Nissan: $2B in VW diesel settlement for EV infrastructure could be a boon for all (except hydrogen)

VW’s diesel scandal is causing a small civil war in the electric vehicle world. Last month, 28 companies sent a letter to the Department of Justice saying that the way that the automaker’s $14.7-billion settlement – which could be agreed to tomorrow – includes $2 bil...

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Airbus wants to build a self-flying taxi called Vahana

Apparently, Vahana is a Sanskrit word that “denotes the being, typically an animal or mythical entity, a particular Hindu deity is said to use as a vehicle.” Put more simply, Vahana is a vehicle fit for a god. Or, if you’re A3 (that’s A Cubed), a Silicon...

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An early gas-electric hybrid was developed by...Exxon?

We’re not sure which aspect of Exxon’s 1970s-era efforts to develop advanced and electrified powertrains is the most ironic. There’s Exxon, that of the Valdez oil spill infamy, being on the leading edge of hybrids and electric vehicles. There’s a boat-like...

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Fiat Chrysler Q3 adjusted earnings rise 29 percent, recall costs weigh

UPDATED: 10/25/16 10:29 am ET – adds Marchionne remarks
MILAN — Fiat Chrysler Automobiles today reported a 29 percent rise in third-quarter adjusted operating profit and raised its full-year guidance, but recall costs weighed on the company’s results.
The...

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Ford spices up its hot hatchbacks for SEMA

Ford hopes to bring 50 customized cars to SEMA, and the latest additions to the lineup include one Ford Fiesta and five Focus hatchbacks. Some look like rally machines for the road while others just sport a fancy paint job.
The lone Fiesta ST is built by Tucci Hot Rods with a...

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Neiman Marcus adds $65,000 Fiat 600 Jolly look-alike to Fantasy Gifts collection

Neiman Marcus recently released its Fantasy Gifts collection – a part of its Christmas catalog – that includes his and hers Island Cars featuring bespoke touches by Lilly Pulitzer. The vehicles are customized versions of the Island Car built by Island Car Limited in...

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Henrik Fisker reveals the face of his upcoming electric vehicle

Henrik Fisker, once again, took to Twitter to release another image of his new company’s, Fisker Inc., 400-mile electric vehicle. This time, the Tweet revealed the front end of the upcoming car.
The picture, which has the patina of old video game CGI, hints at a design more...

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These are the top 5 sales from Barrett-Jackson's Las Vegas auction

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Barrett-Jackson Continues 45th Anniversary Year With Standouts At Las Vegas Auction

Barrett-Jackson is celebrating its 45th anniversary and the auction company has a lot to celebrate. The auction company just wrapped up its ninth annual auction in Las Vegas, NV...

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Jay Leno explores his 98-year old 1918 Stutz Bearcat

Jay Leno’s Garage not only features the Denim King driving custom-built cars, but also new and old classics, including vehicles from his collection. The latest episode of Leno’s internet show takes the title literally, with the host driving a 1918 Stutz Bearcat he...

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Civilian gets more than she bargained for during police ride along

A civilian riding along with an officer from the Madera, California Police Department certainly got a full experience of being an officer after a simple traffic stop devolved into a chase and shooting spree on Sunday.
Police in Madera are still looking for the assailants that...

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Mahindra debuts four-door e20 electric vehicle

It took Mahindra three years, but the Indian automaker is finally offering an electric vehicle with four doors. Mahindra debuted a four-door version of its e20 electric vehicle over the weekend, according to Indian Autos Blog, and offers the model in four variants. Mind you,...

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Recharge Wrap-up: Infiniti considers EV for China, NextEV hires former Tesla, Apple engineer

NextEV has hired Tesla Autopilot and Apple veteran Jamie Carlson as Senior Director of Advanced Technologies. The seasoned autonomous driving engineer joins fellow former Autopilot engineer Kurt Thywissen, who is now NextEV Senior Director of Human-Machine Interaction. NextEV,...

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http://skpsoft.com/view/car+news/recharge-wrap-up-infiniti-considers-ev-for-china-nextev-hires-former-tesla-apple-engineer/

The Grand Tour crew reminisces about the good times on Top Gear

Update: This video is made by a fan page. The official Grand Tour YouTube page can be found here.
The Grand Tour starring Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May is less than a month away and to celebrate the trio takes a look back at some of the good times on Top Gear.
The 10-minute...

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Audi will launch electric line with E-Tron SUV

With BMW and Mercedes both building electric sub-brands, one automaker has been left out of the electric conversation: Audi. However, information from Autocar helps shed some light on the Audi electric situation, and it starts with an SUV.
Autocar spoke with Audi chairman Rupert...

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It's not easy to park an Acura NSX inside a casino

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Welcome to the Melbourne Crown casino

Casinos are lands of glitz, glamour and money. Naturally, they attract people with plenty of cash, who attract high-dollar merchandise in turn. So it only made sense to bring this NSX at the Melbourne Crown casino in Australia.
This...

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Lightly-camouflaged Alfa Romeo Stelvio snapped testing

With the Alfa Romeo Stelvio’s expected reveal date at the Los Angeles Auto Show quickly approaching, we’re not surprised to see prototypes testing in broad daylight with less and less camouflage. But even these latest spy shots make it difficult to determine details...

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Aston Martin-Red Bull 001 details: 175 units, $3M, 0-200-0 in 15 seconds

The Aston Martin AM-RB 001 is starting to sound like it will be the most extreme hypercar ever made. We’re basing that on a series of new comments made by Red Bull Racing’s resident aerodynamic genius and chief technical officer, Adrian Newey, in an interview with The...

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An Outback for architects | 2017 Audi A4 Allroad First Drive

There are crossovers – big SUV-like things that give people the commanding view of the road they crave so much – and then there are crossovers. Lifted wagons in the vein of the Subaru Outback are arguably the crossover archetype, but they’ve become the exception, not the rul...

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Imagine racing at Le Mans in 2030 with award-winning design students

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Le Mans 2030: Design for the Win

For this year’s Michelin Design Challenge, participants were asked to envision what the Le Mans car of 2030 would be like. Michelin received 1,600 entries from 80 countries, all of which had quality Thom Roach, Michelin North...

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These leaked CAD images show the next-gen BMW M5

BMW just revealed the new 5 Series last week, but the company didn’t plan on the powerful M5 leaking out so soon. The images come to us from Cameron Vanderhorst, host of the Cammed and Tubbed podcast. He said that they were sent to him from someone at BMW. As you can see,...

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Opel Insignia wagon would make a mighty fine Buick Regal

Once again, the Buick Regal’s European stablemate will be getting a long-roof iteration, and our spy photographers have caught it out testing. Normally we wouldn’t be overly concerned about the new Opel Insignia wagon, but considering the rumors surrounding a Regal...

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Depreciation: These new cars are the biggest losers in one year

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Top 12 Fastest Depreciating Cars
It’s a sinking feeling many new car buyers are well aware of, the knowledge that your brand-new car just lost a bunch of money, just because you drove it off the lot.
According to iSeeCars.com, the typical amount of depreciation for...

