are designed not s
Elon Musk made Times 100 Most Influential People 2023 list — as an online troll fiddling on a toxic violin while Twitter burns
elon musk attends time's person of the year event on december 13, 2021 in new york city. theo wargo/getty images for time elon musk was on time's list of the most influential people, but his profile was less than flattering. kara swisher dubbed musk an "online troll" that is "fiddling on his toxic violin" on twitter. the
Biden’s car emissions crackdown would reduce demand for billions of barrels of oil
the biden administration’s plan to stifle auto pollution and spur electric vehicles is expected to shrink u,s. oil demand by an estimated 17 billion barrels through 2055. “we’re strengthening our energy security, we’re reducing our reliance on foreign oil,” and “we’re reducing our reliance on fossil fuels,” environmental prot
Study suggests SUVs are more dangerous to cyclists than are cars
Concerns about large SUVs and trucks in regard to crash safety, particularly for cyclists and pedestrians, have been mounting. And those concerns are increasingly backed up by data. The latest comes from an IIHS study of fatal crashes involving cyclists. Comparing crashes with cars against those with SUVs, the organization discovered some unique ri
Avis customer says she was accused of driving a stolen car ... that wasnt stolen
renting a car these days can result in some traumatic consequences. a surprise encounter with police, for example because of an apparent administrative mistake by rental company avis, a california woman was stopped by police last month on a freeway near torrence and accused of driving a stolen vehicle. she told officers she’d rented the nissan a
Junkyard Gem: 1993 Subaru Impreza AWD Wagon
with subaru finally planning to retire the 1970s-vintage leone in the early 1990s (the very last leones, badged as loyales by that time, were 1994 models), a modern competitor for the likes of the civic and escort would be needed. that car turned out to be the impreza, and the very first examples showed up on our shores as 1993 models. here's
2024 BMW XM Label Red is the most powerful street-legal BMW ever
in our first drive review of the 2023 bmw xm, we called munich's new husky and high-powered suv "more engaging and better to drive than its purely combustion-engine performance suv offerings," "the best performance suv bmw has screwed together yet," and "a sign of good things to come." introducing the first good thing to come: the 2024 bmw xm
4 in 10 say next vehicle may be electric, in latest AP-NORC/EPIC poll
washington — many americans aren’t yet sold on going electric for their next cars, a new poll shows, with high prices and too few charging stations the main deterrents. about 4 in 10 u.s. adults are at least somewhat likely to switch, but the history-making shift from the country’s century-plus love affair with gas-driven vehicles still has a
Ford will retool Ontario factory to build EVs starting next year
detroit — ford motor co said tuesday that next year it will start retooling its sport utility vehicle assembly plant in oakville, ontario, to produce electric vehicles, fulfilling a promise made to canada's unifor union during contract bargaining in 2020. ford plans to begin overhauling the oakville complex in the second quarter of 2024, id