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Whistleblower Calls GM's Driverless Car Program 'Chaotic'
July 19, 2022 15:00 - 2 minutes - 1.75 MBAs automakers continue to develop and test autonomous vehicle technology, is it safe to assume they’re fully committed to a diligent and safe rollout? We’d like to think so, however one industry insider hints that there may be some problems hiding under the hood of GM’s Cruise driverless program. Automotive News is reporting that an alleged whistleblower sent a letter to California regulators in advance to the approval of Cruise robotaxis for commercial services in the Bay Area. The anonym...
Company Raises $100M to Build Rideable Robot Unicorn
July 18, 2022 15:00 - 2 minutes - 1.79 MBRobots can serve so many useful functions and with some hard work and a whole lot of money, unicorn riding could soon join the list of things that robots can provide. Xpeng Robotics, a division of Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer Xpeng, just raised more than $100 million in Series A funding to realize its vision of helpful robots in the household within the next two years. Xpeng already has plans for its first product, a quadruped robot with autonomous navigation and a multi-modal emo...
Company’s Safety Reputation Highlighted After Recent Explosion
July 14, 2022 18:00 - 2 minutes - 1.64 MBEmployees at an Armorock Polymer Concrete manufacturing plant in Boulder City, Nevada were forced to evacuate following an explosion that injured six people. The explosion caused a fire at the plant and Deputy Fire Chief Greg Chesser said the worker closest to the blast sustained severe burns. One employee was treated for chemical burns and three others suffered minor concussions. One experienced heat-related injuries. The plant uses a polymer concrete that is resistant to corrosion and co...
Boeing Might Lose Billions If It Cancels 737 Max 10
July 12, 2022 20:00 - 2 minutes - 2.05 MBBoeing’s 737 Max passenger jets have caused serious problems–including two deadly crashes that grounded the planes worldwide for a year and a half. Now there’s a chance the company’s latest jet won’t make it to production, which could result in a massive loss in sales. According to Barron’s, Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun hinted in a recent interview that the 737 Max 10 may have to be dropped from production. Melius research analyst Robert Spingarn estimated that the company already has 639 orders...
Solar Patio Umbrellas Recalled After Bursting Into Flames
July 01, 2022 15:00 - 2 minutes - 1.88 MBBig patio umbrellas are great. They provide shade on a sunny day and will even protect you from some light rain if you’re not ready to head in yet. But they can’t really do any of that if they're engulfed in flames. That, along with obvious safety concerns, is why the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said SunVilla is recalling 400,000 Solar LED Market Umbrellas sold only at Costco stores in the U.S. and another 33,000 sold in Canada. The primary issue is the lithium-ion batteries in ...
Man Sets Record for Longest Tenure at a Company
July 01, 2022 15:00 - 2 minutes - 1.68 MBIn April, the Guiness Book of World Records recognized Walter Orthmann. Orthmann didn't have the longest nails or mustache, but what he did have was the longest tenure working for the same company. As of January 6, 2022, Orthmann worked at ReneauxView for 84 years and nine days. He's 100 years old. Orthmann's first day at the Brazilian textile company was on January 17, 1938. He was a 15-year-old shipping assistant. Orthmann started working at a young age to help his family pay the bil...
Major Aluminum Manufacturer Shuts Down
June 28, 2022 16:00 - 2 minutes - 1.68 MBThe Century Aluminum plant in Hawesville, Kentucky is shutting down production due to rising energy costs. In a statement, the company says the plant idling is the "direct result of skyrocketing energy costs," specifically blaming the Russian war in Ukraine for the dramatic increase. The production stoppage will impact some 628 workers who will be laid off at the second largest employer in the area, according to the Messenger-Inquirer. The company will close the smelter for nine to 12 mo...
Domino's Dream of Drone-Delivered Pizza is Still Alive
June 24, 2022 14:00 - 2 minutes - 1.7 MBIt’s been nearly six years since Domino’s pushed drone technology to its logical peak by delivering a pizza but now the dream is getting closer to becoming reality. SkyDrop, the pizza maker’s partner in aerial pizza logistics, said this week that it’s completed building the Domino’s drone fleet and that commercial tests will begin soon in New Zealand. The company said its drones will be able to carry orders like three extra-large pizzas, or two large pizzas with one soda and one side dish (...