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2017 Chevy Camaro ZL1 blitzes the Nurburgring in 7:29.60

Remember when American cars only went in straight lines? Yeah, not any more. Today, US automakers screw together some of the hottest sports cars anywhere. The new, 640-horsepower Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 is proof of that after it recorded a staggering 7:29.60 lap at the...

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Chrysler's mysterious limo spotted in trailer for new Wolverine movie

Way back in the warm, sunny days of June, we reported on a rather strange looking Chrysler-badged limousine spotted during filming for the latest installment in the Wolverine saga. Now, with the first trailer for Logan (or Wolverine 3, if you prefer its informal name) hitting the...

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2016 Jeep Wrangler recalled over impact sensor wiring

Fiat Chrysler just announced a pair of recalls totaling nearly 311,000 units. The bigger recall affects certain 2016 and 2017 model year Jeep Wranglers. Although, since FCA claims all of the affected 2017s are in the company’s hands, really, only 2016 owners should pay...

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Consumer Reports no longer recommends Honda Civic

Consumer Reports annual Car Reliability Survey is out, and yes, there are some big surprises. First and foremost? The venerable publication no longer recommends the Honda Civic. In fact, aside from the walking-dead CR-Z and limited-release Clarity fuel-cell car, the Civic is the...

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Recharge Wrap-up: Riversimple Rasa wins award, Singapore tests autonomous buses

Singapore will test driverless buses on its roads. Two autonomous, hybrid city buses will move passengers along a short route between Nanyang Technological University and CleanTech Park, the same route that has been used to test smaller autonomous shuttles in recent years. A...

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Geely's Lynk & Co. reveals Volvo-based, shareable SUV

Geely’s newborn brand Lynk & Co. revealed its first vehicle, a compact SUV called the 01, this week. It will lead a four-car lineup Lynk hopes to field by 2021. The ute, as Lynk & Co. boldly claims, is the most connected vehicle ever made and can be shared by...

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Mercedes-Benz will reveal a pickup truck on October 25

Mercedes-Benz will reveal its pickup truck on October 25 at an event in Stockholm, Sweden, according to a link that was just set up to stream the debut on YouTube.
According to the preview, the concept version of the midsize pickup truck previews the production model, which as...

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How Audi will make roads friendlier to autonomous cars

Today, Audi announced some of the new projects it will be implementing on Germany’s Digital Motorway Test Bed, which comprises a few sections of highway on which the government and industry can test autonomous and connected tech. Among Audi’s projects is one...

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Toyota next fuel cell vehicle is a big ole bus

Toyota knows that fuel cells and big vehicles are a match made in zero-emission heaven. It started testing hydrogen buses last year, and other large vehicles – like semi trucks – could be on the way. Well, starting in 2017, you will be able to buy Toyota-branded hydrogen buses. The...

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Recharge Wrap-up: Fiat 500e on sale in Oregon, Germany to offer EVs free parking

2015 Fiat 500e Arrives in Oregon
– 2015 Fiat 500e models are now available at studios in California and Oregon– Fiat 500e lease available for $199 a month for 36 months with $999 due at signing– Fiat 500e recently named “Top Electric Vehicle” at the Northwest...

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The Bilenkin Vintage is a retro-Russian coachbuilt BMW

If you want to add some retro Russian style to your E92 BMW 3 Series, the coachbuilt Vintage by Bilenkin Classic Cars is probably your best (and only) option. The coupe’s shape takes inspiration from vehicles of the Communist era, but this bespoke machine’s design gets...

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Uber drones fly over Mexican traffic jams to heckle drivers

The only thing worse than being stuck in traffic is being taunted for being stuck in traffic. To drive home just how lousy it is to be stuck in bumper to bumper traffic, Uber has unleashed ad-carrying drones in Mexico City to let drivers know there’s a better way to...

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How to change wiper blades and washer fluid | Autoblog Wrenched

[00:00:00] – [Voiceover] A streaky windshield is not just annoying, it’s dangerous. If your windshield wipers are giving you fits, or the wiper fluid won’t squirt, I will show you a few tricks for Crystal clean glass. Here’s what you’ll need to complete the job:...

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Truckers work together to stop incredibly drunk driver

A trucker jumped on his CB radio and called in for back up after he spotted a suspect drunk driver swerving all over Highway 84 outside of Portland, Oregon. But just how drunk the driver was shocked even the hardened big rig driver.
The unnamed trucker and his female companion...

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Snapsheet raises $20 million for app to help drivers file claims after a crash

A Chicago-based startup called Snapsheet has raised a Series C round of $20 million to make life easier for people who have been through a car crash.
The company’s cloud-based software is used by auto insurance providers to guide users through a photo- and...

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This 9,000 mAh portable jumper will start your car all on its own

Autoblog is teaming up with StackCommerce to bring you deals on the latest accessories for your automobile. This post does not constitute editorial endorsement, and we earn a portion of all sales.

Road trips are great, but watching your car die in the middle of one? Not so much....

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Road raging driver survives brake checking a heavy duty truck

A video showing a driver ‘brake checkin’g a heavy truck on a freeway in Wisconsin last week sparked a conversation about road rage and risky driving maneuvers.
The dashcam video, which was posted on October 18, shows an SUV cutting directly in front of a heavy-duty...

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Tiny Tata Nano May Make It To U.S. In 3 Years

A tiny Indian-made “people’s car” could be heading to the U.S. in the next few years, despite a massive amount of changes that would be needed to make the car legal to drive on American roads.
Ratan Tata, head of the Tata Group conglomerate, told Automotive News...

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Opel heads for the city with new Karl hatchback

The New Opel KARL – Small, Exquisite, Simply Outstanding!
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– Simply sensible: Entry-level Opel for less than euro 10,000– Simply spirited: Latest generation three-cylinder, one-liter engine for efficient drive– Simply exceptional: KARL with technologies and f...

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F1 title fight gets closer | 2016 US Grand Prix recap

We ran into an old friend at the US Grand Prix: an on-form Lewis Hamilton. Reliability and proper clutch actuation helped the Mercedes-AMG Petronas driver resurrect the kind of performance we haven’t seen since July at the German Grand Prix. After demolishing the previous...

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Is Faraday Future dragging on $46 million worth of construction payments?

This past summer, Nevada treasurer Dan Schwartz questioned why the state was providing hundreds of millions of dollars in incentives for Faraday Future to build its factory near Las Vegas because of what he said were questions about the electric-vehicle maker’s financial...

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Ashton Kutcher has a surprisingly smart view on self-driving cars

I wasn’t looking for pearls of autonomous-car wisdom when I turned on a recent episode of the Recode Decode podcast, and I certainly wasn’t expecting them from Ashton Kutcher. Yes, that Ashton Kutcher, the dude who couldn’t find his car.
To be fair, despite...

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Audi could buy back 25,000 older diesel Q7s

Audi will follow the example of Volkswagen here in the US, according to Germany’s Der Spiegel. The paper reports that the luxury brand will buy back 25,000 vehicles with 3.0-liter, turbodiesel V6s that don’t pass US emissions tests, and repair others.
While we can...

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Toyota may have an off-road, FJ-inspired concept on the way

On October 10, 2016, Toyota filed for a trademark on the name “Toyota FT-4X.” This trademark was first discovered by AutoGuide, and as they point out, this could be an indication of a future off-road-oriented concept vehicle. Could it be a successor to the FJ...

