Dodge designer on yellow plastic splitter guards: ‘I wish they would take them off’ About a year ago, Dodge began placing yellow strips of plastic on the leading edge of Charger and Challenger front splitters to prevent damage during…
NASA will soon start testing its first all-electric X-plane NASA will begin by conducting ground tests on the Mod II to prepare for the project’s next phases, which will include taxi and, eventually, flight tests. It’s not entirely…
UAW says negotiations with GM took ‘a turn for the worse’ DETROIT — Talks for a new four-year labor contract between General Motors and its striking workers cooled after the United Auto Workers rejected the largest U.S. automaker’s latest…
‘Mario Kart Tour’ is the worst way to play ‘Mario Kart’ “Mario Kart” is the king of kart games. It’s not up for debate. There’s just something magical about rounding that last turn of a Mushroom Kingdom racetrack while…
Toyota is using VR to train robots as in-home helpers The VR training system allows human teachers to see what the robot is seeing live, in 3D, from its sensors. The teacher can instruct the robot and annotate…
Junkyard Gem: 1980 AMC Concord DL 2-Door Sedan The American Motors Corporation story doesn’t have much of a happy ending; the company started out as the merger of Nash-Kelvinator and Hudson, acquired Jeep, had a good run of sales…
UAW negotiations with GM now focused on wages and pensions DETROIT (Reuters) — As the U.S. strike by the United Auto Workers union against General Motors nears three weeks, the main remaining issues in the negotiations have narrowed to…
Junkyard Gem: 1986 Dodge Lancer Turbo Chrysler’s versatile front-wheel-drive K Platform debuted for the 1981 model year, and all manner of sedan, minivan, sports coupe, pickup, wagon — in fact, the overwhelming majority of all Chrysler cars sold through…
Behind the GM strike: Declining productivity, yet higher profit per employee General Motors‘ U.S. workforce productivity has declined since the automaker recovered from a 2009 bankruptcy, even as its profit per employee has risen, a Reuters analysis shows. …
Tire dust is a major source of microplastics in coastal waters By now you’re probably aware that the world is inundated by microplastics — defined as plastic particles that measure smaller than 5 millimeters — with the tiny bits…
