SUVs Directly Called Out in UN’s Dire, ‘Now or Never’ Climate Change Report
This is, I guess, going to be an annual thing: an international cohort of hundreds of leading climate scientists publish an incredibly thorough report about how screwed we are and how little time we...
View ArticleAs Ukraine Pummels Russians With Javelin Missiles, Can Production Keep Pace...
Congress is asking the Pentagon whether the Defense Production Act, or DPA, should be invoked to ensure supplies of Javelin anti-tank missile systems, as well as Stinger surface-to-air missiles,...
View ArticleAdversary Air Contract For Nellis Air Force Base Won't Be Renewed
After years of praise for helping the Air Force fulfill a huge training gap at its most prestigious training installation — Nellis Air Force Base, the home of the USAF's elite Weapons School, a large...
View Article625-HP Jeep Wrangler EV Leads 2022 Easter Jeep Safari Lineup
Every year for the past five decades or so, a convoy of avid off-roaders converge in Moab, Utah for Easter Jeep Safari. It's basically heaven for those who like to get dirty, hosted by the Red Rock...
View ArticleElon Musk Says Tesla Cybertruck, Roadster, Optimus Robot Production Should...
They say everything's bigger in Texas, and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is no stranger to making big, bold claims about what's coming next from his burgeoning tech empire. And at the company's "Cyber Rodeo"...
View Article2023 Kia Telluride Teases Fresh Styling and New Off-Road Trim
Just like its Hyundai Palisade platform-mate, the 2023 Kia Telluride is getting a mid-cycle refresh for the new model year. Set to debut at next week's New York International Auto Show, the facelifted...
View ArticlePorsche's Celebrating 50 Years of RS Cars at Indy, and You're Invited
This year marks 50 years since Porsche's RS moniker first came on the scene, and the automaker will be celebrating with its second-annual Sports Car Together Fest to be held on Labor Day weekend....
View ArticleHarbor Freight's Spring Black Friday Sale and More Deals From Amazon
It's Friday, and that means it's payday for many of us. How are you going to celebrate? You can do the responsible thing and put a good chunk of what's leftover into that savings account. Or you can...
View ArticleF1 Fines Sebastian Vettel $5,432 for Riding a Scooter on Track
The 2022 Formula 1 season isn't really going Sebastian Vettel's way. First, he tested positive for coronavirus and missed the first two races of the year, and now that he's returned to Australia, he's...
View ArticleHere's How the GMC Hummer EV and Rivian R1T Compare Off-Road
Easily my favorite new vehicle last year was the 2022 Rivian R1T, an electric truck that's essentially excellent. Going straight for its throat, though, is the new 2022 GMC Hummer EV, which has a lot...
View ArticleAboard The Marine's First F-35B-Packed 'Lightning Carrier' (Updated)
On March 30, 2022, several F-35B Joint Strike Fighters took off from Marine Corps Air Station Yuma for the short flight to the deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA-7). The big ‘Gator...
View ArticleUkraine Situation Report: Slovakia's Donated S-300 Surface-To-Air Missile...
The Prime Minister of Slovakia, Eduard Heger, has confirmed that his country has transferred its only Soviet-era S-300PMU long-range surface-to-air missile system to the Ukrainian military. This deal...
View ArticleMaserati Returns to Racing With Formula E's Venturi Team
Maserati dropped in January that it was coming back to motorsport, after a pretty long break, with an entry as a Formula E manufacturer. Now, it's confirmed that it'll be partnering with Monegasque...
View ArticleThe Rolls-Royce Cullinan Finally Gets a Lift Kit, and It’s $163,000
Let's be honest now. If you drop a few hundred grand on a luxury SUV, you expect to be able to take that thing almost anywhere a wheeled vehicle can go. The Rolls-Royce Cullinan happens to cost that...
View ArticleHow To Access Chilton’s Car Repair Manuals for Free Through Your Library
Back in 2020, Haynes said it was ceasing the physical production of its iconic car repair manuals. In January 2022, another well-known line of manuals, Chilton, went a step further and ended the...
View ArticleLearn How Variable Geometry Turbos Work With This 6-Second Video
Turbochargers are wonderful things, taking waste energy and using it to help an engine to produce more power. The variable-geometry turbocharger is an advanced version of this technology, which brings...
View ArticleThe FIM-92 Stinger Surface-To-Air Missile May Finally Get A Replacement
The U.S. Army says it wants to begin developing a replacement for the venerable Stinger short-range heat-seeking surface-to-air missile and actually begin testing at least one prototype design by the...
View ArticleDestroyed Armored Vehicle In Ukraine Gets The "Wolverines!" From 'Red Dawn'...
A photo of damaged Russian armor in Ukraine, spray-painted with the word "WOLVERINES" in English, has begun to circulate on Twitter. The image, which readers can see at the top of this post, is a...
View ArticleBunker Talk: Let’s Talk About The Things We Did Or Didn't Cover This Week
Welcome to Bunker Talk. This is a weekend open discussion post for the best commenting crew on the net, in which we can chat about all the stuff that went on this week that we didn't cover. We can also...
View ArticleWhich Car Has the Best Ambient Lighting?
I was waiting for my son to finish soccer practice in a Mercedes-Benz S 580 a few weeks ago as the sun set, happily ensconced in a sea of buttery leather. As dusk settled in, the interior of the car...
View ArticleThe Little Toyota Sera That Inspired the McLaren F1's Doors Is Up for Auction
In case you don’t remember the 90s, Brian “Mr. Regular” Reider will jog your memory with this cool 1995 Toyota Sera. The YouTuber bought the butterfly-doored Sera in Atlanta a year ago February, and...
View ArticleUkraine Situation Report: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Meets Zelensky...
Now leading the country into its seventh week of war with Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hosted British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Kyiv on Saturday. Johnson’s trip to the...
View ArticleWatch a Diesel Humvee Run on Used Vegetable Oil
Rich Benoit is a YouTuber who runs the Rich Rebuilds channel and owns an independent Tesla repair shop. He has made quite a name for himself partially because of his public tussles with Tesla over the...
View ArticleHalf A Dozen Chinese Y-20 Cargo Jets Popped Up Over Europe Last Night
Flight trackers got an interesting surprise late Friday night when six People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) Y-20 cargo planes appeared heading west in Turkish airspace towards Serbia. Open-source...
View ArticleMeet the Father of the GMC Hummer EV’s CrabWalk
Mike Colville may be the senior manager for complex feature integration for GMC, but in his spare time he’s a straight-up gearhead. He’s also a competitive off-road racer and has created more than a...
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