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Hyundai RM16 N mid-engine hatchback might be real

So, remember the Hyundai RM16 Concept? The South Korean automaker showed the mid-engine concept at the Busan Motor Show earlier this year, giving the world a glimpse of the menacing and mean future of the N performance brand. While we liked the look, we also lamented that...

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The game that makes drone warfare personal

This post is appearing on Autoblog Military, Autoblog’s sub-site dedicated to the vehicles, aircraft and ships of the world’s armed forces.
Killbox is a game that creates humans out of brightly colored 3D shapes, only to slaughter them in the most dehumanizing way: a drone...

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Clive Owen, BMW 5 Series star in BMW Films' The Escape

The latest episode in BMW Films’ The Hire series once again features a star-studded cast fronted by Clive Owen and a blockbuster director, all to highlight the latest BMW 5 Series.
The Escape marks a return to The Hire series after 15 years. Like the previous installments,...

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Better Place, Coda an unexpected partnership for airport taxi battery swaps

Our friend David Herron recently discovered that charging infrastructure supplier Better Place has added another automaker to its international network – Coda – though the company had yet to announce it. Better Place is known for partnering with Renault overseas to expand its network of cha...

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Petrobras drillship attacked by pirates off coast of Africa

Pirates? Terrorists? You make the call.
gCaptain reports that just months after arriving on location, the Petrobras-owned Ocean Rig Poseidon was recently attacked while drilling for oil off the coast of Tanzania, Africa.
Officially, Tanzania’s Registrar of Ships released...

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2015 Subaru WRX: July/August 2014

Literally minutes after snapping the photo you see above, I was soaked – hit by the third round of storms that brought absolutely insane rainfall to Detroit this week. Amateur mistake, right there; if it looks like rain’s a-comin’, it’s a-comin’. So if you’re g...

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2015 Range Rover Sport SVR Video Review

This week in Autoblog‘s Detroit office, we’ve taken delivery of the 2015 Range Rover Sport SVR. That means a good portion of the team will have the opportunity to drive the 550-horsepower animal that I first sampled a few months ago in upstate New York.
Fast SUVs are a...

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2016 Lexus RC 200t Quick Spin

Cars like the BMW 4 Series, Cadillac ATS coupe, and Audi A5 exist not as volume cars, but as aspirational products designed to draw in the young and the young at heart. The humble four-cylinder turbo, offered in each car listed above, provides an accessible point of entry for...

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Best Cars for Your Zodiac Sign

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Have you ever seen an ugly car and thought to yourself, “What on Earth would possess someone to buy that?” The decision may have been out of the driver’s hands. More often than not, the choices we make are dictated...

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2014 Porsche 918 Spyder

The Supercar Out To Trigger A Paradigm Shift
The Porsche 918 Spyder has top-mounted exhaust pipes in similar fashion to the flare launchers on the original 1966 Batmobile. How bitchin’ is that?
Not nearly as fascinating as what lies beneath the coupe’s carbon fiber...

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Daihatsu plays Charade with Toyota Yaris in Europe

2012 Daihatsu Charade – Click above for high-res image

Buyers in Europe who can’t stand the thought of going on without the current generation Toyota Yaris need not fret. According to AutoEvolution, the vehicle will soldier on under the Daihatsu banner. While Toyota has made it c...

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Singer Porsche, Koenigsegg, NSX: Leno's life doesn't suck

Jay Leno had quite a productive trip this year during Monterey Car Week. Not only did he get to pal around with Ian Callum and check out the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, but the denim-clad comedian also headed to The Quail to talk to some prominent figures in the modern...

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Lancia contemplating Chrysler 300-based Thema coupe?

Head overseas and you may run into a Chrysler 300 wearing a distinctly foreign badge: that of Lancia. The awkward stepchild of the Fiat group rebadges Chrysler vehicles as their own and gives them nameplates from their own back-catalog. Lancia calls its rebadged 300 the Thema, but aside from...

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Honda to ax Civic Hybrid, CNG models

Honda will kill off the Civic Hybrid and Civic Natural Gas models at the end of the 2015 model year as part of a massive product overhaul, a top executive said Monday in Detroit.
The moves come in response to consumer preferences as the Japanese automaker prepares to launch the...

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Clever video selling Saturn Ion "sex machine" will catch your eye

“When I think of the most impressive, industry changing, earth shattering vehicles of recent history, the first car that comes to my mind is the 2004 Saturn Ion Coupe.” So says Brad Holt of Dallas, Texas. And he’s right, clearly. One look at the specific specimen Holt is...

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Scion iA and iM get wide bodies and whitewalls... thanks, SEMA

SCION SHOWCASES FASHION AND PASSION
TORRANCE, Calif. (Oct. 29, 2015) – Creative visions of the Scion iM 5-door hatchback and Scion iA sedan are ready for Las Vegas lights. The cars were previewed in the downtown Los Angeles’ Arts District ahead of their debut at the Specialty Equipment M...

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Spyker B6 Venator Spyder concept to soak in the sun at Pebble Beach

Spyker promised to unveil a convertible version of the B6 Venator this year, and, while we thought it would make its first appearance at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September, it’ll actually be showing up a bit earlier, at Pebble Beach next month, a source close to Spyker told...

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Mountune's Ford Fiesta ST turbo upgrade will add an extra 80 hp

We love the Fiesta ST just the way it is, even if it’s not the fastest thing in the world. But if you want the Fiesta STs chuckable chassis with giant-slaying power, Mountune’s American branch has you covered. Ken Anderson, president of Mountune’s US operations,...

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Humvee reborn on the battlefield... with a chimney?!

The military’s High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), better known to most of us as the Humvee, has already served a long and distinguished career in the battlefield, and there have been a number of replacements waiting in the wings to take over where the HMMWV left off....

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Chrysler 3.0L EcoDiesel V6: Autoblog Technology of the Year finalist

Offering a diesel engine in an American pickup is anything but new – Ford, General Motors and Chrysler all offer excellent and almost impossibly powerful oil-burning engines in their various fullsize trucks. What is new and novel about the 3.0L EcoDiesel, though, is its size, and t...

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Hyundai rises to 15th in ranking of largest U.S. corporate sponsors

Hyundai in September 2015 introduced itself to the American public as an official sponsor of the NFL, the nation’s most-watched sports league.



Hyundai Motor America’s NFL sponsorship helped the automaker make a major gain in U.S. sponsorship rankings for 2015, jumping f...

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Launching careers in auto restoration

Justin Smeltzer, above, interned at LeMay — America’s Car Museum with help from a grant the museum got from RPM Foundation.



RPM Foundation
History: Established in 2005 as the Collector’s Foundation; later renamed the Hagerty Education ProgramWhat it offers:...

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Refreshed 2017 Nissan Rogue will start at $24,760

Nissan has finally released pricing for the refreshed Nissan Rogue, which was unveiled just over a month ago. While every trim level has risen in price, Nissan does pack a few extra goodies to ease the pain. The Rogue S and SV models both carry the smallest price increases at $530...

