2023

1. Chicago Street Course is a stunning successThe 2023 NASCAR Cup season had plenty of firsts and perhaps none was bigger than the series’ inaugural street course race, held around historic Grant Park in downtown Chicago. While the weekend faced numerous weather challenges, the racing proved superb and with a surprise winner. Making his first…

Continue reading Chinese electric automaker BYD is about to outsell Tesla this year. Here’s how it’s winning the race against Elon Musk. Chinese electric automaker BYD is about to outsell Tesla this year. Here’s how it’s winning the race against Elon Musk. originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 28 Dec 2023 16:15:00 EST. Please see…

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,… Read…

Georgia may be known for its hot, humid summers, but its winters are pretty mild, so you wouldn’t think the sun would be causing any problems this time of year. Unfortunately for one family living north of Atlanta, that’s not the case. Their daughter’s 2022 Honda Civic is melting, WSB-TV reports. Read more…

Elon Musk is big mad at a report that kind of sort of implied that one of his favorite robots attacked one of his employees at Tesla’s Austin, Texas factory two years ago. The report never actually said it was one of his shiny (fuckable?) Optimus friends, but it didn’t exactly highlight that it was…

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When the Porsche Taycan debuted in 2019, purists were infuriated by Porsche’s decision to name the top trim level “Turbo” despite the car being fully electric and not actually having a turbocharger. For the most part people have gotten over it — or at least, they should have by now — but there’s a new…

#26 – Colton Herta, 10th in the championship standings (356 points) – 17 races 0 wins, 1 podium, 3 top fives, 8 top 10s, 2 poles, 8 Fast Six AppearancesBest Finish: 3rd (Toronto)Best Start: 1st (Road America, Mid-Ohio)#27 – Kyle Kirkwood, 11th in the championship standings (352 points) – 17 races 2 wins, 2 podiums,…