Tuesday, January 26, 2021

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Jan 26, 2021

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Biden plans to replace federal fleet with American-made electric vehicles

President Joe Biden said today that the U.S. federal government would replace its fleet of vehicles with electric vehicles. "The federal government also owns an enormous fleet of vehicles, which we're going to replace with clean electric vehicles mad…

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2021 Nissan GT-R Road Test | Godzilla on ice!

Call it a dinosaur. Mock the Nissan parts bin interior. Declare it overpriced versus newer sports cars. The 2021 Nissan GT-R doesn't mind. It's still Godzilla, and it will still rip your head off with pleasure. Flashback to a few years ago: I was ch…

GMC Hummer EV coming to Extreme E with Chip Ganassi Racing

The electric off-road racing series Extreme E is getting another famous face. This time it's not a person, but rather a vehicle: the GMC Hummer EV . GMC announced that it will be the main sponsor for the Chip Ganassi Racing Extreme E team. With the s…

Volvo will give away cars worth $2 million if a safety is scored in the Super Bowl

Volvo put $1 million worth of free cars on the line at last year's Super Bowl . For this year's Super Bowl LV, Volvo is doing it again, but it's doubling the prize potential. If a safety is recorded in the big game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and…

Quadratec's one-off YJL is a square-eyed tribute to the original Jeep Wrangler

Quadratec, the world's largest independent retailer of Jeep parts and accessories, built a one-of-a-kind Wrangler inspired by the original YJ model to celebrate its 30th birthday. Called YJL, the SUV gains square headlights that appeal to your 1990s …

This one-of-a-kind Ferrari Breadvan Homage is exactly what it sounds like

Dutch coachbuilder Niels van Roij Design immersed itself in an obscure chapter of Ferrari history to turn a 550 Maranello into a one-off shooting brake named Breadvan Homage. Built at the request of a collector, the model is a modern take on the 250 …

'Flying cars' still aren't ready for takeoff, but automakers keep climbing aboard

Flying cars (and jetpacks) have fascinated the public and press for decades and are a surefire way to get crowds and coverage at an event. At this month's virtual CES , GM scored big buzz (and a significant stock-price bounce ) from its numerous announ…

An amazing Group B rally car collection heads to auction

Kicking off in 1982, the Group B era spawned some of the most fearsome rally cars of all time. The technologically advanced pioneers of all-wheel drive and turbocharging defined a time when automakers had carte blanche to build machines with unrestri…

Ford Bronco prototypes get trial by fire after trailer goes up in flames

Carmakers need to put every new model through a battery of tests, but checking whether a car can survive extreme heat is not normally part of the homologation process. Ford presumably obtained valuable data about the new 2021 Bronco 's heat resistance…

Mansory made a lawnmower that's also a tribute to Air Jordan shoes

German car customizing firm Mansory is known for its outrageous and, at best, polarizing projects. But none of them are as strange as this, the BSTN GT XI. Yes, it is a lawn mower . Yes, that is the Air Jordan logo on it. No, none of this is a joke. I…