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Tesla Model S is the best-selling US luxury sedan, by a wide margin

Third-quarter sales of the Tesla Motors Model S electric sedan surged 59 percent from last year to 9,156 units, the company confirmed to Autoblog today. The sales are about five percent more than our previous third-quarter estimate, since that was a guess based on Tesla’s...

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Automakers depend on the kindness of hackers

Johan Postema: Tesla was “very fun” to work on.



After Johan Postema bought his Tesla Model S in 2013, he decided to connect it to his laptop just for kicks. After poking around in Tesla’s software code, he discovered a number of software bugs and ended up...

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EV commuters would get $250 a month under Ohio senator's new bill

One Ohio senator is proposing a bill that would offer as much as $3,000 a year in pre-tax benefits for people who use electric vehicles to commute to work. US Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) proposed the Electric Vehicle Credit Act last week, and it’s designed to spur more...

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Life in 2020 and beyond | UPSHIFT 2016

Join The Future Laboratory CEO Trevor Hardy as he discusses how mega-trends both in and outside the transportation industry will shape our lives and the world we live in.
Read Trevor Hardy’s partial bio here:
Trevor Hardy is Chief Executive of The Future Laboratory; a trends...

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Recharge Wrap-up: BYD debuts SkyRail, Maven expands to SF

BYD has debuted its SkyRail monorail system at its headquarters in Shenzhen, China. The SkyRail is meant to help people move around the city while reducing congestion in urban areas. It represents an investment of about $757 million and five years of work for BYD to introduce its...

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Recharge Wrap-up: BYD unveils 60-ft electric bus, Honda sticking with hybrids in Europe

BYD Unveils World’s Largest Battery Electric Vehicle
Challenges Transportation Leaders to ‘Step out of the Dark Ages’ and ‘Be Better Stewards’
OUSTON–BYD Motors kicked off the 2014 American Public Transportation Association (APTA) Expo in Houston this week...

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Woman in Russia lights car on fire at gas station

Ah Russia. Land of cold weather, bears, and crazy dashcam footage. This clip comes to us from the Siberian city of Surgut, according to the UK’s Daily Mail. A woman pumping gas in front of this intrepid videographer inexplicably put a lighter next to her gas tank as she...

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Prosecutors in Argentina wants Top Gear to stand trial

Jeremy Clarkson may have left Top Gear behind, but some of his actions on the show may come back to haunt him. Prosecutors in Argentina reopened a criminal case against Clarkson last week, which may result in a prison sentence, over last year’s now infamous insulting license...

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Montana driver fails spectacularly at exiting car wash

Second only to the dashcam video, the internet’s greatest gifts to mankind in general and gearheads in particular, is the automotive fail video. The sheer schadenfreude experienced by watching fellow motorists do stupid things with or to their cars has brought delight to...

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How to shine tires and avoid tire sling | Autoblog Details

[00:00:00] Having cleaned and dressed tires enhances the look of your paint, rims and trim by adding contrast and depth to the surrounding areas. But how do we avoid the dreaded tire sling? Find out today, on this episode of Details. My name is Larry Kosilla, and I’m a professional...

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Seat bringing new crossover to Geneva?

With the opening of the 2015 Geneva Motor Show now just around the corner, the final pieces to the puzzle that is Europe’s largest annual auto expo are falling in to place. And the latest to tip its hand is Seat.
Volkswagen’s Spanish division released a pair of teaser...

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Redesigned Tata Nano to arrive in US wearing price tag under $10k

Tata’s much ballyhooed Nano isn’t exactly selling as expected in its home market of India, especially after the well-publicized fires engulfing the several examples of the world’s cheapest car. Despite that, the head of Tata Group, Ratan Tata, says his company remains...

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Watch this driver put 50 years of Vauxhalls through the wringer inside the factory

VAUXHALL REVEALS QUALITY SECRET AS 5-MILLIONTH CAR LEAVES ELLESMERE PORT
2014-12-09
Luton/Ellesmere Port – Today, in its 50th year as one of the UK’s most prolific car plants, Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port factory has released dramatic footage of a vehicle sign-off like no other, w...

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Yes, we still love sports cars | Autoblog Podcast #490

This week, David Gluckman and Mike Austin talk sports cars of all kinds. We hit the week’s big Mustang news, talk about a variety of cars we’ve been driving, and then respond to some questions from listeners. We also threw in a trivia question for you to ponder while...

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Audi rumored to leave top-tier endurance racing after 2017

Volkswagen’s ongoing diesel scandal is turning out to be an expensive problem for the German automaker. With a recent settlement expected to cost the company up to $14.7 billion, the company is scrambling to find ways to save cash. In light of this, Audi could be pulling out...

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Jeep owner inadvertently receives 2018 Wrangler hood from scrapyard

After an apparent mix-up, FCA may be looking for a new scrapyard to which to send prototype parts. JLWranglerForums.com member Redrockjk recently purchased a used Wrangler hood from a yard near the FCA proving grounds. When he ordered it, he thought it was from a 2014 model, and...

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Coda offers a 'year' of free charging for all-electric Sedan buyers

CODA Automotive Offers 10,000 Miles of Free Fuel
The All-Electric Car Company Provides Relief from High Gas Prices with its Gasoline Engine Alternative Vehicle and Free Miles Promotion through a $552 Rebate
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — CODA Automotive, a leading...

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Chinese traffic cop gets taken for wild ride on car hood

A traffic cop in China got a nasty surprise last week when a car sped away from his checkpoint while he clung desperately to the hood.
According to The Sun, an officer in Xuzhou, China was manning a traffic checkpoint when an unidentified, dark colored sedan pulled up. When he...

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Nissan Micra Cup edition is small, fun, and not for America [w/video]

NISSAN ANNOUNCES MICRA CUP 2016 CALENDAR AND REVEALS A MICRA DESIGNED FOR THE FANS IN CANADA
2016 race calendar including Ontario races, and a new Micra Cup Limited Edition revealed in MontrealMontreal, QC. , Canada – At the Montreal International Auto Show last week in Canada, Nissan a...

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Nissan Leaf headed to South Africa in 2013

It’s official. Nissan will launch the Leaf in South Africa “as soon as conditions allow.”
While addressing attendees at the 2011 Johannesburg International Motor Show, Pierre Loing, Nissan’s vice-president of product and strategy, told showgoers that the success of...

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2016 Toyota Land Cruiser Quick Spin [w/video]

Once upon a time, SUVs were designed to go off road first and do everything else second. The main job of the Series Land Rovers and Jeep CJ line was to reach the world’s most extreme places in the most difficult conditions. The fact that they could carry a bunch of people...

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Submit Your Questions For Autoblog Podcast #397 LIVE!

We’re set to record Autoblog Podcast #397 this evening. Check out the topics below or drop us your questions and comments via the Q&A module. And don’t forget to subscribe to the Autoblog Podcast in iTunes if you haven’t already done so. To take it all in live, tune in...

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2015 Land Rover Discovery Sport Review

The letters LR are two-thirds of the acronym JLR, but Land Rover sales comprise 80 percent of Jaguar-Land Rover’s US numbers this year. Of the 40,148 JLR vehicles sold through the end of June, 32,312 have been Land Rovers. That’s part of the bottom-line sense behind...