What To Do with 700K Gallons of Hand Sanitizer
June 22, 2022 16:00 - 2 minutes - 1.5 MBDuring the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, New York churned out tons of greenish hand sanitizer that was bottled up and placed in public buildings throughout the state. But now, with the worst of it seemingly past the state, it’s stuck with 700,000 unused gallons of the stuff. According to Democrat & Chronicle, all the NYS Clean hand sanitizer is sitting on the runway at a state training facility near Utica while the state decides what to do with it. Then-Governor Andrew Cuomo said the bot...
Average Car Payment Hits Record
June 21, 2022 15:00 - 2 minutes - 1.71 MBWe know that both shortages and inflation are hitting Americans in the pocketbook, and recently published data confirms that the auto industry is still running hotter than ever – at the expense of the average buyer. Moody’s Analytics says that the average monthly car payment in the U.S. just hit a record high of $712 – and there are a lot of factors in play. Moody’s, using Cox Automotive data, says that high demand and low supply has discouraged incentives from manufacturers and dealers, l...
Sexy-Talking Trash Cans Have an Anti-Littering Mission
June 17, 2022 15:00 - 2 minutes - 1.62 MBLittering seems like an easy thing not to do but still, the problem persists. It’s right up there with not picking up your dog’s poop or not putting your shopping cart in the corral when you’re done. Still, some people need a little extra incentive to not throw garbage on the ground. In the Swedish city of Malmö, that incentive now comes in the form of a sultry female voice dishing out sexually suggestive phrases whenever someone deposits trash in the receptacle. According to CNN, the mess...
Musk Says Rivian, Lucid in 'Deep Trouble'
June 17, 2022 15:00 - 4 minutes - 2.84 MBElon Musk was recently interviewed in a three-part series by the Tesla Owners Silicon Valley Club. Thus far, only the first two segments have been released. While the interview is far-reaching, Musk made some bold predictions for potential competitors while retelling how touch-and-go things were at the upstart carmaker before the brand took off. Musk predicts that, unless something changes significantly, Rivian and Lucid will go bankrupt. He admits that the carmakers have an opportunity to...
'No One is Talking About' Latest Shortage
June 13, 2022 16:00 - 2 minutes - 1.94 MBConsumer goods continue to face supply chain issues. By now, nearly everyone has heard of the baby formula shortages. But another group of products is experiencing a significant shortage and a Time article called it the scarcity “no one’s talking about.” This one involves tampons and pads. This shortage is the result of a combination of factors. CNN Business reports there have been supply constraints regarding materials that go into tampons, such as cotton, rayon, pulp and plastic. These pr...
Two People Got Stuck in a Chocolate Tank at an M&M Factory
June 10, 2022 16:00 - 2 minutes - 1.49 MBIndustrial accidents should always be avoided if possible. But every once in a while, something goes wrong at the factory and it’s actually kind of sweet. That was the case this week when two people fell into a chocolate tank at the M&M/Mars factory in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. According to Penn Live, the individuals were unable to escape the chocolate, which was believed to be about waist deep. No injuries have been reported but both people were reportedly taken to the hospital. Accord...
Walmart Pulls Coconut Milk Amid Forced Monkey Labor Allegations
June 09, 2022 16:00 - 2 minutes - 1.66 MBWalmart has become the latest major retailer to drop a coconut milk brand after allegations of forced monkey labor surfaced. According to Axios, Walmart no longer sells Chaokoh products in stores and online, and the company’s Sam’s Club outlets are also no longer listing the product. Walmart joins other retailers including Target, Costco, Kroger and more in dropping the brand amid pressure from PETA. In 2019, PETA investigators in Asia surfaced several instances in Thailand of a coconut su...
Deere Moves Production to Mexico Amid Tight Labor Market
June 08, 2022 14:00 - 2 minutes - 1.63 MBDeere & Co. has had enough of the labor market struggles in the U.S. and is moving some production to Mexico. Last Thursday, the ag equipment manufacturer said it is relocating cab production from Waterloo, Iowa to a components plant in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico. According to Reuters, the relocation could affect some 250 employees and the transfer is scheduled to be finished by 2024. However, according to the Des Moines Register, the total number of employees impacted will depend on productio...
Vegemite Factory Smell Awarded Cultural Distinction
June 03, 2022 18:00 - 2 minutes - 1.73 MBVegemite. You may have heard of it thanks to the Men At Work song, but it’s possible you’ve never tried it. It’s a dark, thick and salty yeast extract spread and a famous Australian delicacy. And it turns out, it gives off such a distinct smell during the manufacturing process that it’s been awarded a special heritage recognition from the city of Melbourne. According to the Guardian, the city council this week voted unanimously to include the scent in any statement of significance assigned ...
