Yahoo Autos Hydrogen Bomb Mirai, 'Pregnant' Chinese Cars And Waymo Honks All Night In This Week's News Roundup
Toyota Mirai Turned Into Hydrogen Bomb By Ukrainian Forces Explodes With The Force Of 400 Pounds Of TNT
The Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle has hardly been an international sales success, thanks to poor hydrogen infrastructure, expense, and polarizing design, but it proved successful to Ukrainian forces which scavenged parts from the hydrogen car to create the world’s smallest hydrogen bomb. - Bradley Brownell Read More
Towing Company With History Of Illegal Tows Raided By The Feds
After a long investigation, federal agents descended on a Northern California towing company last week to raid a towing company accused of illegal operations in San Fransisco. - Lawrence Hodge Read More
Viral ‘Pregnant’ Chinese Cars Are Not Cheap Wraps Bubbling Under Intense Heat
Remember being told that the internet would make our lives easier? I’m going to put on my Maury Povich mask to say the lie detector test determined that was a lie. Now we’re all infinitely connected and constantly contactable by virtually anyone, and deceitful folks can intentionally sensationalize things online to exploit popularity. If you’ve seen the recent viral footage of “pregnant” cars with giant inflated bubbles in China, then you’ve likely fallen prey to a sensationalized fallacy. - Logan Carter Read More
Black Woman’s Red Light Ticket Lists Her Race As ‘N’
A Florida woman made a really troubling discovery when she was sent a red light camera ticket in the mail. Under her race, a small initial left her flabbergasted. It was the letter “N,” and I don’t have to tell you why that would be troubling to find on a black woman’s ticket. - Andy Kalmowitz Read More
2025 Kia K4 Undercuts The Honda Civic And Toyota Corolla On Price, And Looks Cooler Too
A few months after its debut, Kia has revealed pricing for its Forte replacement, the handsomely styled K4. Kia is bucking the national trend of incredibly pricy vehicles and giving us a sedan that comes under $30,000 fully loaded, and it undercuts the base prices of its main competitors, too. - Lawrence Hodge Read More
Death Valley Hiker Dying Of Heat Exhaustion Crashes Car After Hike On 119-Degree Day
Peter Hayes Robino, a resident of Los Angeles County, died of heat exposure following a one-mile hike and a subsequent car crash in Death Valley National Park on August 1, marking the second heat-related death of the summer in the park. Robino returned from a one-mile hike on the park’s Natural Bridge Trail, and was visibly distressed and stumbling, according to reports from the scene. He got in his car at the trailhead and drove it off a steep 20-foot drop where the car rolled over and the airbags deployed. - Bradley Brownell Read More
Rivian’s Gear Tunnel Kitchen Remains Vaporware, But Its New Travel Kitchen Is Cheaper And Still Nifty
One of the coolest features on early Rivian R1Ts was the camp kitchen, which was a massive modular kitchen that slid out from the R1T’s gear tunnel between the pickup bed and passenger compartment and contained a cooktop, a sink, and a full set of pots and pans. Unfortunately the camp kitchen remains vaporware, but Rivian recently showed its new travel kitchen which isn’t anywhere near as cool as the camp kitchen, but will be compatible with R1, R2, and R3 models. - Logan Carter Read More
Couple Driving To Therapy Session No Longer Needs It After Woman Hits Boyfriend With Car
Sometimes, it can be hard to know when to break up. Maybe things aren’t great overall, but you’ve settled into a rhythm, and it’s mostly fine on a day-to-day basis. Maybe you both live in an apartment that neither one of you could afford on your own. Maybe they’ve worn you down so much over the years that you feel like you can’t. Sometimes, though, the universe sends you a sign. Like when your girlfriend hits you with her car on the way to couples therapy. - Collin Woodard Read More
Waymo Innovates New Ways To Annoy Even Non-Drivers: Constant Nighttime Honking
Waymo’s self-driving test cars are, in a word, annoying. You could argue that they’re unsafe, or bloodlusted, but rarely do they rise to the sort of damage seen from their competitors — for the most part, they just annoy other drivers. Now, though, the company has finally innovated a way to annoy even non-drivers: Setting up parking lots full of cars that honk at all hours of the night. - Amber DaSilva Read More
2025 BMW M5 Touring Is Coming To The U.S.
Station wagons are awesome, but the U.S. doesn’t get many options because they don’t sell well, and automakers still need to make a profit. So when BMW announced the new M5, we just assumed the wagon version would be reserved for other countries. As it turns out, we were wrong. BMW has confirmed the 2025 M5 Touring will be sold in the U.S. for the first time ever. - Collin Woodard Read More