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September: Best Selling Crossovers

10. Ford FlexSeptember 2009 Sales: 2,033Change vs. September 2008: Up 3.8%MSRP: $28,550 – $42,065Fuel Economy: 24 mpg Hwy/17 mpg CityGet A Free Price Quote
The front-wheel or all-wheel drive Flex is powered by a 3.5-liter V6 engine. New and only offered on the all-wheel...

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Lincoln MKC Concept shows real promise [w/video]

MKC Concept New Opportunity for Lincoln
> Lincoln MKC Concept debuts at 2013 North American International AutoShow – Lincoln’s first-ever small vehicle
> Small luxury utility concept signals future Lincoln entry into industry’sfastest-growing segment
> MKC Concept introduces t...

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AOL Autos snags ride in 2010 Taurus SHO with Ford's only female dynamics engineer

2010 Ford Taurus SHO gets air – Click above for a high-res image gallery
Our lucky compatriots at AOL Autos had the chance to get some passenger-seat time in the all-new 2010 Ford Taurus SHO, along with a glimpse into the inner-workings of FoMoCo’s engineering team. The story...

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Saab owners NEVS denied creditor protection by Swedish court

To create more time for negotiations Nevs applies for reorganization
The Board of Directors of National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB has today, August 28, 2014, decided to apply for a reorganization to create more time for the ongoing negotiations. The application has been submitted to the...

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A Lotus worthy of the legend | 2017 Lotus Evora 400 First Drive

Lotus is back, both literally and figuratively. After the British brand’s two-year absence, the Evora 400 marks its return to the American market. It also shows what’s in store as Lotus moves forward after a rough few years. We’ll cut straight to the point: The...

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Recharge Wrap-up: Storm Pulse EV touring motorcycle, Elio COO launches YoYo car subscription service

Former COO of Elio Motors Launches Car Subscription Service YoYo
Iyer to remain on Elio Motors’ Board of Directors, and will serve as advisor on key projects
PHOENIX, June 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Elio Motors, Inc. (OTCQX: ELIO), the start-up vehicle manufacturer planning to launch...

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Toyota launches Pixis Space; first kei cars are Daihatsus in drag

Toyota has announced that it will unveil its first-ever kei car to be sold under its recently launched Pixis sub-brand. The vehicle, called the Pixis Space, will make its official debut in late September. Based on the Daihatsu Move Conte, the Pixis Space will be sold at Toyota dealerships...

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Koenigsegg building Agera RS homologated for US

Koenigsegg is in the process of building the seventh example of the new Agera RS, and it’s destined for a customer right here in the United States. In fact it’s the first example of the Swedish automaker’s latest ultra-supercar to be certified to US...

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New Stratos lines up at the 2012 Rally Isla Mallorca

Just because Ferrari nixed the New Stratos doesn’t mean the existing high-performance wedge can’t have a little fun on its own. This past March, the F430-based tribute to the rallying great led a littany of classics as the pace car for the Rally Isla Mallorca. The 2012 race...

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Genovation wants to sell you an all-electric Corvette for $750,000

Genovation Cars currently holds the world record for the fastest street-legal electric vehicle with its Genovation Extreme Electric car. The GXE, which costs $330,000, managed to hit 205.6 mph earlier this year. Now, the Rockville, MD-based company is accepting pre-orders for its...

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The Toyota FJ Cruiser has surprisingly good resale value

If you have a Toyota FJ Cruiser, it could be worth more than you realize. According to Automotive News, examples of the retro off-roader are trading at over 90 percent of their original list prices. And that all comes down to the old principle of supply and demand.
Designed in...

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Navy responds to USS Mason attack with Tomahawk strikes

This post is appearing on Autoblog Military, Autoblog’s sub-site dedicated to the vehicles, aircraft and ships of the world’s armed forces.
The guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze responded to recent missile attacks against her sister ship, USS Mason and the...

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Recharge Wrap-up: behind the scenes video with Formula E, Tesla Model S cross-country world record

Scania signs break-through order for gas buses in South America
The Colombian city of Cartagena will use 147 Scania Euro 6 gas buses on its new transport system as part of Scania’s largest deal to date on Euro 6 gas technology in South America.
Cartagena has selected Scania as the...

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Burt Reynolds' personal 1977 Trans-Am from Smokey And The Bandit for sale

Smokey and the Bandit is one of those quintessential 1970s car movies with insane premises but tons of fun. After all, the basic plot of the film is about distracting the police to transport cases of Coors beer cross country. While Burt Reynolds receives top billing, the real star is...

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NHTSA could add 1M cars to GM recall

The Detroit Free Press is reporting that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration may expand a recall campaign for faulty brake lamps. The agency is currently looking into complaints that certain 2004-2011 Chevrolet Malibu models as well as some 2007-2009 Saturn Aura sedans may...

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Toyota and Subaru file patents for performance FR-S and BRZ

People have longed for a more powerful version of the Subaru BRZ, Scion FR-S, and Toyota GT86 since the triplets arrived on the market. So far, neither partner in the deal has launched a model to fully satiate that hunger. However, the Japanese patent office recently approved...

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It's been a year, and nothing has changed with Smart ED launch

A full year ago, Smart said that the updated version of the all-electric ED version of the quirky two-seater would not arrive until late 2016 or early 2017. The 2016 release was later rumored to be pushed back, so we thought we’d stop by the Smart booth as the Detroit Auto...

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Updated Spyker D8 headed for Geneva ahead of production run

Spyker, which is somehow still alive and kicking, has been desperately trying to produce a mid-engined, super-sports utility vehicle since it debuted the D12 Peking-To-Paris Concept at the 2006 Geneva Motor Show (later revised to “D8” with a change in proposed engine cylinder...

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Germany warns Tesla drivers that Autopilot is not an autopilot

Last week, there were hints that German authorities were not pleased with Tesla’s Autopilot. The government has taken its displeasure directly to Tesla owners in the form of a letter that warns them that Autopilot is not so auto. The letter says that autonomous driving...

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Honda recalls 350,000 Civics for faulty parking brakes

The Basics: Honda is recalling about 350,000 2016 Civic coupes and sedans with the 2.0-liter four-cylinder and the turbocharged 1.5-liter four cylinder.
The Problem: The car’s stability control software currently prevents drivers from setting the electronic parking brake...

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Irony alert: Congressman Allen West complains about cost to gas up his Hummer

It’s not in any way illegal to drive a Hummer H3. If you want to drive one, go right ahead. But if you do, you will look kind of clueless if you complain about how much it costs to fill up the tank. The H3 is one of the best-known gas guzzlers on the planet, and if you’re in the...

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Isuzu's new diesel engine website

Diesel vehicle are receiving a lot of renewed interest in the U.S., and Isuzu’s new diesel engine website is one more example of that. The site was launched to keep customers abreast of the new 2007 diesel emissions standards and, obviously, to promote Isuzu’s diesel...

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Samsung Smart Windshield needs to go into production ASAP

Every once in a while, a concept comes along that makes so much sense you wonder why it doesn’t already exist. The Samsung Smart Windshield is one such example. While technology for cars and trucks seems to move at a fever pitch, advancing what’s possible each and...

