Toyota chairman Akio Toyoda said electric vehicles would command 30pc of global market share at best – Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg Electric cars will never account for more than a third of the market and consumers should not be forced to buy them, the boss of Toyota has said. Akio Toyoda, chairman of the world’s biggest carmaker by […]
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Flash floods inundated homes and overturned cars in San Diego on Monday as torrential rain swept through a large swath of the U.S., toppling trees and overflowing streets across California. Early morning flooding hit the town of Guerneville, north of San Francisco, where a creek overflowed after more than 4 inches […]
The Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office is helping out a police department in Catawba County. ALSO READ: Sheriff’s office warns residents of scam jury duty calls in Union County The county commissioners authorized the sheriff’s office to donate two Dodge Charges and five radios to the Brookford Police Department. The county says the two chargers have […]
There are two types of people in this world: Those who are fastidious vehicle washers (FVWs) and those who are not (non-FVWs). Fastidious vehicle washers are the ones who turn in their taxes weeks before they’re due and don’t let their milk expire and have all their important papers stashed away in alphabetical order in […]
Everett police say they detained several juveniles while they were trying to steal cars this week. Officers tracked them down in between thefts at a South Everett elementary school The Anti-Crime Team first found two unoccupied Hyundai’s at the school. Officers say they noticed the suspects drive up in a Kia and try to steal […]
Hertz recently announced it was selling 20,000 electric cars out of its fleet, and replacing them with gasoline vehicles. One reason the company gave was that drivers kept crashing the cars. Hertz CEO Stephen Scherr noted that the costs of repairs of an electric vehicle are also much higher. And Hertz’s step back from EV […]
Donald “Mellon” Melville is photographed on the island of Easdale in Scotland.Donald Melville Donald Melville has lived on the island of Easdale in Scotland for the past 30 years. Easdale has about 60 residents, no vehicle access, and is best known for its stone-skimming championships. Melville shared three mistakes tourists often make when they visit. […]
A driver is being charged with DUI and is fighting for his life after a chase and series of crashes on Thursday night. Chamblee police tell Channel 2 Action News that one of their officers tried pulling over a suspected drunk driver, but he sped away down Buford Hwy. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for […]
used electric cars Electric cars lose as much as half of their value after just three years on the road, new figures show, as the rate of depreciation far outstrips conventional equivalents. Research from Auto Trader said there were “unsustainable levels of depreciation” in the electric car market, with used prices of battery-powered vehicles dropping […]
Eleven people were rescued after a large tree fell on cars at a popular park in California, fire officials said. On Jan. 15, San Francisco firefighters responded to Golden Gate Park after reports of a tree falling on several cars, according to a Facebook post by fire officials. “I was in the car with my […]
A North Carolina man is accused of intentionally trying to ram oncoming vehicles as he drove on the wrong side of U.S. 321 in Catawba County, according to the N.C. Highway Patrol. It happened around 1:20 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 14, just south of Hickory, troopers say. Hickory is about 60 miles northwest of Charlotte. […]
Dozens of cars are stranded at Cupra dealerships awaiting completion of remedial work Owners of Cupra Born EVs who responded to a battery service campaign have been left without their cars after the manufacturer ran out of the material that’s required to seal their battery cases. Cupra issued the bulletin in July last year in […]