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BALTIMORE — A cargo ship rammed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Bridge early Tuesday, causing the span to collapse and rescuers to launch a massive search for at least six people who are missing. Here’s what we know so far about the disaster: What exactly happened? The operators of the Dali cargo ship issued a mayday … Read more
A busy bridge in Baltimore collapsed early Tuesday morning after it was hit by a cargo ship. Maryland Governor Wes Moore declared a state of emergency shortly after the collision, which took out the Francis Scott Key Bridge and part of Interstate 695 — a major thoroughfare for the morning rush. The port of Baltimore—the … Read more
Road rage can endanger drivers and their passengers, raise their blood pressure and their insurance costs — and, in more than a few cases, kill them. Such are the sobering findings of a detailed survey conducted by the Insurify group, who say that drivers who are cut off by another car are most likely to … Read more
Elon Musk’s private space company SpaceX lost both launch vehicles in Starship’s first two test flights. Now, debris from those explosions is now fetching four-figure sums online, and SpaceX has taken a lax stance on recovering its spacecraft. According to Bob: Public Transit Is a Car Enthusiast’s Best Friend While Starship is known for exploding and … Read more
Genesis GV60 Magma at the NY Auto Show Liquid hot magma? Well, not really. But it’s still pretty hot, and it’s definitely orange like lava. Genesis used the 2024 NY Auto Show to reveal its new Magna performance line, starting with the electric GV60. It will be the first of the Magma cars to launch … Read more
(This story originally appeared in on Mar 27, 2024) ETAuto With the fresh supplementary chargesheet, the total number of accused in the case has touched 156. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a supplementary prosecution complaint (equivalent to a chargesheet) in the misappropriation of funds by Bhushan Steel and Bhushan Energy involving its former promoters, … Read more
Photo: Jim Sugar (Getty Images) An Amtrak train in southern California struck and killed a pedestrian last week, severing their leg from their body via the force of the impact. Then, reportedly, another person happened along the site of the impact and walked away with the severed leg, and then eating it. People are wild. … Read more
How do you solve a problem like electrification? Sometimes the solution is to consider going back to internal combustion. Automotive News Europe, via Italian newspaper Il Corriere della Sera, reports that Stellantis has asked suppliers for quotes on increasing Fiat 500e production by 100,000 units annually, at the Mirafiori, Italy, plant that builds the electric … Read more
If you’re like most of us here at Jalopnik, you’ve probably wondered why gas stations offer mid-grade gasoline when almost every automaker recommends either regular or premium fuel. As it turns out, very few cars are designed to use mid-grade gas, so it exists mostly to coax unknowing consumers into spending more on gas, and … Read more
Traffic snarled across Baltimore on Tuesday after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge forced vehicles to divert to other congested harbor crossings, raising the specter of nightmarish commutes for residents for months or even years to come. Drivers traveling north or south between major eastern U.S. cities such as New York and Washington … Read more