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Honda Civic Si making big debut at 2016 LA Auto Show

Auto shows love attracting attention, even if it doesn’t necessarily fit in with an automaker’s plans. We saw an example of that today when the Los Angeles Auto Show let slip in a press release that Honda is introducing the first hot version of its excellent Civic, the...

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2017 Highlander will be first NA Toyota to get stop-start

You wouldn’t know it to look at it, but there’s something special happening under the hood of the 2017 Toyota Highlander. It’s the debut of a relatively simple technology called stop-start, which can shut off the engine when the vehicle isn’t moving. Other...

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Maven, GM's car-sharing play, expands to San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO — General Motors’ car-sharing program Maven, the auto giant’s latest foray into alternative transportation services, has expanded into San Francisco, marking its ninth market since launching in January, the company announced Thursday.
Maven’s entry into...

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2011 Nissan Leaf: Pros and Cons of living with an electric car

Test driving an electric car at an automaker’s media event is one thing. Taking one home and living with it is a completely different experience. Nissan just loaned me a Leaf for several days and I came away with a new appreciation for the potential pitfalls and rewards of owning an...

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Jay Leno takes a ride in Porsche's very first race car

Joel Stocksdale



Update: We’ve received photos from our friend and photographer Drew Phillips of the Porsche featured in this episode of Jay Leno’s Garage. The gallery has been...

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Ford delayed launch of its F-Series Super Duty due to parts issue

The 2017 Ford F-Series Super Duty is all-new vehicle with a host of changes that the automaker claims make it the most capable Super Duty ever – claims we evaluated early in August with our first drive of the Super Duty line. As with any other all-new vehicle, Ford has had a few r...

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This is the Atvus, a Chinese sedan that might challenge Tesla by 2018.

Atieva is a Chinese company building an EV for the US market, and we’re now getting a first look at its “Atvus” sedan, thanks to a public records search by Recode. The vehicle bears a passing resemblance to the Tesla Model S, with a Citroën-esque rear-wheel cover thrown in. ...

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Seattle company dangles Tesla Model 3 as a perk for new workers

Some fields are so red hot, 401k plans and gym memberships are not enough to lure the right candidates. And apparently to get the best people in the competitive West Coast tech world, you’ve got to dangle a Tesla.
Seattle-based Axon is offering a Model 3 to some candidates,...

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World's dumbest carjackers livestream themselves committing crime

Warrants were issued Monday for a trio of Cleveland carjackers who, after beating up a limo driver and stealing his car, livestreamed themselves joyriding around the city in the stolen limo.
According to Cleveland.com, Brandon Lynch, a limo driver and National Guardsman, drove a...

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How autonomy will reshape our cities | UPSHIFT 2016

Pensa envisions a future where autonomy activates “third spaces” in our public and urban areas. Explore the intersection of autonomy and design with Pensa Partner & Design Director, Mark Prommel.
Read Mark Prommel’s partial bio here:
Mark Prommel is a...

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Samsung Galaxy Note 7 disaster endangers FCA's Magneti Marelli sale

Samsung’s financial and public relations positions are going up faster than one of the company’s Galaxy Note 7 smartphones, and that’s bad news for Fiat Chrysler.
FCA was in talks with the South Korean tech giant to sell all or a portion of Magneti Marelli, the...

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Kurdish Peshmerga preparing to battle ISIS in homemade tanks

Warfare is terrible, but it does breed ingenuity. One side develops a weapon, and another develops a counter. It’s how we humans developed the bow and arrow, armor, firearms, battleships, fighter jets, surface-to-air missiles, and nuclear weapons. And in Iraq, it’s...

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Sunswift solar-powered car smashes 26-year EV speed record

We’re not sure which is more impressive: that a team of Australian students set a new distance-speed record for an electric vehicle or the fact that the driver got that little solar-powered bad boy up to 82 miles per hour. Either way, the Sunswift team at University of New South Wales...

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This crazy Russian truck-thing is cute and unstoppable

It’s cute because it’s wider at the front and sorta looks like a bug crossed with a baby bear. It’s seemingly unstoppable because, well, just look at the thing. Watch as the pair in the video drive onto a frozen lake, break the ice, and then proceed to float on...

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The Soki is our new three-wheeled Chilean crush

Go ahead and make fun of us. Call us names, even. But some of us here at AutoblogGreen have this (perhaps irrational) infatuation with battery-powered, three-wheeled vehicles. Usually that affection goes unrequited – think Aptera, the Cree SAM, Triac, the Myers Motors NMG/Corbin S...

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These cars are an engine swap away from being factory hot rods

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Ten factory hot rods we think manufacturers could and should build

Since about the time General Motors dropped a massive V8 into the Pontiac Tempest to make the GTO, manufacturers have been taking existing bits and pieces to make factory hot rods. That proven formula is...

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Seat crosses over with 20V20 concept

TECHNOLOGY TO ENJOY
World premiere at the Geneva Motor ShowSEAT 20V20 Showcar –Vision of the Brand’s Future
/ Functionality and emotion
/ Perspective on an extremely dynamic, four-door SUV coupé
/ Systematic evolution of the SEAT design language
/ Further development of the SEAT product ...

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Jaguar Land Rover and Chery investing in Chinese plant

Jiangsu, China & Coventry, UK: Jaguar Land Rover and Chery Automobile Company Ltd, the British and Chinese carmakers, today formally laid the foundation stone for their new manufacturing facility in the People’s Republic of China.
The two companies recently received formal...

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2016 Buick Cascada marks the return of casual convertibles

Top-Down Luxury Returns with 2016 Buick Cascada
• 2+2 convertible with distinctive design, premium features, refinement and 4G LTE connectivity• Advanced chassis technologies – including HiPer Strut front suspension – and standard turbocharged performance• Insulated soft-top system opens in 17...

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Recharge Wrap-up: how Formula E regulations spur development, Navy and Marines lease 205 EVs

Here’s how Formula E regulations affect development. As Engineering Explains, um, explains using the Andretti Technologies test car for visual reference, rules allowing teams to develop their own technology are limited to certain features where there’s a potential to...

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Tesla's expansion, acquisition could cause cash crunch

Tesla Motors‘ plans to expand its vehicle production while acquiring solar-energy service company SolarCity will cause a pretty severe cash crunch, CNBC reports, citing an analyst note from Oppenheimer’s Colin Rusch. Just don’t tell that to Tesla Chief Elon Musk,...

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Hyundai plots a Nissan Juke fighter

A few years ago, Hyundai Motor America CEO Dave Zuchowski suggested interest in taking on the Nissan Juke with a subcompact crossover. It looks like that project is coming together, as we caught Hyundai testing a small, curiously-styled SUV in Germany recently.
The SUV is expected...

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Motor Trend names Coda Sedan a 2013 Car of the Year Contender

Well this ought to help things a bit.
The Coda Sedan all-electric vehicle was put on Motor Trend‘s short list for its 2013 Car of the Year award, marking a much-needed victory for the fledgling Los Angeles-based automaker.
Motor Trend praised the sedan’s “subtle but...