DeLorean Reveals Alpha5 EV
June 03, 2022 18:00 - 2 minutes - 1.5 MBIn February, DeLorean Motor Company teased a comeback during Super Bowl LVI with a 15-second spot. But, in the spirit of teasing, it revealed very little. The commercial showed text that reads, “The future was never promised,” followed by a shot of a shadowy vehicle with gullwing doors. The ad closed with a link to a website. Just before Memorial Day, the company released a preview of its all-electric version of the vehicle known for its role in the Back to the Future trilogy. It’s cal...
Dyson Teases Secret Robot Prototypes
June 01, 2022 16:00 - 3 minutes - 2.16 MBLast week, Dyson pulled back the curtain on robot prototypes currently in development as part of a presentation at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Philadelphia. And while it boils down to little more than a recruiting tool, some of the projects could stand to make a big impact on our day-to-day lives. In a video, Dyson's Chief Engineer Jake Dyson showed off some of the secret R&D work at the company's Hullavington Airfield campus in England. Though glimpses, they...
Disabled Student Drives Mind-Controlled Race Car
May 31, 2022 21:00 - 2 minutes - 1.9 MBIt might seem challenging enough to control an 850 Horsepower race car with conventionally abled hands and feet… and for a quadriplegic, perhaps impossible. Until now. In an effort described as “tremendous,” a student at Miami Dade College has demonstrated the capabilities of new technology enabling him to speed around a track in a NASCAR race car using the power of his mind. Honduran native German Aldana Zuniga lost the use of his arms and legs after a car crash at age 16 injured his spin...
Union Leaders Blast GM for Remote Work 'Double Standard'
May 26, 2022 15:00 - 3 minutes - 2.22 MBA recent study conducted by Adobe suggests that half of the total workforce wants “complete flexibility” when it comes to how and when they do their jobs. For many manufacturers who have long dealt with a talent shortage, this is an added barrier: how to attract and retain a workforce for onsite roles in factories when workplace culture changes increasingly reject being tethered? Despite the hurdles inherent in this approach for manufacturers, it hasn’t stopped some from trying to shift the...
Electric Nissan to Drive from North Pole to South Pole
May 26, 2022 15:00 - 2 minutes - 1.7 MBIt’s not surprising that no one yet has driven an electric vehicle from the North Pole to the South Pole. It’s a difficult journey and there’s likely long stretches without convenient charging stations. And, given the abundance of oceans, it’s probably a lot simpler to just take a boat. But next year, British adventurer Chris Ramsey is going for it. He and his team will set out from the magnetic North Pole in a tricked out, all-electric Nissan Ariya e-4ORCE and cross 14 countries over about...
Man Escapes Burning Tesla After Electronic Shutdown
May 26, 2022 15:00 - 1 minute - 1.31 MBNoticing those vehicle dashboard lights illuminating to indicate an issue might not seem so intimidating after seeing the car troubles this Tesla driver endured. Jamil Jutha was driving a 2021 Tesla Model Y in North Vancouver when, all of a sudden, the vehicle lost all power to the electronic components and shut down. However, Jutha could not exit the car because the doors would not open and the windows would not go down. Then the problem got worse. Jutha noticed smoke coming through t...
Bentley Promises 'Brutal' Acceleration in New EV
May 20, 2022 15:00 - 2 minutes - 1.68 MBWhen you’re driving, there’s acceleration and there’s testing the very bounds of time, space and human endurance. The upcoming Bentley EV will tilt toward the latter. In an interview with Automotive News Europe, Bentley CEO Adrian Hallmark promised that his company’s electric vehicle will sport 1,400 horsepower and go from 0-60 mph in a bonkers 1.5 seconds. Most current lists have even the fastest 0-60 mph times hovering around 2 seconds, so yeah, this car will pulverize you. Hallmark said...
Renault Might Spin Off EV Company
May 16, 2022 20:00 - 2 minutes - 1.48 MBEarlier this year, Ford made headlines after it came to light that the American automotive titan was considering spinning off its rapidly expanding electric-vehicle operations from its conventional, internal-combustion engine ones. A complete split was quickly ruled out – likely amid opposition from the Ford family – and the company instead announced plans to create two separate businesses — sort of — under the Ford corporate umbrella. Ford officials said the move would give the company th...
