Cold Start: The Mysterious Frunk Basket Ceremony
In some small Northern Italian villages, marriage ceremonies are handled in a completely secular manner, free from all rites of the dominant Catholic churc...
Remember The Jeep That Overheated 20 Minutes After I Sold It To A Nice Lady? Well, Its Engine Suffered Severe Damage
This sucks. It really, really sucks. I'm selling what I consider the perfect example of my favorite Jeep — a 1991 Jeep Cherokee XJ Laredo five-speed 4x4 — ...
The Cheapest Car In The World (The Changli) Is Broken And I’m Stumped
I want to preface this by reminding everyone that overall, my Changli, the Cheapest Car In The World, has been incredibly reliable. After about a year and ...
$130 Million Raised To Build ‘Smart Roads’ In Michigan For AVs, Pissing Off Some Silicon Valley Nerds
When it comes to developing automated vehicles, you could divide the technological approaches to the goal of fully self-driving cars into two camps: one th...
Tesla And Nikola, Step Aside: Here Are The Electric Semi Trucks Already On The Road In China
While the Tesla Semi will likely hit the market in 2050, China is already buzzing with hundreds of different electric trucks made by dozens of truck makers...
The 2023 Ford Bronco Raptor Goes Light On Eco And Heavy On The Boost To Post A 15 MPG Combined Fuel Economy Rating That Surprises No One
The Ford Bronco Raptor posts some truly awful fuel economy figures, Toyota celebrated 40 years of the 4Runner, Mercedes-Benz comes up with new ways to sepa...
Nice Sensible Commuter Cars That Aren’t Corollas Or Civics: 2002 Hyundai Accent vs 2001 Plymouth Neon
Welcome to the Tuesday edition of Shitbox Showdown! We're continuing with our nice sensible choices today, and looking at a couple of bare-bones commuter-m...
Cold Start: Inadvertent Book Cover
Sometimes you may encounter an old car ad and realize that the design of it could lend itself very well to something completely different. In this case, th...
This May Be The Most Astounding Story I’ve Heard About The Development Of The Citroën 2CV And It Involves Literally Using Fireflies As Lights
This past week I was up in Detroit with David, working on Important Autopian Things, and we decided to inspect the thriving local car culture by showing up...
Here’s What Happened To U.S. Roadway Fatalities After The Pandemic Hit, Per The U.S. Government
If you’ve recently wondering if everyone forgot how to drive during the pandemic, there’s a chance you’re not going crazy. The National Highway Traffic Saf...