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Dodge Viper might not live past 2017

The Dodge Viper might be running out of venom because the muscle-bound sports car could be on the road to being cancelled in just a few years. According to Allpar, the proposed deal between the United Auto Workers and FCA US would close the Connor Avenue Assembly plant, which...

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What if America had invaded Canada after World War I?

This post is appearing on Autoblog Military, Autoblog’s sub-site dedicated to the vehicles, aircraft and ships of the world’s armed forces.
Today, Canada and the United Kingdom are among America’s closest friends and trading partners. This, though, was largely a...

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World's first solar-powered gas station comes to Australian Outback

Caltex looks to the sun in outback diesel supply world-first
14 March 2016
Supplying 24-hour access to diesel in remote parts of Western Australia’s Pilbara region has become much more feasible with the construction of what is believed to be the world’s first fully-transportable...

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Fisker reaches out to Middle East; DOE reaches for loan consultant

Fisker Automotive Expands Reach in Middle East & North Africa
Anaheim, California USA – April 23, 2012: Fisker Automotive, the leading manufacturer of luxury Electric Vehicles with extended range (EVer™), announced today a significant expansion in the Middle East & North Africa (M...

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2017 Chevy Bolt Prototype Quick Spin [w/video]

To say that there’s a lot riding on the upcoming Chevy Bolt doesn’t quite get at how important this all-electric vehicle could be for GM.

To say that there’s a lot riding on the upcoming Chevy Bolt doesn’t quite get at how important this all-electric vehicle could...

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Autoblog Podcast #397

Episode #397 of the Autoblog Podcast is here, and this week, Dan Roth, Steven Ewing, and Seyth Miersma talk about the leadership change at Ferrari, the Mercedes-AMG GT, and we give a report on the Long-Term Garage. We start with what’s in the garage and finish up with some of your...

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2015 Chevrolet SS Review [w/video]

The Chevrolet SS is one of the best cars no one’s buying. It’s a Bowtie-badged version of the Australian Holden Commodore with a 6.2-liter LS3 V8 under the hood. It’s got a six-speed manual transmission, General Motors‘ sophisticated Magnetic Ride Control...

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October's Best-Selling SUVs

10. Chevrolet HHROctober 2009 Sales: 6,414Change vs. October 2008: Up 31.0%MSRP: $18,720 – $26,255Fuel Economy: 32 mpg Hwy, 22 mpg CityGet A Free Price Quote
Inspired by its trucks and cars of the ’40s, Chevrolet revealed the retro HHR in 2006, offering...

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2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray: Everything there is to know [w/video]

Return of the Stingray: The 2014 Chevrolet Corvette
DETROIT – Chevrolet is redefining modern performance with today’s debut of the all-new Corvette Stingray. And only a Corvette with the perfect balance of technology, design and performance can wear the iconic Stingray designation.
The ...

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2011 Ford Edge Sport

Yee-Ha! in a 2011 Ford Edge Sport – Click above for high-res image gallery

Manufacturers used to roll out all-new cars every five-to-eight years. Somewhere around the halfway point – usually year three – much hoopla would be made about new front and rear fascias, the addition of some stand...

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NEVS' reorganization plan approved after all?

The District court approves Nevs’ application for reorganization
The District court of Vänersborg, Sweden, today August 29 approved the application for reorganization from National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB.
The District court has appointed Mr. Lars Eric Gustafsson, Attorney at ...

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The Mill Blackbird Shapeshifting Car | Translogic 208

Maybe you’ve heard of motion capture technology used in Hollywood films or video games, but you might not realize this tech is also being used in the automotive world. The Mill Blackbird is a vehicle that bridges the gap between practical effects and movie magic. Using a...

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Recharge Wrap-up: Solar Voyager takes autonomous trip across Atlantic, Tesla Model X tows solar trailer across Canada

Apple has created a subsidiary called Apple Energy LLC. Through the subsidiary, Apple will sell surplus energy generated at the company’s solar farms in California and Nevada to customers around the country. Rather than simply sell it back to the utility, Apple would like to...

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Daihatsu D-X portends a less endearing Copen successor

We’ve always had a soft spot for the Daihatsu Copen. Granted, it always struck us as an overly effeminate Audi TT, but that’s not a particularly bad thing. But after nearly a decade of production, Daihatsu has to move on, so across the way from the “Ultimate Edition”...

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Holden celebrating V8 Supercars legend Craig Lowndes with special Commodore

Holden Reveals Special Edition Craig Lowndes Commodore
2014-09-12
– Holden develops VF tribute model celebrating 20 years of Craig Lowndes in V8 Supercars– Every car hand-finished and individually numbered at the Holden Enhancement Centre at the Holden vehicle plant in...

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Koenigsegg One:1 prototype for sale at just $6m

Koenigsegg did a pretty good job of keeping the One:1 a secret ahead of its debut, but still managed to sell all six examples before it even lifted the veil at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show. If you missed your chance, there’s still one left, and it will set its buyer back $6...

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Marchionne plans to kill off Lancia

Lancia is dead. Long live Lancia.
The European financial crisis has claimed another victim. This time it is not a racing program or production facility, but an entire car brand. Fiat and Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne has announced the shuttering of the storied Italian make as part of a...

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Hyundai and Gurnade build a mildly wild Veloster Turbo

Update: We received some work-in-progress photos from Gurnade, Inc. of the Veloster Turbo, which can be seen in the gallery above.
Hyundai revealed the third custom machine that will grace its display at the SEMA Show this year. It’s a Veloster Turbo that Hyundai describes...

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Chevy Camaro ZL1, Toyota 86, and more | Autoblog Minute

[00:00:00] The biggest story by far this week was the reveal of the 2017 Chevy Camaro ZL1. This is the most powerful Camaro in history with 640 hp and 640 lb-ft of torque. Now what you might not know is that it has an optional 10-speed. Yes, you can get a six-speed manual but you’ll...

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What you need to know about dealer odometer fraud

This post comes from Autoblog Open Road, our contributor network. The author is solely responsible for the content, and any opinions do not necessarily reflect those of Autoblog and its editors.

Five years ago, a young Frenchman came by my dealership to look at an old Volvo wagon. He was a...

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F-35C software could cut carrier training time

This post is appearing on Autoblog Military, Autoblog’s sub-site dedicated to the vehicles, aircraft, and ships of the world’s armed forces.
The overwhelming coverage of the F-35 Lightning II has not been positive. From reliability woes to the exorbitant price of the...

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First armored PHEV, natural gas truck coming in 2016

North American Repower and Efficient Drivetrains, Inc. to Deliver First PHEV-RNG Armored TruckCollaboration reduces emissions by 99.9 percent
OCEANSIDE, Calif. & MILPITAS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Two global leaders in developing and manufacturing advanced transportation...

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Spyker B6 Venator Spyder arrives November 2014 at $150,000

We met up with the well travelled Victor Muller at The Quail gathering at Monterey and talked turkey regarding the re-entry of Spyker production cars in the United States. He was showing off the running prototype of his new B6 Venator Spyder with 375-horsepower supercharged V6.
Although the...

