May 2022

What happens when things don’t go according to plan aboard self-driving trucks

Self-driving truck developers are promising they’ll launch commercial service as soon as next year. One of the key remaining engineering hurdles involves safely coaxing these 80,000-pound robots to the side of the road when things don’t go according to plan. As driverless-deployment timelines draw nearer, many of the leading companies are focused on perfecting this

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VW Scout revival, Rolls-Royce Phantom Series II, Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato: Car News Headlines

Remember the International Harvester Scout? It’s making a comeback with electric power at Volkswagen Group. The German auto giant, which owns the rights to the Scout name, plans to develop a modern Scout SUV and pickup truck in the U.S., and build them here, too. Rolls-Royce has updated the Phantom to Series II status. The

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Dad Lets 7-Year-Old Start Manual Mustang Without Realizing It Was In Gear, Crash Ensues

The latest entry in a fast-growing series of recent stories about people ruining cars with manual transmissions comes from Reddit’s u/Kanagawabatice, who posted a short video of a Mustang in a garage with the following caption: “when you let your 7 year old start the car and he forgets to take it out of gear.”

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Foxconn completes purchase of Lordstown Motors plant, thrusting it into EV-making business

Taiwan’s Foxconn, best known as the manufacturer of the iPhone, is now in the car manufacturing business. Lordstown Motors on Wednesday said the $230 million deal announced in the fall to sell its sprawling 6.2 million-square-foot plant to Foxconn has closed. The deal transfers to Hon Hai Technology Group — which trades under the Foxconn

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