6 injured in multi-vehicle wreck on Near West Side
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The preliminary report said that student pilot Zachary Mace was flying the Piper PA-28 Cherokee that collided with a seaplane in Winter Haven.
- The Hill
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- WHIO
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Newly released 911 calls describe the moment a semi crashed through a house in Miami County Thursday evening.
- Kansas City Star
Dad out of gas walks his kids to median before he’s hit and killed, Michigan cops say
“This is a sorrowful reminder that if your vehicle becomes disabled on the freeway, please stay inside your vehicle until help arrives.”
- Sacramento Bee
California police officer fired after driving 121 mph before deadly crash
The decision follows a nearly yearlong investigation by the California Highway Patrol.
- Road & Track
Porsche's Oil-Sump Test Rig Is a Sight to Behold
During the development process for the 997.2 generation of 911 engines, Porsche built out this engine oil sump rig to test its new integrated sump system. It't a crazy bit of equipment to watch in operation.
- Business Insider
After driving 25 electric vehicles, these are my 7 favorites
My 7 favorite electric vehicles I've driven so far include an off-road pickup truck, a $2 million supercar, and a $200,000 Porsche.
- Engadget
Jeep just mushed together a 1970s Cherokee with a modern hybrid Wrangler
Jeep just unveiled a Franken-vehicle comprised of a 1978 Cherokee and a modern 2022 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 4xe hybrid SUV. This is a concept vehicle with head-turning looks and joins several other Jeep prototypes being demoed this week in Moab, Utah as part of the company’s annual Easter Jeep Safari event.
- WJAX
Fatal car crash causing a vehicle to engulf into flames, FHP says
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- INSIDER
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Elon Musk should be considering redesigns for popular Teslas like the Model 3 and Model Y as the EV- maker aims to be a more mass-market car company.
- Kyiv Independent
Ukraine to buy 100 Polish Rosomak armored vehicles
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- Reuters
Japan's Toyota hands St Petersburg plant over to Russian state
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia and Toyota said on Friday that the Japanese carmaker's factory in St Petersburg had been handed over to state entity NAMI, with Moscow snapping up more assets from global automakers leaving Russia over the conflict in Ukraine. "Toyota's production site in St Petersburg has... been transferred to the state," Russia's Ministry of Industry and Trade said in a statement. The company said in September it had decided to stop vehicle production in Russia due to the interruption in supplies of key materials and parts.
- Road & Track
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- TheStreet.com
Bill Gates Names the One New Technology To Soon Change the World
"This is how close we are to truly self-driving cars," Gates tweeted March 30, attributing his information to the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). The tweet is accompanied by an SAE graphic that shows how current automotive science, using an SAE classification system, is very close to changing from level two to level three. This means technology is moving from a state where a human monitors the driving environment to the more advanced levels where an automated system monitors it.
- Marine Corps Times
Top Marine acknowledges mechanical issues with new amphibious vehicles
Gen. David Berger, the Marine commandant, largely attributed amphibious combat vehicle rollovers to insufficient training.
- WFXT
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AP Was There: US crewmen shot down by Soviets arrive home
Editor’s Note: Sixteen Alaska Native men were honored this week for rescuing the crew of a U.S. Navy patrol plane shot down over the Bering Strait by Soviet fighter jets nearly 70 years ago. With that belated honor, The Associated Press is republishing its story filed July 3, 1955, from Oakland, California, detailing the arrival of seven of the injured Navy crew members. In cheerful spirits, despite wounds, burns and bandages, seven U.S. fliers whose Navy patrol plane was shot down June 22 by Russian jet fighters over the Bering Sea arrived here today from Anchorage, Alaska.
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Tesla's price war: cheaper cars expected to drive record sales
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