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How Nikola Tesla’s Early Work Paved the Way for Modern Electric Cars
Nikola Tesla’s inventions changed the world of electricity. His early work cracked the code on how to control electric power. Without that, electric cars like Tesla’s wouldn’t exist.
Hummer’s Next Big Thing? Meet the Intern-Built Off-Road Concept
GM just let an intern loose on the Hummer design board, and the result is a tough, rebellious concept that might hint at the future of off-roading.
FDR's 1938 Ford Had A Mechanism That Dispensed Lit Cigarettes
There was a time when driving and smoking were intertwined habits for many, even the President of the United States enjoyed the convenience of smoking behind the wheel—but with a touch of custom ingenuity. Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1938 Ford was specially m...
Nikola Tesla’s Vision: Powering the World and Cars Wirelessly
Nikola Tesla dreamed of a future where electricity flowed through the air without wires, providing free, limitless energy to homes, cities, and even vehicles. His pioneering work on wireless power transmission, most famously demonstrated by the Tesla coil...
Diesel Vs Gas Trucks: Who Wins When the Road Ends?
When the pavement fades away, trucks live for the dirt, rocks, and mud. Off-roading strips a vehicle down to its bones and tests everything from power to torque, towing to trail handling. Diesel and gas trucks both claim the trophy for off-road king. But...
China’s EV Price War Just Hit the Brakes – Is BYD in Trouble?
BYD looked unstoppable not too long ago. The company pushed out new electric cars and buses with a confidence that left Tesla scrambling to keep up. The numbers this year tell a different tale.
Apollo Celebrates 20 Years with a Jaw-Dropping Evo Track Beast
Apollo—if you don’t already know the name, it’s time to pay attention. This German hypercar outfit has quietly been crafting some of the most ferocious machines on the planet for two decades now. To mark their 20th anniversary, they haven’t just thrown a...
Why Is the West Still Stuck on Wheels When China’s Flexing 620MPH Maglev Muscle?
Here we go again. China just rolled out a new maglev train, zipping passengers at eye-popping speeds with barely a whisper. These trains float. Electromagnetic levitation lifts the cars off the rails, banishing friction and letting these rockets on rails...
Mercedes-Benz’s 1950s “Blue Beast”: The Racing Truck That Redefined Speed and Style
In the 1950s, Mercedes-Benz did something totally unexpected in the world of motorsport support—a truck that looked less like a workhorse and more like a race car itself. Known as the “Blue Beast,” a high-speed marvel designed to transport valuable racing...
Ferrari 849 Testarossa: Maranello’s Futuristic Icon Returns as a 1,050-HP Hybrid Supercar
The Ferrari 849 Testarossa is the thrilling return of an iconic name, unveiled in Milan as Maranello’s latest flagship supercar and a direct successor to the SF90 Stradale.
Tesla built this in 1917. Then the world forgot. A machine so advanced it could interrupt a 50-horsepower electrical load at 100,000 cycles per second.
Not with semiconductors. Not with digital circuits. But with a spinning cogwheel dipped in mercury, rhythmically completing and breaking the circuit — pulsing 50,000 volts of direct current into massive capacitor banks and a conical Tesla coil that launch...
Why Chrysler Torched Its Turbine Cars—and Where the Survivors Live Today
Chrysler’s turbine car sounded like the future, ran on nearly anything, and had looks to match. So why did almost all of them end up at the scrapyard, and where can you still find the few survivors?
JAECOO 7 SHS tops UK plug-in hybrid sales in August, new launches on the way
JAECOO 7 SHS has become the UK’s best-selling plug-in hybrid vehicle in August, according to Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) data.
BMW iX3 pushes electric boundaries with 500-mile range and Neue Klasse technology
BMW iX3 launches as the first Neue Klasse model, setting new benchmarks in electric range, technology and design
The Last Ride of Tom Phillips: Quad Bikes, Spike Strips, and a Fatal Standoff in Waikato
A rural burglary in Piopio spiraled into chaos when fugitive father Tom Phillips fled on a quad bike with one of his children. Police laid down spikes, bullets flew, and the years-long manhunt for New Zealand’s most infamous dad ended in tragedy.
Tesla’s $5 Trillion Robot Bet: Optimus or Bust
Forget Model S or Cybertruck. Elon Musk just dropped a bomb: Tesla’s future might not be cars at all. It’s a humanoid robot named Optimus.