Abbott to Restart Troubled Baby Formula Plant
May 12, 2022 16:00 - 2 minutes - 1.54 MBOn Wednesday, Abbott Laboratories said that production at a troubled infant formula plant in Michigan could restart within two weeks. In February, Abbott recalled baby formulas made at its plant in Sturgis after complaints of bacterial infections in infants who drank specific Similac products. As a result, two infants died, and several babies were hospitalized. Once the company gets the go-ahead, it will restart EleCare, Alimentum and metabolic formulas first, with Similac and others to f...
Cannabis Breathalyzers Might Be Missing the Mark
May 11, 2022 18:00 - 3 minutes - 2.77 MBCannabis use, both recreational and medicinal, has increased dramatically in the United States. As more people incorporate it into their lives, businesses remain concerned about protecting their workforce from impaired employees on the job. To combat cannabis intoxication, some companies have turned to breathalyzers; it's a familiar tech, and they are accurate when testing for the presence of THC. However, according to Ken Fichtler, CEO and founder of Gaize AI, the problem isn't the presenc...
Baby Formula Supply Problem Not Improving
May 11, 2022 18:00 - 2 minutes - 1.64 MBThe baby formula supply problem is not getting better. In fact, it is getting worse. Manufacturers claim production is at full capacity, but it still is not meeting the current demand. In the first half of 2021, the out-of-stock rate for baby formula sat between 2% and 8%. However, the rate skyrocketed between November 2021 and early April of this year to 31%. CNN Business reports that the number is currently up to 40%. According to Datasembly, over half of baby formula was completely so...
Foxconn Could Soon Own Lordstown
May 05, 2022 21:00 - 2 minutes - 2.02 MBLordstown Motors has struggled with a moving target of challenges over the past few years, among them multiple lawsuits that accused the EV maker of breach of contract, conspiracy and outright fraud. It seemed for a moment the company was destined for bankruptcy, when a unique opportunity arose. Foxconn, the global electronics contract manufacturing giant based in Taiwan, handed the company an offer that was tantamount to a lifeline and in September of last year, the two parties came to an ...
Mini Airport Pitches Future of Hybrid Travel
May 03, 2022 16:00 - 3 minutes - 2.43 MBOn April 25, 2022, Urban-Air Port and Supernal unveiled the Air-One in the United Kingdom. The Air-One is a proprietary deployable operations hub that could provide quick multimodal infrastructure for eVTOLS and other passenger travel – think small turnkey airport, or, as they call it, a vertiport. Unfortunately, this one is for viewing purposes only, though they plan to hold drone demos to show potential advanced air mobility (AAM) use case scenarios. The Air-One is a 17,000 square-foot c...
How to Bring Manufacturing Back to the U.S.
May 02, 2022 21:00 - 6 minutes - 4.4 MBBre Pettis, co-founder of MakerBot and current CEO of Bantam Tools, says the U.S. must bring prototyping and manufacturing back in-house, close the skills gap and build an independent manufacturing workforce. Download and listen to the audio version below and click here to subscribe to the Today in Manufacturing podcast.
Snapchat's Flying Camera is Like an Adorable Little Stalker
May 02, 2022 16:00 - 2 minutes - 1.66 MBCameras on drones is not a new concept but Snapchat’s just announced Pixy offers an interesting take on the product category. Instead of being controlled by the user, the Pixy flies itself and follows the user like an adorable little creeper. The device, which is about the size of a CD case, pairs with a smartphone and uses its four propellers to take off from and land in a user’s hand. The company says the rechargeable battery supports about five to eight flights for capturing video and im...
Quirky Rules in the Musk, Twitter Deal
April 28, 2022 20:00 - 2 minutes - 1.64 MBIt was hard to look away from the Elon Musk-Twitter chronicles that spanned a few weeks. Musk became the social media platform’s biggest shareholder. Then Musk was set to join Twitter’s board. And then he wasn’t. Then, it looked like he was set to buy Twitter and take it private, then it didn’t. Then it did again. Now, as Musk and Twitter are looking to close the $44 billion buyout offer, each party has set out terms and conditions. As reported by Business Insider, these rules are in a ne...
The World’s Largest Concrete 3D Printer
April 27, 2022 15:00 - 2 minutes - 1.53 MBWind energy has the potential to dramatically reduce the world’s dependence on carbon-emitting energy sources, and governments across the globe are racing to develop new wind power facilities amid efforts to curb global warming. But setting up a wind farm isn’t just a matter of putting up a windmill here or there; they can comprise hundreds of turbines across farmland or sea, and the turbines themselves can be hundreds of feet tall — and are likely to only get taller in the future. The log...
