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While inventory automobile racing may be identified for its inventive gamesmanship and full-contact motion, Denny Hamlin might need crossed the road by apparently leaping the ultimate restart yesterday at Richmond Raceway. NASCAR race officers deemed his actions truthful, however Hamlin’s fellow opponents disagreed. It’s Monday, March 25, 2024 and that is Racing Recap, your abstract of final weekend’s motorsports motion.How NASCAR Driver Chase Elliot Preps For a RaceNASCAR’s Wet Blanket Wet Tire PolicyCup Series takes the inexperienced flag for a wet-weather begin at Richmond | NASCARRain delayed the beginning of Sunday’s Toyota Owners 400, however the damp monitor allowed the…
Two information concerning the automotive world are immutable: Americans love pickup vehicles, and the long run requires drastic reductions within the environmental hurt brought on by passenger automobiles. Automakers, seeing these two truths, slapped them collectively and began promoting large, hulking EV pickups with six-figure value tags. Turns out, that’s not what prospects need. Tesla’s Cybertruck Has Finally ArrivedGM has the Hummer EV, Silverado EV, and upcoming Sierra EV; Ford constructed the F-150 Lightning, and Ram has its upcoming REV 1500 set to launch later this yr. The huge three have electrified these huge sellers, however there’s one small drawback with…
Photo: Cars & BidsEvery Monday, you’re compelled to get up and go to work. All week, you do the identical issues, go to the identical locations and see the identical individuals. Maybe you discover time to go to the fitness center, however possibly not. It’s OK. It occurs to the very best of us. But you already know what would repair you? Spending six figures on an extremely uncommon equipment automobile created by a small British firm after which assembled within the States. Yes, if you wish to actually be completely happy, you’re going to have to purchase this 2006…
It’s been a few week since a cargo ship crashed into and collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. Despite the time that has handed and the catastrophe that ensued, all 22 members of the ship’s crew are nonetheless onboard the Dali.Ford Bronco Off-Roadeo Adventure RideThere isn’t a complete lot identified about them apart from that they launched into a journey aboard the almost 1,000-foot-long cargo ship with 4,700 transport containers on board that was destined for Sri Lanka earlier than it misplaced energy and smashed into the Key Bridge. Since the accident, they’ve discovered themselves in an “unexpected…
When a large container ship crashed into and collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore final week, it left hundreds of tons of mangled wreckage proper on the mouth of the Port of Baltimore. It trapped ships within the port and blocked different ships from coming in. It additionally has made salvage efforts that a lot tougher. Now, paths are being cleared within the wreckage to get ships previous the catastrophe space.Ford Bronco Off-Roadeo Adventure RideTo get this carried out, two auxiliary channels had been opened on April 1. One runs alongside the northeast part of the channel, and…
Liberty Media hopes it might hit the jackpot twice within the United States, this time with bike racing. Formula 1’s industrial rights holder introduced Monday that it’ll purchase MotoGP for $4.53 billion. While the deal received’t be accomplished till the top of the 12 months, enlargement is already in everybody’s minds. The seismic transaction may also need to be cleared by anti-trust regulators with precedent not on Liberty’s aspect.CVC Capital Partners purchased F1’s industrial rights in 2006 whereas controlling MotoGP. The European Commission cleared the transaction on the situation that CVC promote MotoGP. CVC finally offered F1 to Liberty in…
Tesla hit six million cumulative EV gross sales, and we roundup all of the achievements. GM is reportedly in search of a cope with CATL. Nissan and Mitsubishi crew up for EVs, hybrids, and PHEVs, and next-generation pickups. And will next-generation batteries assist plug-in hybrids make extra sense at 70 miles? This and extra, right here at Green Car Reports. More energy-dense batteries coming within the close to future aren’t simply destined for totally electrical automobiles. As a number of executives prompt this previous week on the New York Auto Show, they’re additionally a key to allow the following era…
Photo: Caltrans District 5California’s Highway 1 is a beautiful highway that provides drivers views of the Pacific Ocean that make for an unbelievable highway journey expertise. At the identical time, because the Washington Post wrote again in 2021, “the engineering folly of a road built on sheer cliffs has meant that closures are annual events — the “whens,” not “ifs” — for the folks and the financial system it helps.” That has as soon as once more confirmed correct, as the Post reviews {that a} landslide has as soon as once more closed a big portion of Highway 1.The Lexus…
An eclipse happens when one object, sometimes in area, blocks one other object that’s related in dimension from the angle of the viewer. On Monday, April 8, many Americans will get the chance to view a complete photo voltaic eclipse. Those within the “path of totality” will see the moon block the solar for about 4 minutes. Data exhibits that areas the place eclipses happen have traditionally seen a rise in deadly automotive crashes round 31 %. If you’re going to be out driving subsequent Monday, right here’s what you want to know so as to keep as secure as…
Plug-in hybrids with twice as a lot vary are about to grow to be the new new factor. You can thank the California authorities and automakers’ lobbying efforts, partially, for delaying the all-electric transition. In interviews on the 2024 New York auto present, two executives aware of their manufacturers’ future merchandise independently informed Green Car Reports the magic quantity for plug-in hybrids: 70 miles. That’s not an opportunity alignment of targets. It performs proper into the newest California guidelines laid out by CARB—successfully counting PHEVs with 70 miles of vary the identical as EVs in automakers’ annual ZEV gross sales…