Mars Rover Can't Escape AI Even On A Whole Separate Planet
Driving the rover remotely in real time isn't possible due to the vast distance between the planets.
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FIA Toys With Our Feelings Once Again As It Considers A U.S. World Rally Championship Event For The 5th Year In A Row
The FIA has been teasing us about this event for the past five years, and it still hasn't happened.
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New Hampshire Car Inspections Are Back, Lawmakers Seek Creative Ways Around Them
NH motorists probably feel like they're watching Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck arguing over whether it's duck season or rabbit season.
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This Is Fine: Drunk Florida Man Attempts To Drive Burning Car With Wife Inside
This is the precise opposite of how you should handle a car fire.
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Restored Subaru S209 Hits The Track For Tribute Laps Six Years After Owner Killed By Drunk Driver
Friends of a man killed by a drunk driver while changing a flat tire have restored his totaled Subaru S209 and are headed to the track to honor his memory.
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Olympic Runner Sha'Carri Richardson Arrested For Driving Too Fast As Life Imitates Sport
Richardson was caught doing 104 mph just outside Orlando, Florida, which qualified for Florida's new super speeder law.
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Boston Residents Use Trash Cans, Tables, Chairs To Save Hard-Earned Parking Spaces After Snowstorm
It's lot of work to dig your car out after a snow storm, so Boston residents place all sorts of things in the street to reserve their unearthed parking spots.
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Toyota And Subaru Are Saving The Manual, Or At Least Simulating It, For EVs
Getting an electric car to drive like a gas guzzler with a manual isn't as easy as slapping on a shifter and clutch pedal.
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Congress Votes Not To Repeal Mandatory Kill Switch That Isn't Really A Kill Switch
Putting devices in cars to stop drunk drivers is one step closer to a reality, now that a proposed repeal of funding has failed in congress.
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Man Accused Of Stealing Back Cars He Sold On Facebook Has Got This Supply-Demand Thing Figured Out
He now faces eight counts of forgery and six counts of first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle, allegedly making more than $24,000 off his victims.
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Plane Crashes In Maine During Snowstorm, At Least 6 Dead
Weather is one of many factors the NTSB will be investigating, and it is far from the only potential cause of the crash.
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Texas Still Struggles With Fake License Plates After Eliminating Paper Temp Tags
While dealers may sometimes complain about change, it seems they were right in this case.
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New York Startup Builds Fridge-Sized Machine That Can Turn Air Into Gasoline
While it's not quite the free energy it sounds like at first, Aircela's technology in its current state has some practical, small-scale applications.
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New Jersey Passes Law Requiring License, Registration, And Insurance For E-Bikes
On his last day in office, outgoing Governor Phil Murphy signed the law in response to an increasing number of e-bike crashes and fatalities.
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Subaru WRX Gets Base Model Back, Drops Prices On All Trims
New cars cost too much, and Subaru is doing something about it.
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Bring A Trailer Accidentally Lists An AI-Altered Cadillac For Sale
AI slop is everywhere these days, and it can be hard to tell what's real, digitally altered, or completely fabricated.
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The Mazda CX-30's Sales Decline Had Nothing To Do With Its Popularity
Mazda decided to scale back production of the CX-30 because it's built in Mexico and thus subject to Trump's tariffs.
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Some Amish Communities Are Adopting E-Bikes Instead Of Horses
Roughly two-thirds of Amish churches now allow e-bikes.
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Philadelphia's 'Courtesy Tow' Loses Cars Instead Of Providing A Courtesy
Courtesy parking sounds less like a courtesy and more like legalized extortion.
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Manual Transmission Thwarts Thieves' Attempt To Steal A Woman's (Kia) Soul
We've seen manuals thwart thieves before, but what's unique about this case is that it's not the first time this has happened to her in this car.
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Here's Why Road Tripping A Kei Truck Is A Great Terrible Idea
This video is the classic formula of traveling a long distance to buy a questionable vehicle, then immediately driving it home.
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Dodge Kills The Hornet, But This Loss In The Market Won't Sting
Bad news for Dodge Hornet fans. Assuming there actually were any.
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China Is Over The Moon With Its New Lunar Timekeeping System
If the Chinese have figured out a highly accurate system, the mathematics involved are valid regardless of who writes the software that runs it.
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Hundreds Of Cars Contaminated After Supplier Error Puts Diesel In Gas Pumps
Drivers affected by the mix-up should contact the gas station where they got the contaminated fuel, as well as the Colorado Division of Oil and Public Safety.
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Congress Proposes 'SAFE Exit Act' To Change Terrible Tesla-Style Door Handles
Hopefully, the laws will finally catch up to reality.
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Kawasaki Wants To Literally Reinvent The Horse With Its Corleo Mobility Vehicle
Kawasaki aims to make the Corleo available to purchase by 2035.
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Subaru Gives Us World Rally Blue Balls With Yet Another Half-Baked STI Revival
We won't be getting the WRX STI Sport# in the U.S., and it doesn't matter, because we already have it as the WRX tS.
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