Geoge Smith 
The International Space Station is due for decommission in the 2030s. NASA is currently evaluating how to go about retiring the station: options include letting it burn up in the atmosphere or pushing it into a graveyard orbit. There’s another option that doesn’t involve disposing of the ISS at all, which would extend the life … Read more
Would you believe that after all those pushrod V6 engines powering GM vehicles for all those decades, only one remains available here? That’s right, the LV1 4.3 used in the Chevrolet Express/GMC Savana work vans, a descendant of the good old small-block-V8-derived Chevrolet V6, is the last pushrod V6 standing in the GM universe (not … Read more
Baby, it’s almost Christmas, and whether you celebrate or not, there’s one thing all car enthusiasts have probably thought about before: what car does Santa drive? No, I’m not talking about his sleigh. That’s just impractical for most of the year. We want to know how he gets around the North Pole and what he … Read more
Last month American startup Lucid debuted the Gravity, its first entry in the hotly contested three-row SUV segment and an important model for the brand that currently only builds the Air luxury sedan. Speaking with Autocar in a new interview, Lucid CEO Peter Rawlinson says the company’s next focus is on two mainstream models that will … Read more
A popular theme this holiday season is “the little red truck hauling a Christmas tree.” Today’s Nice Price or No Dice Chevy only needs the tree to make that meme a memorable reality. Let’s see if its price tag is just as memorable. The Lincoln Blackwood Predicted Luxury Pickup Trucks Too Soon Last Friday, while … Read more
President Joe Biden went on Conan O’Brien’s podcast, “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend,” recently, and he had a lot to say about cars. There’s plenty to unpack from the clip that you can watch above, but at one point he mentions that he recently took a Porsche up to 171 mph on the Secret Service’s … Read more
Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images (Getty Images) Photo: Tom McFarland The internet has changed the way cars are bought and sold. It’s now a lot easier to figure out who has the best deal on a new car, but used cars are more complex. A lot of buyers get frustrated when they run into walls asking … Read more
Ford CEO Jim Farley pats a Ford F-150 Lightning truck before a press conference in 2023. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images Only about half of Ford dealers are on board to sell electric cars. The automaker’s certification program can cost dealerships over $1 million. Some dealers aren’t happy with the requirements, like training and installing a charger. … Read more
Back in the good ol’ days, tobacco companies were some of the biggest sponsors of NASCAR, with iconic liveries from Skoal to Camel to Winston, and the legendary Winston Cup Series ran from 1971 to 2003. The Winston Cup meant far more than just tobacco sales over its 32-year history, even inspiring the Disney movie … Read more
Hyundai has made more progress toward electrification than many automakers, but it hasn’t yet cracked the affordable EV code. That’s changing in the near future with a new model that slots into its lineup beneath the Ioniq 5 electric SUV and Ioniq 6 sedan. Electrek reported that Hyundai’s EV exports have doubled in the past … Read more