Datsun Revival Fails, Car Brand Officially Dies
April 27, 2022 15:00 - 2 minutes - 1.87 MBYou may recall that there was a lot going on in 2020. A lot. So in case you missed this one, we’ll offer up a quick recap: In May of that year, just a scant two months into the U.S. COVID-19 pandemic, Nissan quietly announced that it would be winding down its Datsun brand – a big reveal that may not have registered amid the din, not to mention the fact that Datsun has been down this road before. The brand, which had its heyday in the 1960s, has actually been around since 1931. In 1986 it w...
Elon Musk Says Tesla's Robot to Soon Out-Value its Cars
April 25, 2022 20:00 - 2 minutes - 1.63 MBTesla has continued to absolutely floor it, with revenue in its 2022 first quarter outpacing last year’s by seven times. But according to recent comments by CEO Elon Musk, vehicles might not be Tesla’s chief breadwinner for long. In an earnings call with investors, Musk referenced an in-development robot that he believes will be worth more than Tesla’s car business as soon as 2023. The humanoid robot in question stands at 5 foot 8 and is named Optimus. Tesla first unveiled the robot in Aug...
Drivers Who Survived Amazon Warehouse Collapse File Lawsuit
April 22, 2022 14:00 - 2 minutes - 1.7 MBAn Amazon warehouse collapsed and six workers died after a tornado struck the facility in Edwardsville, Illinois on Dec. 10. The company is still facing repercussions from decisions that were made that day. In a press statement, attorneys filed two lawsuits on behalf of victims involved in the deadly disaster. Plaintiffs include four Amazon drivers: Jamarco Hickman, Evan Jensen, Jada Williams and Deontae Yancey. The mother of DeAndre Morrow, a warehouse worker who died in the collapse, i...
Lucid Unveils Most Powerful EV on the Planet
April 21, 2022 15:00 - 3 minutes - 2.1 MBNewark, California-based Lucid Group burst onto the electric vehicle scene with their Air model, which touts an industry-leading 520-mile range. You might also remember the company commencing manufacturing last spring at their recently completed 500-acre production facility in Casa Grande, Arizona. This time Lucid is turning heads with the most powerful electric vehicle available in North America - their Air Grand Touring Performance. Not to be confused with the Lucid Air Grand Touring vehi...
Aerospace Startup Aims to Cross the Pacific in an Hour
April 20, 2022 15:00 - 2 minutes - 1.6 MBIt’s been nearly 20 years since the end of the Concorde put supersonic passenger air travel on hold, but startups and industry giants alike are working on ways to not only fly beyond the sound barrier, but potentially much faster — into the realm of hypersonic travel. The most ambitious efforts in recent years floated the possibility of flying at Mach 4 or 5, up to five times the speed of sound — fast enough to trim the flight from New York to London down to 90 minutes. But what if you cou...
Airbus Jet Flies on Cooking Oil
April 19, 2022 19:00 - 2 minutes - 1.96 MBCooking oils are crucial for frying all the foods that make life so worth living. But after they fulfill their destiny and get our jalapeno poppers nice and golden brown, they are also often used as a sustainable fuel. And not just for cars, but also jumbo jets. Airbus recently flew a three-hour test flight in France using a commercial jet outfitted to run on Sustainable Aviation Fuel or SAF, which is made up primarily of used cooking oil and other waste fats, according to CNN. The test fli...
SpaceX Competitor to Attempt Mid-Air Rocket Grab
April 18, 2022 14:00 - 3 minutes - 2.17 MBThis might come as a surprise to some of you, but SpaceX is not the only name in privatized space launching services. For example, Long Beach, CA-based Rocket Lab has had 25 successful launches since 2017, and deployed over 100 satellites into orbit for clients that include NASA, DARPA and Canon. While their scale is smaller than the aforementioned competitor, their focus on innovation is definitely amongst industry leaders. Not only is this evidenced by their Electron rocket, which is desc...
DOL Finds Pay Practices Abusive to Warehouse Workers
April 14, 2022 21:00 - 2 minutes - 1.58 MBThe U.S. Department of Labor’s investigators and attorneys are working to prevent companies along the United States-Mexico border from exploiting Mexican workers. Wage and Hour Division investigators recently discovered three San Diego-area customs warehouses were violating the Fair Labor Standards Act. The employers, OMG Global Logistics, Atlas Freight Forwarding and Columbia Export Group PDSA, were ordered to pay approximately $2 million combined in minimum and overtime back wages to em...
