Hyundai Just Issued a Recall for a Hilariously Unexpected Dashboard Issue

Some people online just suggested the car may have been an Australian market model, and that's pretty funny | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

Driver Opens Fire at Another Car on I-95 in Miami

No one was harmed in a road rage incident that left two vehicles riddled with bullet holes | Continue reading


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More States Are Banning Legally Imported Cars and Nobody Will Say Why

The American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators has identified just about every imported car as an "off-road vehicle." | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

California Doesn't Know What to Do with Old EV Batteries

The governor wants millions of people to drive EVs. What happens to the batteries when they get old is another issue. | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

Elon Musk Promises Full Self-Driving “Next Year” for the Ninth Year in a Row

When he gets to 10, all Teslas will magically come to life and make sweet, sweet love to everyone who believed in them all along | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

Mechanics Warn That Walmart's Budget Bikes Are Built to Fail

Your local bike mechanic wasn't being a snob when they told you not to buy a budget bike from Walmart | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

Tesla has navigated the chip shortage better than most

Tesla has navigated the chip shortage better than most. | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

Racing Lagoon, Inaccessible for years to Western players, has been fixed by fans

There's never been another racing game like Racing Lagoon. Thanks to the tireless work of one team, you and I can finally play it. | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

Another Driver Finds an Apple AirTag Tracking His Car's Location

Presumably, thieves planned to use it to steal his 2018 Dodge Charger | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

Jeep Put 265 Pounds of Extra Weight in My Car to Prevent It from Flipping

This huge chunk of cast iron wasn't there to damp vibrations, it was there to make the vehicle somewhat drivable. | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

Motorcycle Airbag Vest Will Stop Working If You Miss a Payment

Motorcycling isn’t exactly the safest way to spend your time, but modern technology has managed to make it far safer than ever before, with advancements like clothing with integrated airbags helping to make crashes much more survivable. Modern technology has also given motorcycli … | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

I Found a Song That Breaks Android Auto When You Listen to It

Android Auto is great, but it's definitely not perfect yet. | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

Pearl Harbor Forced a Plane to Fly Around the World to Get Home

This Pan American flying boat flew 31,500 miles to get to safety. | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

Carmaker’s $23B Plan to Keep You Paying Long After You’ve Bought Your Car

This is all being presented as investing in software, which is funny. | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

Apple AirTags Are Now Being Used to Steal Cars in Canada

The trackers have anti-stalking measures, but those don't seem to be an issue for thieves | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

Guess Which Car Company Is Complaining About Having to Make EVs

Would you believe the company that makes the Hellcat is not stoked on the costs of going EV? | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

Metaverse Mega Yacht NFT

The Metaflower Super Mega Yacht just sold for $650,000 in The Sandbox virtual world | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

Welcome to the Obnoxious Holiday Airline Passenger Challenge

The goal? Be the worst passenger you can without getting kicked off the plane. | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

TSA Says Vaccine Mandate Won't Keep Them from Harassing Holiday Travelers

According to the TSA, agents will be at near full force after Monday's vaccination deadline. | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

Tesla Isn't Technically the Least Reliable Car Company

Only Lincoln did worse in Consumer Reports' reliability rankings | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

What a Gas Station Fire Suppression System Looks Like

These systems act fast to save lives when things get fiery at gas stations. | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

A Startup Just Launched a Rocket by Spinning It Fast and Then Letting Go

Why carry tons of fuel to launch out of the earth's atmosphere when you can just be flung? | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

GM Is Using a Shuttered Microchip Plant to Store Thousands of Chipless Trucks

It's like raaa-iiiiii-aaaaaiiiin, on your wedding day | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

Jalopnik's dirt cheap Chinese EV finally fails

I guess the good news is that the nature of the Changli means that you can't really get stranded too far from home | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

A VTOL You Build Yourself Then Fly Without a License

Jetson Aero says it's one of 170 companies trying to get you to buy a VTOL. | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

These Are the Slowest-Looking Fast Cars

Some cars didn't have to look fast, to go fast. Looking at you, Volvo. | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

Volcanic Activity in Japan Is Lifting Abandoned Ships Out of the Ocean

Rising seabeds and revealing more of these concrete ships. | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

You can buy a Toyota with corn in Brazil

Just bartering your way to a new truck, down there in Brazil. | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

How the Ford F-150's Taillight Scales Work

Let's look at the engineering that lets the 2021 Ford F-150 tell you how much weight you just threw into your truck. | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

Why Carmakers Can’t Transition to Newer Chips

It's a classic case of two industries that have conflicting needs but still have to work together. | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

Tesla Sues for Defamation over Social Media Posts

After losing a suit for sales fraud in China, Tesla wants all evidence of the case taken down | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

Congratulations, Mini, You Made the Stupidest Turn Signals Ever

I'm all for having fun with taillights, but come on, there are just some lines you don't cross | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

A Brief History of DuPont

How does a company grow so callous, so numb to and invested in death that it puts lead in gasoline? | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

San Francisco Has a Tesla Problem

"We are concerned about the safety record of this service and the name," the county transportation authority said on Thursday. | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

Tesla Is Getting Sneaky Now That the Feds Are Watching

A new update will slow Teslas running Autosteer down while they pass emergency vehicles -- but only at night | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

Why Your Car Remote Works from Farther Away If You Hold It to Your Head

You are made of meat, and you can turn your head into an antenna | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

All-Electric Lucid Air Just Received a Staggering EPA Range Rating of 520 Miles

That is over 100 miles farther than the range-iest Tesla. | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

The All-Electric Lucid Air Just Received an EPA Range Rating of 520 Miles

That is over 100 miles farther than the range-iest Tesla. | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

The Secret Language of Ships

Approaching the container ship in San Francisco Bay, the tugboat looks like a pit bull puppy chasing an eighteen-wheeler. When the vessels are an arm’s length apart, the ship’s mate throws down a line. Now leashed to the ship, the tug can push and pull it around the bay. Big ship … | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

Why This $150k Porsche Costs $600k in Turkey

Here's a look at some Eastern European car culture, including how much more expensive some cars are in Turkey than elsewhere. | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

Tesla AI Day Event Did a Great Job Convincing Me They're Wasting Everybodys Time

Level 2-assisted driving, especially in-city driving, is worse than useless. It's stupid. | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

If Waymo Can't Do It Then I Wonder If Anyone Can

Self-driving cars were the near-term future until they weren't, until they maybe were again, until they weren't. | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

Jay Leno Climbs Out of the Nose of a Flying Boat in Flight

This video is so odd that it looks like it was done in a simulator. | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

Tests Show All Driver Assist Systems Can Be Fooled, Not Just Tesla

Of course, that doesn't mean Tesla's Autopilot safeguards are good; Car and Driver's tests show none of them are | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

One Road Fork in Yosemite Seems to Have Caused Multiple Tesla Autopilot Wrecks

The same spot in Yosemite National Park seems to have been the cause of five Tesla AP crashes so what's going on? | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

Strange Electric Aircraft Is a VTOL You Can Fly Without a License

This electric-powered VTOL looks straight out of a movie. | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

Mercedes EQS Rear Steering to Be Locked Behind Subscription

You’ll have to pay extra if you want the extra degrees of wheel movement | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago

America's Airline Flies Non-Stop to Area 51 (2015)

You can see Janet airplanes at several airports throughout the U.S. You can hear them on air traffic control. You can fly one in Microsoft Flight Simulator X. But you can’t buy a ticket on a Janet flight, and the people who fly on Janet flights can’t tell you, or even their famil … | Continue reading


@jalopnik.com | 2 years ago