Auto Service World

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Drivers are quickly finding ways to bypass safety limits in partially automated driving systems, according to a new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), raising questions about how effectively these systems prevent risky behaviour. The study examined how drivers interact with advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) like Tesla’s Autopilot, GM’s Super Cruise and others, which are designed to assist with tasks like steering, braking and lane-keeping.

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Automotive Fleet

OCTOBER 28, 2024

An analysis by Geotab explores how data from commercial vehicles is used to understand the impact of hurricanes on specific geographies. Patterns reveal different recovery times for North Carolina and Florida after Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The Department of Defense Office of Inspector General announced on Tuesday that Boeing overcharged the U.S. Air Force by almost $1 million for a dozen spare parts for the C-17 Globemaster III. The most egregious markup was 7,943 percent on an undisclosed amount of aircraft lavatory soap dispensers. Yes, the Air Force… Read more.

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Auto Service World

OCTOBER 31, 2024

A new report points to significant hurdles for electric vehicles (EVs) in appealing to the majority of pre-owned vehicle buyers. This could potentially prolong the lifespan of internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles and boosting the ICE aftermarket well into the future. The Lang Marketing report, EVs Lack Appeal for Many Pre-Owned Buyers, Boosting the Long-Term ICE Aftermarket, highlighted the challenges facing EV adoption considering that 80 per cent of vehicles on the road are pre-owned vehi

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Auto Service World

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Frontier Automotive & Industrial Supplies has expanded its facility to enhance growth and service to the community. Located in La Crete, Alta., almost 700 km north of Edmonton, the location is now 30,000 square feet — almost double the size of its previous 15,040 square-foot building. It includes a 10,000-square-foot sales floor and a 20,000-square-foot warehouse.

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Auto Service World

OCTOBER 30, 2024

A team that knows the value of a customer, puts them ahead and ensures they are what’s important to the business is invaluable when you’re an automotive repair shop. That’s why Motorcade Industries St. Catharine’s branch is the 2024 Jobber of the Year Award winner. The customer-centric approach is key for branch manager Shannon Black. She has set a standard for what automotive parts distribution can and should be.

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Auto Service World

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Nhu Nguyen has always felt the support of her male colleagues, instructors and mentors during her career as an automotive technician, which is why she goes out of her way to make men’s health a focus every year. She is a classic Porsche technician and has been a passionate supporter of Movember for more than a decade, raising an impressive $21,000 to support men’s health initiatives. “I’ve been a Mo-Sister ever since I got into the trade,” she says in this episode of Auto Servi

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Depreciation is the number one consumer cost when it comes to buying a new car fresh from the factory. This has always been the case, as vehicles tend to lose a significant chunk of their value from the moment you take possession. That’s even more true in the world of luxury cars and doubly (trebly?) so when it comes… Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Lucid is just about ready to start production of its second act, the Gravity crossover that was unveiled last year, and we’re now getting a better idea of what it’ll cost. I’ve got some good news folks: the price ain’t bad. I mean, it’s not cheap, but for what you’re getting, it’s a very decent value especially when… Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Boeing seemingly can’t catch a break between the endless problems with the 737 Max and the Starliner’s failed crewed test flight. Intelsat announced on Monday that one of its satellites, built by Boeing, broke up in geostationary orbit. Multiple organizations are tracking the debris to avoid collisions and a potential… Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Oh, the Tesla Cybertruck. It’s somehow the most popular six-figure car on the market and also such garbage that you could kill it with a simple car wash. That makes it the perfect choice for YouTubers to take to Moab or shoot to see how bulletproof it really is. After eight months, YouTuber JerryRigEverything has put… Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Voyager 1 remains humanity’s furthest outpost, hurtling across interstellar space at 38,210 miles per hour. However, NASA lost communication with the beloved space probe on October 19. The space agency reconnected with Voyager 1 five days later using a radio transmitter that the probe hadn’t used since 1981. Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Police in California are experiencing what happens when good intentions crash into reality. Police departments are transitioning to battery powered vehicles but those vehicles come with challenges that make cops’ jobs more difficult. Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 18, 2024

We all love the Honda Civic , with its performance and fun all wrapped up in a practical package. But what if you want more performance, more fun, and don’t care for the practicality, should you just buy a different car? No! You should move your Civic’s engine to its rear hatch, like this brave EG seller did. Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Silicon Valley has invented the bus again. During last night’s Tesla “We, Robot” event company CEO Elon Musk showed off the new “Robovan” which he pronounced as “rub oven” for some reason. It looks like something straight out of an art deco nightmare , and it’s here to make public transit in your city even worse. The… Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The ramifications of the problematic Boeing Crew Test Flight are becoming clear a month after the Starliner returned to Earth empty. NASA announced on Tuesday that its 2025 Commercial Crew Program missions will exclusively use SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft. With the Boeing Starliner unavailable for the foreseeable… Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Tesla recently revealed its idea of a robotaxi — a two-seater with no controls that will take you anywhere you want to go, only cost $30,000 and will go on sale in 2026. No one with a second brain cell actually believes that’s going to happen, but plenty of people are willing to believe it’s possible eventually and at… Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 24, 2024

