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Mercedes and F1 drivers rally around Lewis Hamilton’s rage at George Floyd’s death https://ift.tt/2XBmY5L Six-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton joined the worldwide chorus of voices condemning the death of George Floyd this week, saying he was “overcome with rage” at the brutality. And his employers at Mercedes say they back him 100 percent. […]

Bosch introduces automatic emergency calls for motorcycle accidents https://ift.tt/30805Z7 Most new cars sold today have the option to subscribe to emergency response services. The best-known example is General Motors‘ connected OnStar service, which has the ability to automatically call authorities when it detects a vehicle has been in an accident. Now Bosch wants to bring […]

Oldsmobile sure was a crazy hodge-podge of cars https://ift.tt/373d7c4 We’ve been doing an awful lot of recollection recently (gee, I wonder why) and for whatever reason, we keep stumbling back to Oldsmobile. Our What Would You Drive in 19-blank-5 series has a lot to do with that, especially the kitsch-tastic brochure photos taken for the […]

Autoblog is Live: Playing NASCAR Heat 4 https://ift.tt/2BqZbfY The world is a crazy place and this is a crazy time. Everyone is looking for a good way to unwind, even us. We’ve been streaming racing and driving games on Twitch, Youtube, and Mixer a few days a week for a while now, but we’re expanding […]

England makes face coverings mandatory on public transport https://ift.tt/2XWHxsa LONDON — Face coverings will be compulsory for passengers on buses, trains, aircraft and ferries in England from June 15, as public transport use rises following the relaxation of coronavirus restrictions, transport minister Grant Shapps said on Thursday. Britain’s government has been reluctant to mandate the […]

James Dyson explains why his electric car won’t happen https://ift.tt/372VWHe British inventor James Dyson has published a diary-style postmortem on his company’s aborted electric vehicle project that gives us a glimpse at what could have been. It also comes as he granted an interview to British site Autocar in which he dished on the main […]

Crawford Performance injects Baja racer DNA into the Subaru Crosstrek https://ift.tt/3cvLlGc Subaru’s idea of updating the Crosstrek is dropping a bigger, 2.5-liter flat-four engine in the engine bay. American tuner Crawford Performance has other plans for the city-friendly crossover. It turned the model into an off-roader enhanced with a lift kit, skid plates, and extra […]

Junkyard Gem: 1996 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme, Phoenix Open Edition https://ift.tt/3gXB9d4 A few years back, I spotted a 2000 Olds Intrigue with Phoenix Open golf-tournament badging in an Arizona junkyard, no doubt one of the cars used by VIPs at the Oldsmobile-sponsored golf tournament. That seemed noteworthy, since I’m always on the lookout for interesting discarded […]

Box truck drops box, box jumps back into truck — twice https://ift.tt/3csL8n2 This is a story of a box truck and its bouncing baby box. An automatic transporation-focused Twitter bot named @tw_kotsujiko run by @90ntyan posted an amusing video this week of a storage box falling out of a moving truck and bouncing back into […]

2020 Toyota Sequoia Interior Storage Driveway Test https://ift.tt/2MqvRZv Welcome to the interior of the 2020 Toyota Sequoia TRD Pro, Toyota’s largest SUV in its lineup. We’re in the fancy off-road-ready TRD Pro (new for 2020), but that doesn’t make a difference when it comes to the Sequoia’s interior storage solutions.  This truck is huge, both […]