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Better Place's battery-swapping Coda taxis coming to California in 2014

San Francisco will get a treat of a different kind in 2014 when battery-swapping network builder Better Place starts serving a fleet of electric-powered taxis in the Bay Area, Forbes reports.
Using funds from a $3 million grant from the California Energy Commission, Better Place will launch...

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Burt Reynolds Smokey and the Bandit Trans Am sells for $450k

LEGENDARY STAR BURT REYNOLDS PROVES TO BE AS ICONIC AS HIS AUCTION RESULTS
“Smokey and the Bandit” Trans Am Sells for $450,000
Career Memorabilia including Awards, Personal Items and Film Worn Costumes along with Vast Art Collection from Reynolds Museum Caliber Private Collection...

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Mark Webber to retire at end of FIA WEC season

Mark Webber announced that he will walking away from competitive racing at the end of the 2016 FIA World Endurance Championship season. The Australian driver announced his retirement earlier this morning. While Webber will stop racing for Porsche, he will continue to represent the...

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July 2015: The real-dog-days edition

Prospective buyers of advanced-powertrain vehicles continued to scale back on purchases of green cars last month, as Americans decided to wait for the new batch of hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and battery-electric vehicles to arrive. US green car sales in July were down almost 16...

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Ken Block's Hoonicorn is back with two turbos and 1,400 horsepower

The drift machine that starred in Gymkhana Seven was Ken Block’s insane Hooniocorn. Since 845 horsepower apparently wasn’t enough, Block has reworked the car into what he’s calling Hoonicorn V2, and it’s packing 1,400 horsepower. The stunt driver must be on...

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TORQ introduces an EV for bomb squads

When we think of electric mobility, it’s often in connection with efforts to save the environment, sometimes at the sacrifice of practicality (at least until charging infrastructure is more robust). On the flip side, there are those who value EV technology for its sheer...

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Recharge Wrap-up: Former Tesla VP heads to Proterra, CA issues Valeo and Wheego autonomous testing permits

Josh Ensign, former Tesla VP of Manufacturing, has been hired to electric bus maker Proterra as Chief Operating Officer. Ensign left Tesla after a period of difficulty with Model X production, and joins another former Tesla executive at Proterra, CEO Ryan Popple. “Keeping...

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Panel: Evolved design for an autonomous age | UPSHIFT 2016

Autonomy opens a world of opportunity to car designers. Join our panel of designers and thought leaders as we explore how driverless cars will activate a design revolution. This panel includes, Mark Prommel or Pensa, Dr.Melissa Cefkin of Nissan Research Center, Paul Snyder of...

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BMW reveals the all-new 2017 5 Series sedan

After months of spy photos and videos, the wraps have finally been pulled back on the 2017 BMW 5 Series sedan. The new model is more evolution than revolution, though the changes run more than skin deep. All new engines, weight savings, more tech, and better fuel efficiency are...

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2018 Chevy Cruze hatchback delivers on our manual, diesel dreams next year

Last night, after media were given a chance to test drive the new Cruze hatchback, Chevrolet announced the new Cruze will be available with a diesel next year. And in a surprise twist, it’ll be available with a six-speed manual transmission in the hatchback version as well....

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Daimler wants to cut EV research spending as it preps EQ

Daimler AG is hoping that the legwork it’s done preparing its EQ electric-vehicle sub-brand will allow it to slightly reduce annual spending on plug-in vehicle technology. The Mercedes-Benz parent is looking to cut electric-vehicle research-and-development spending to $13.2...

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Report: Ride-hailing service Uber to put $1 billion in India

Ride-hailing service Uber has announced a $1 billion investment for the Indian market for the next nine months as it hopes to expand services and products, news reports said Friday. According to Press Trust of India, the head of Uber India, Amit Jain, said the investment will be...

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World Drone Prix promotes Dubai event by racing a McLaren

While there are plenty of efforts to make drone racing a serious sport, Dubai is determined to outdo them all. It’s about to host the World Drone Prix, which will robotic fliers against each other in high-speed (over 62MPH) competition. Over 100 teams will participate in...

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Formula E spools back up for round 2 in Malaysia [w/video]

It’s been over two months since the inaugural FIA Formula E Championship kicked off with its first race in Beijing. And after an extended break, the action got back under way this weekend with the second race in Putrajaya, Malaysia.
The qualifying session saw Nicolas Prost (son the of...

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Cheap gas unlikely to get even cheaper

We’ve had cheap gas for so long that you’d think the entire United States forgot what four dollars a gallon felt like. SUVs and truck sales are booming, despite showrooms full of fuel-sipping cars. And even though some experts predict oil will stay inexpensive for the...

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VW hit with $13M fine in Brazil over diesel scandal

Different hemisphere, same problem. Beleaguered German automaker Volkswagen is now the subject of a $13 million fine in Brazil, Reuters says. And, again, the issue is software that programs diesel engines to cheat emissions-testing systems.
This time, the problem involves...

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Ssangyong could enter US market by late 2019

Mahindra will make another attempt at entering the US market, but rather than with a small, diesel-powered pickup, it’ll be with an entire standalone brand. Reuters is reporting that South Korea’s Ssangyong, will attempt to enter the US market by late 2019. The news...

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See how Land Rover restores Defenders and take one off-road

Jaguar Land Rover currently offers restorations of the Series I Land Rover via the Jaguar Land Rover Classic division, and it has opened the doors to the public. For £29, or a little over $35 at current exchange rates (plus a trip to the UK) you can watch technicians breathe life ...

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How To Change Your Engine Oil And Filter | Autoblog Wrenched

[00:00:00] When was the last time you changed your oil? Well, find out the step-by-step process for properly replacing your oil and filter yourself. And here’s what you’ll need to complete the job: oil, oil filter, socket wrench, oil filter wrench, catch can, safety glasses,...

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Dad has perfect solution for feuding triplets in the back seat

Jake White says he’s no hero, yet his ingenious child separation strategy is gaining praise from parents of multiples or with many small children across the internet. Two weeks ago, White uploaded an image of his ingenious strategy to his Facebook and since then the image...

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Seat Leon ST Cupra is a saucy Spaniard with room to spare

The perfect sports car for every day – the new SEAT Leon ST CUPRA
Martorell, 08/01/15 – SEAT presents the perfect car for enjoying both life and performance: The new Leon ST CUPRA combines top performance in a unique way with style and utility. A maximum load space of 1,470 litres can acc...

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Tata eMO electric vehicle still on the drawing board

Aystery still shrouds the presence of Tata Motors in the US auto market. The Tata eMO concept car received a lot of attention and praise a year ago at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show as an “electric mobility study.” Oh, and because it sported a $20,000 price tag and roomy interior. On...

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2016 Buick Cascada convertible isn't afraid of Detroit's snow

It’s the great irony of introducing a convertible in Detroit – while the assembled media might look at the car and imagine warm weather and clear skies, the atmosphere outside is anything but. Such was the case Sunday as Buick rolled out the 2016 Cascada in Detroit’s E...

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Inside the Aston Martin Heritage Trust, the company's secret museum

The Aston Martin Heritage Trust Museum has been in existence since 2002. It houses the official archives of the Aston Martin Lagonda Company, as well as those of the Aston Martin Owners Club, at the behest of which the Museum was founded back in 1998. It also houses a rotating...

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