Photo: George Frey / Stringer (Getty Images) If you’re traveling around major U.S. holidays, especially during the winter, you need to be prepared for flight delays and cancelations. It sucks, but that’s just the way it is. Sometimes, airlines mess up and lie to you about it, but other times, a massive storm rolls in … Read more
Cars are huge now. This is known. These massive vehicles kill more people than smaller cars — this is also known. Yet, when confronted with these facts, automakers seem to prefer complex, expensive, high-tech solutions to reduce crashes, when there’s a much simpler option available: Make cars smaller. Rivian R1S Design Analysis Wired spoke with … Read more
Photo: Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu Agency (Getty Images) The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has confirmed that airlines will have to inspect every Boeing 737 Max after a bolt was discovered with a missing nut during routine maintenance. The potential loose bolt is attached to a linkage on the rudder control system. Boeing also found an undelivered aircraft … Read more
The very first Cybertruck crash to occur on public roads happened Thursday in Redwood City, California, and it seems all the people involved made it out OK. The Toyota and the Cybertruck involved in the collision, however, didn’t fare as well. My First Car: Randall Park Cruised LA in His New, Gifted 1992 Toyota Corolla … Read more
Photo: Josh Edelson (Getty Images) Either the world is not ready for self-driving cars, or self-driving cars are not ready for the world. After all the avoidable crashes and injuries in 2023 — some of which were fatal — I’m going to say that it’s the latter rather than the former. Autonomous vehicles are clearly … Read more
Last week we reported on Daihatsu halting sales and shipments of all of its cars amid a probe into the Toyota subsidiary rigging safety tests of 64 different models, and now the situation has gotten even worse. On Wednesday, CNN reported that Daihatsu has now stopped production at all four of its Japanese factories, with … Read more
Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) Autonomous cars have been hitting public roads in a handful of cities around the United States, but the driverless phenomenon has raised one particularly perplexing question: How do we keep those driverless cars in check when they break traffic laws? NBC really delved into the matter this week. What’s The … Read more
Photo: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg (Getty Images) Cummins, an Indiana-based company that manufactures and sells engines, has been hit with a $1.675 billion penalty for intentionally selling defeat devices that could bypass emissions sensors, a direct violation of the Clean Air Act, the U.S. Department of Justice writes. It’s set to be the biggest ever penalty for … Read more
A Tesla Model Y engulfed in flames closed an interstate highway and required the assistance of myriad Alabama emergency services on Christmas night. To extinguish the fire, Pine Level Firefighters reported using 36,000 gallons of water over the course of an hour, further highlighting the ways local services may struggle to deal with car crashes … Read more
A truck driver in Indiana is lucky to be alive this week after he spent six days in his wrecked truck beneath a freeway bridge. Guess the ‘Fast and Furious’ Movie Plots By Their Covers: Part 2 Matthew R. Reum spent almost a week trapped beneath a bridge on I-94 crossing over Salt Creek near the … Read more