French Fry Plant's 'Suspicious' Potato Turns Out to Be Grenade
April 11, 2022 16:00 - 2 minutes - 1.46 MBNight shift workers at a New Zealand french fry factory were rattled by an unusual discovery last week that ended with a call to the bomb squad. Richard Teurukura, a worker at the Mr Chips factory in Aukland was reportedly observing the conveyor line when an object caught his eye for being a bit oddly shaped. 100,000 potatoes had just been delivered and were running down the belt when Teurukura saw what he thought was a muddy stone. He retrieved the object before realizing to his horror t...
Blunder Hampers Boeing’s Air Force One Production
April 08, 2022 14:00 - 1 minute - 1.4 MBAnother tough headline is about the last thing Boeing needed. The entire global aviation sector suffered in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, but Boeing has also faced production issues with its 787 Dreamliner and the grounding of the 737 Max after two deadly crashes. A crash of a Boeing 737-800 in China last month remains under investigation, and, this week, reports surfaced of a production mishap involving perhaps the company’s most famous plane. The Wall Street Journal reports that on...
Log Book Reveals All the Cars That Sank on Felicity Ace
April 07, 2022 15:00 - 2 minutes - 1.9 MBIt’s been a big year of cargo ship disasters, and so we’ll forgive you if you have a short memory for the individual catastrophes which have befallen global shipping in recent months. If the name Felicity Ace jogs your memory, that’s probably because the horror of watching a ship catch fire and sink over the course of several days was amplified by its content: the ship was carrying millions of dollars in automobiles. And we’ve learned a bit recently about exactly which vehicles have settle...
Former Engineer Convicted after ‘Textbook Example’ of Industrial Espionage
April 04, 2022 15:00 - 2 minutes - 1.54 MBA federal jury convicted a former general electric power engineer of conspiracy to commit economic espionage. The decision followed a four-week jury trial. The offender, Xiaoqing Zheng, worked at GE Power & Water in Schenectady, New York as an engineer specializing in sealing technology. Evidence showed Zheng, and others in China, conspired to steal GE’s trade secrets regarding its steam and gas turbine technologies. They intended to benefit from China-based companies that research, manu...
Manufacturing Heads to Space
April 04, 2022 15:00 - 3 minutes - 2.15 MBLast summer, Jeff Bezos spent 11 minutes in space and determined that it would be best for the planet to move all polluting industries to space. Now, we've heard of many theories, everything from 3D printing native materials to using a combination of moon dust, lunar ice and astronaut urine to build bases. Last week, DARPA kicked off a new program for space-based manufacturing, but it's not focused on manufacturing on mars or the moon. It will, however, use lunar materials to manufacture p...
More Thieves Strike Stellantis, Steal Rams, Challenger Hellcats
March 24, 2022 14:00 - 2 minutes - 1.74 MBReports have recently emerged regarding thefts of brand new vehicles from factory storage lots in the Detroit area, and unfortunately it’s not the first time. In 2018, then-Fiat Chrysler fell victim to a rash of thefts from secure holding areas where robbers made off with brand new Jeeps, Ram pickups and Challenger Hellcats. At the time, local police hadn’t ruled out an “inside job” saying that it appeared the thieves knew where they were going and what they were looking for and that it cou...
Red Bull Stunt Will Have Pilots Switch Planes in Mid-Air
March 22, 2022 14:00 - 2 minutes - 1.71 MBIf Red Bull really does give you wings, then now is the time. For years, the maker of the energy drink has sponsored an array of the most outrageous stunts in the name of marketing. These have included a world record snowmobile jump of 412 feet, and a racecar ascending winding Pike’s Peak at 87-mile-hour – not to mention an exploit where a snowboarder climbed and then snowboarded down a 3,000 meter run on an active volcano. The company has another extreme stunt on schedule for next month and...
Aston Martin's Last Fossil-Fuel V12 Vantage
March 21, 2022 17:00 - 2 minutes - 1.72 MBAston Martin has revealed the final edition of its V12 Vantage sports car. As the automaker plans to introduce its first fully-electric vehicle in 2025 and offer an electric option in all new car lines beginning in 2026, this new sports car represents the last fossil-fuel version of this line. In an interview with Reuters, Aston Martin executive chairman and investor Lawrence Stroll said, “This V12 Vantage is really a swan song and it will be the last one we make before we move onto hybrid...