Bloodhound needs to sniff out more money if it wants to hit 1,000 mph
Tuesday, 26 January 2021
Here we go again. The team behind Bloodhound LSR, a British car designed to set the world land speed record, is looking for a new benefactor. The current owner, Ian Warhurst, saved the project from financial ruin in December 2018. In a press release, the Bloodhound team explained that the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, combined with
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Junkyard Gem: 1963 Dodge Polara Hardtop Coupe
Monday, 25 January 2021
Well into the 1970s, when you referred to a postwar American car as simply a “1971 Chevy” or “1953 Mercury,” everyone knew you meant the full-sized car made by the specified company, and model names for most of these cars simply designated the trim level. Eventually, some model names shoved all their siblings aside, as
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EVgo to go public via $2.6 billion SPAC deal
Sunday, 24 January 2021
EVgo Services said on Friday it has agreed to go public through a merger with blank-check firm Climate Change Crisis Real Impact I Acquisition Corp, in a deal that values the electric vehicle charging station provider at $2.6 billion. The deal is expected to provide EVgo with about $575 million in net cash proceeds, including
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‘Rocket League,’ ‘Ride 4,’ and ‘The Crew 2’ all get awesome content updates
Saturday, 23 January 2021
Autoblog may receive a share from purchases made via links on this page. Pricing and availability are subject to change. This week in gaming news, “Rocket League” developer Psyonix teams up with the X Games for an in-game event, “The Crew 2” gets an update, and “Ride 4” goes next-gen. “Rocket League” gets cool new
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These five great winter car accessories are all on sale today
Friday, 22 January 2021
Autoblog may receive a share from purchases made via links on this page. Pricing and availability are subject to change. Here in the Midwestern United States, winter still has a few months longer to make us miserable before we can put it in our rearview. Too often, drivers will end up in snowy situations which
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Dacia introduces Bigster concept | Autoblog
Thursday, 21 January 2021
It’s 2021. Say goodbye to bigly and hello to Bigster — the Dacia Bigster, that is. Yeah, we got the joke out of the way in the headline, but increasingly obscure references aside, the latest from Renault’s subsidiary is more exciting than it sounds. For starters, just look at it. This is a car-based, C-segment
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Mercedes-Benz EQA electric crossover styling, specifications revealed
Wednesday, 20 January 2021
Mercedes-Benz has revealed its second electric model, the EQA 250, edging out the soon-to-be-revealed EQS sedan. The EQA is a little crossover sibling to the EQC, and it’s closely related to the gas-powered GLA-Class. That relationship is clear in the styling, although the EQA gets a number of unique design changes. It also packs a
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2021 Toyota Highlander Review | Price, specs, features and photos
Tuesday, 19 January 2021
While the latest RAV4 underwent a revolutionary redesign to reset its look, character and capability, a far more evolutionary approach was taken with its big brother Highlander’s own redo last year. The 2021 Toyota Highlander represents the second year of the current generation, which dawned wearing softer and more organic styling, a more welcoming cabin
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Junkyard Gem: 1970 Audi 100LS
Monday, 18 January 2021
While Americans could buy new cars made by Audi ancestors DKW and NSU during the 1950s and 1960s (few did so), the Audi story as we know it here really began in 1969, when the 1970 100LS went on sale in the United States. The 100LS remained on sale through 1976 and gained a small-but-devoted
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Tesla asks NHTSA to declare metric speed display issue inconsequential
Sunday, 17 January 2021
WASHINGTON — Tesla filed a petition with U.S. auto safety regulators saying that 612,000 vehicles produced since 2012 do not fully comply with federal safety standards because displays can be switched from miles per hour to only metric measurements, documents released on Friday show. The automaker asked the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to
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