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A big wing and no back seats: The 2021 Mini John Cooper Works GP

January 15, 2021

This is the $44,900 Mini John Cooper Works GP, a stripped-out, lowered, 301hp hot hatch. Jonathan Gitlin The wing arch extensions are made from carbon fiber reinforced plastic, and the reason this one says 0303 on the front wing is that it's number 303 out of a total production run of 3,000

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Despite COVID-19 lockdowns, American roads are getting much deadlier

January 14, 2021

Enlarge / The three months between July and September 2020 saw a massive rise in road deaths in the United States.Getty Images American roads became significantly deadlier in 2020, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Although figures for the entire year won't be available for some time, the NHTSA has calculated the death toll on our roads for

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Tesla’s main self-driving rival isn’t Google—it’s Intel’s Mobileye

January 13, 2021

Enlarge / Mobileye CEO Amnon Shashua shows off a silicon photonics lidar chip slated for introduction in 2025. (credit: Mobileye) One of the most underrated companies in the self-driving technology sector is Mobileye, an Israeli company that Intel purchased for $15 billion in 2017. Mobileye is the largest supplier of advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) that ship with

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The Fiat Chrysler-Peugeot merger gets the OK from shareholders

January 4, 2021

Enlarge (credit: Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) For the past few years, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has been looking to get married. After its advances were spurned by the likes of General Motors and Volkswagen, a merger with France's Renault looked possible, until the death of FCA boss Sergio Marchionne in 2018. Then, in October, news arrived that

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Musk says Apple passed on Tesla acquisition three years ago

December 23, 2020

Enlarge / A Tesla Model 3 is seen in the general assembly line at the Tesla factory in Fremont, California, in July 2018.Mason Trinca for The Washington Post via Getty Images A few years ago, Elon Musk tried to interest Apple CEO Tim Cook in buying Tesla, Musk said in a Tuesday tweet. "He refused to take the meeting," Musk added. According to Musk, this occurred in the

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The 911 Carrera S: Two pedals good, three pedals better

December 22, 2020

No, you're not mistaken, we did review a 2020 Porsche 911 Carrera S just over a year ago. But we're revisiting that model again today. [credit: Jonathan Gitlin ] Over the years, the Porsche 911 Carrera has changed. The silhouette may still be the same, the engine is still in the back, and after all these decades, it's still a treat to drive. I won't dissect all the

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Car crashes killed 36,096 people in the US in 2019

December 19, 2020

Enlarge / A truck on Route 93 in Canton, MA, rolled over on Dec. 7, 2020.Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Motor vehicle traffic crashes killed 36,096 people in 2019, according to new data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). That's a 2 percent decline from the 2018 figure and a continuation of a decades-long trend toward safer

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Why racing drivers trust their lives to a fireproof fabric called Nomex

December 18, 2020

Enlarge / F1 driver Romain Grosjean climbs over a crash barrier and away from the flames consuming his race car after a crash at this year's Bahrain Grand Prix. (credit: Formula 1) When Romain Grosjean's F1 season came to a spectacular end in Bahrain a few weeks ago, it was the fire that really drove the headlines. High-G crashes aren't necessarily common in the sport, but