During F isker’s short time as a functional car company , it really couldn’t help but do weird s**t. Now, as it turns out, the dead automaker accidentally employed a North Korean spy on its technology team. No, I’m not joking. Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Hyundai is determined to solve the issue of out-of-control electric vehicle fires , so it is introducing a new fire suppression tool – called an EV Drill Lance – that’ll be used on its car carriers. It’s designed to extinguish EV fires by drilling through the underside of an electric vehicle to reach the battery pack.… Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Good morning! It’s Monday, October 14, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift , your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Cybertruck owners have had quite the year so far in 2024. They’ve had to clean own their brand new cars themselves, faced rusting problems brought on by transport issues and been hit with five recalls already. Now, owners are reporting that all this bad press has hit their insurance, with some Cybertruck drivers… Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The redesigned 2025 Toyota 4Runner has yet to arrive at dealerships, but that hasn’t stopped Toyota from doing up a rad concept for this year’s SEMA show that kicks off in just a couple weeks. Called the 4Runner TRD Surf, it calls back to the Hilux Surf that was offered in Japan back in the 1980s, and we have a… Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Tesla has big plans to release a company-saving robotaxi next week, leveraging the incredible advantage in autonomous technology that the company swears it has in order to prevent the whole house of cards from tumbling down. The Tesla faithful hoping to see a real life robotaxi might be disappointed, however: New… Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 25, 2024

While far from my favorite installment in the franchise, there’s no doubt that the most iconic James Bond film is 1964's “Goldfinger.” The third film in the series saw Sean Connery’s Bond going after villain Auric Goldfinger, a gold magnate that wants to infiltrate Fort Knox. It’s well known for introducing Bond’s… Read more.

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OCTOBER 30, 2024

The Abu Dhabi-based investment firm CYVN Holdings has agreed to purchase 100 percent of McLaren Automotive from its current owners, Mumtalakat Holding, reports Reuters. Mumtalakat Holding is the sovereign wealth fund of Bahrain, which assisted McLaren through a “capital reorganization” earlier this year, taking full… Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 23, 2024

According to NHTSA data that tracked crashes while Level 2 autonomous driving systems were active between July 2021 and May of 2022, Tesla happens to have the highest number of crashes by a vast margin. Teslas reported 183 more crashes than second place Honda , and 263 more than third place Subaru in that same time… Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 16, 2024

A county sheriff in Georgia is currently under fire for having what is possibly one of the most extra and potentially dangerous over reactions ever. Cobb County sheriff called for backup in a Burger King drive-thru because the workers got his order wrong. Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The Volkswagen Group made waves back in 2022 when it announced it would be reviving the Scout nameplate for a new brand of American-built fully electric trucks and SUVs, but we hadn’t gotten much concrete info about the upcoming Scouts beyond some teasers and learnings gleaned from talking with the CEO. Until now,… Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Elon Musk is, of course, the worst thing about Tesla. The board will never do anything about him, but if you like Tesla’s cars, the best thing that could possibly happen to that company would be for Elon to finally f**k off to Mars. That said, the cars themselves aren’t without their flaws, either. Like when a driver… Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 14, 2024

When you’re driving around motorcycles , you might notice that they occasionally flash a two-finger salute at each other when passing another biker. Hopefully you “cagers” have noticed anyway, because you should be paying extra attention to the road when you’re around a two-wheeler. So what does that little gang sign… Read more.

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OCTOBER 10, 2024

Elon Musk recently offered victims of Hurricane Helene a free month of internet service via his Starlink company. As it turns out, the offer wasn’t as generous as it seemed, it’s really more of a new customer promotion. Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Whenever election season hits, everyone gets up in arms about gas prices as a proxy for the cost of living. This year, average gas prices nationwide may well drop below $3 before election day, but don’t thank the current administration. In fact, don’t thank domestic politics at all. Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Chevrolet revealed the 2025 Corvette ZR1 in July, and while we knew it would be fast, we didn’t have exact figures until today. It turns out that not only is it quick, but it’s also fast, with GM recently announcing a top speed of 233 mph. Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Good morning! It’s Tuesday, October 15, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift , your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Los Angeles street takeovers keep happening , and they’re once again taking a turn for the worse. Owners of Infinitis and Nissans in LAkeep having their cars stolen to be used in takeovers. The cars are later found either wrecked or burned. Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 17, 2024

I’ve just come across what’s likely the worst car deal I’ve ever seen. The owner of a Ferrari SF90 supercar , $200,000 underwater , wants to trade it in for a $68,000, three-year old Corvette C8. It’s a mess on both ends. Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 17, 2024

For years, Apple was rumored to be working on a futuristic self-driving car, with the company tied to collaborations with Volkswagen and even a potential deal to buy McLaren at one point. That never happened and the project was canned after ten years , but now it appears some of the tech developed by Apple’s car… Read more.

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