INDIANAPOLIS — IMPD officers shut down Lafayette Road between 16th street and Cold Spring Road for close to two hours Saturday night as they removed protestors from the roadway. IMPD said officers responded to an event center in the 1700 block of Lafayette just after 5 p.m. A group of individuals was protesting the evening […]
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2 in custody after ‘known violent offender’ allegedly steals cars in Dayton
Two people are facing charges after they allegedly led police on a chase and caused a crash Thursday night. Around 9:30 p.m. Dayton officers observed a stolen car being driven by a “known violent offender” who had several active warrants, according to a Dayton police spokesperson. Officers attempted to stop the orange Dodge Charger but […]
Army Veteran celebrating his 26th birthday killed after getting hit by 8 cars
A family is struggling to grasp how their son was killed in a Lake County crash after troopers say he was run over by eight vehicles. This all happened on December 17th around 6:30 p.m. along U.S. Highway 27 and Frank Jarrell Road. John ‘Jack’ Dyer was riding his motorcycle when he lost control, fell […]
Fisker delivers 4,700 electric cars in 2023, shares jump
(Reuters) – Fisker said on Friday its electric vehicle deliveries jumped more than four-fold during the final quarter, helping it hand over about 4,700 vehicles for the year. The rise in quarterly sales volume was primarily driven by strong demand for the Fisker Ocean SUV, priced at about $69,000, the company said. Fisker started making […]
Toyota’s bet on hybrid cars seems to be paying off as it rides consumer skepticism of an all-EV future to maintain its lead as the world’s top selling automaker
Hybrid or battery electric vehicles? That debate has been heating up within the auto industry for the past few years. Tesla CEO Elon Musk thinks hybrid vehicles are just a phase, while Toyota’s chairman and former CEO, Akio Toyoda, has long been skeptical of going all in on fully electric vehicles. And so far, it […]
Trolley cars used to crisscross New Jersey. This restored relic has a curious history
Public Service Trolley Car No. 2651 gleamed in the warehouse lighting. Its charming cream-and-yellow body and Tuscan red striping neatly accentuated its fold-in doors and long wooden frame and its curved ends that look like bay windows. This 106-year-old relic is a newly restored example of the go-to vehicle that transported New Jerseyans in the […]
Thieves speed away with luxury cars stolen from Hamilton dealership on Christmas Eve
Dec. 26—Thieves wiggled in through an overhead door at a Hamilton car dealership early Christmas Eve morning, found keys to four luxury cars and drove off before police arrived. The theft happened about 6:45 a.m. Sunday at Imperial Exotic Motors on Dixie Highway, according to the Hamilton Police report. The thieves entered the building on […]
Nearly $1 Million In Cars Confiscated From Latvian Drunk Drivers Head To Ukraine
People try to secure their car as Russia stages another rocket attack on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, on December 11, 2023. The country with the highest drunk driving rate in Europe has been sending confiscated cars to Ukraine to help in the war effort against Russia for over a year now and, by Christmas Eve, the […]
Latvia sends cars confiscated from its drunk drivers to Ukraine
As of mid-December, Latvia has sent 271 cars to Ukraine that were confiscated from drunk drivers and is preparing to send 34 more, Delfi reported on Dec. 24. The Latvian parliament approved a law earlier this year allowing for the transfer of vehicles confiscated by the state under particular circumstances to be sent to Ukraine. […]
Latvia gifts Ukraine $1 million in seized drunk-driving cars
Latvia has transferred confiscated vehicles worth nearly €1 million ($1.1 million) to Ukraine, seized from drunk drivers, and plans to send more in the near future, Lithuanian news agency Delfi reported on Dec. 24, citing the Latvian State Revenue Service. In total, Latvia has transferred 271 cars. Since the initiative began, over 1,100 different cars, […]
Latvia sends Ukraine cars confiscated from drunk drivers worth almost one million euros
As of mid-December, Latvia has sent a total of 271 vehicles confiscated from drunk drivers to Ukraine, with the overall value of the cars amounting to almost one million euros. Source: Delfi, citing the Latvian State Revenue Service, as reported by European Pravda. Currently, documents are being prepared for consideration by the Latvian government regarding […]
Recent EV models run into 79% more problems than gas cars, Consumer Reports survey shows. But here’s why analysts say they’re just experiencing temporary ‘growing pains’
‘Not surprising’: Recent EV models run into 79% more problems than gas cars, Consumer Reports survey shows. But here’s why analysts say they’re just experiencing temporary ‘growing pains’ Demand for electric vehicles is booming, or at least that’s what the International Energy Agency says. Globally, the IEA reports, EVs accounted for 14% of new vehicle […]