In less than a week since robotaxi companies got the green light to expand operations in San Francisco, an incident involving Cruise driverless cabs has made the news for a second time. In this case, one of the autonomous vehicles drove into a road construction site where city workers were paving a section of the
Toyota has filed a trademark application for something called the Land Hopper in Japan. It’s unknown on what vehicle the mysterious moniker will appear, but the recent 2024 Land Cruiser presentation may offer some clues. The trademark filing fell into the “vehicles” category and was spotted by users on the Land Cruiser Forum. This led
On Friday, the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco was briefly clogged with traffic after autonomous taxis froze at a busy intersection. The jam consisted of at least 10 driverless Chevy Bolts operated by Cruise, General Motors‘ self-driving car subsidiary. “One of them was stopped at the top of the hill for no apparent reason,”
Lexus‘ Inspiration Series has for many years now been used to make the LC flagship coupe, an already exclusive car, even rarer. With limited production numbers and a six-digit price tag to match, an LC Inspiration Series would be the one to collect — if one wanted to own one of the best V8 grand
Ultra high-end luxury cars are common today, with the likes of Lotus, Porsche, and even Ferrari offering four-door crossovers. But three decades ago, the most expensive and technologically advanced cars in the world were all sports cars — your F40s, 959s and Diablos. Then along came Bugatti with the EB112 concept, a four-door sedan with
Lego has released a new large-scale Technic set for recreating a Yamaha MT-10 SP motorcycle. Though impressive in its size and scale, the real party trick isn’t visible once the bike is finished. It’s a working transmission that’s pedal activated, just like on a real motorcycle. The Yamaha MT-10 SP is the Japanese bike maker’s
Five police officers are suing Tesla after being injured by a Model X that plowed into them while they were conducting a routine traffic stop. The incident took place on February 27, 2021, when an allegedly impaired driver over-relied on the Model X’s “Autopilot” system, which reportedly gave off 150 warnings to take control of
It’s always nice when an automaker tosses its most ardent supporters a bone or two in the form of new parts. That’s exactly what Ford did when the Ford Performance division announced some new Fox Body Mustang accessories at an enthusiast gathering for the third-gen pony car. It’s hard to believe, but even the newest
The excellent Genesis G70 is reportedly no longer getting a successor. The reason? We’ll give you one guess. If you said, “Because customers want bigger vehicles,” you win one million internet points. The report comes from South Korea’s JoongAng Daily, who spoke with an unnamed source “directly related to the project”. This source told the
Bentley has pledged that by 2026 its vehicle lineup will be all electrified with either hybrid or battery-electric powertrains, and that by 2030 it’ll be exclusively BEV. However, with a legacy that dates back to its founding in 1919, Bentley also has a vested interest in seeing its classics remain drivable. That’s why the company
