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Watch a 6, 200-lb Chinese SUV Give a Lamborghini Huracan the Fight of Its Life
12+ min ago (440+ words) There was a time when lining up a heavyweight utility vehicle against a track-focused Lamborghini meant the supercar had won before the lights even went out. Those days are officially dead. In a recent Carwow drag race, host Mat Watson…...
You Tuber Builds a Fully Functional Wooden Lamborghini Worthy of CR7s Garage
1+ hour, 48+ min ago (544+ words) Look, every single one of us has been there. You watch a highlight reel of Cristiano Ronaldo completely dominating the pitch, you see him casually pull up to training in a roaring exotic supercar, and you immediately start checking your…...
You Tuber Builds Race Car With 3 D Printers After Being Quoted $200, 000
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (515+ words) Conventional composite bodywork for a purpose-built race car costs serious money. When the companies originally contracted to build the aerodynamic body for Robin Shute's Pikes Peak machine fell behind schedule, the quotes from other shops came in at nearly $200, 000. You…...
Electrician Builds Working F1 Car in His Garage After Buying the Wreck for Under "5, 000
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (544+ words) Most people who fall deep into a Formula 1 obsession end up with a framed poster or a die-cast model. Kevin Thomas ended up with an actual Caterham F1 car in his driveway " and it runs. Thomas is an electrician from Burgess…...
You Tuber Builds $12, 000 RC Lamborghini Aventador With a Miniature V12 That Actually Runs
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (523+ words) Most RC cars run on a brushless electric motor tucked under a plastic shell. You Tuber Gear Tech HD went a different direction " all the way to a scratch-built, combustion-powered, 1: 8 scale Lamborghini Aventador with a working V12 engine that takes actual…...
Elon Musk Says Bill Gates Was Embarrassingly Wrong About the Tesla Semi
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (644+ words) When two of the most famous technology figures in the world meet to discuss engineering, you'd expect the conversation to be sharp. According to Elon Musk, that's not quite how it went with Bill Gates. Musk aired the story on…...
Blown-Engined 1982 Toyota Pickup Converted Into a Manual EV Using Craigslist Parts
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (429+ words) Most EV conversion stories start with money " a fat budget, a freshly imported donor car, and a wish list of brand-new components. This one started with a dead engine and a Craigslist scroll. A builder recently documented his conversion of…...
The 'Banned' Huawei SUV With Built-In Cinema Is a Window Into China's EV Arms Race
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (621+ words) A tweet circulating this week shows a car interior that looks less like a vehicle cabin and more like a first-class lounge suite. It has reclining seats, ambient lighting, pale leather, and a large screen descending from the ceiling. The…...
Porsche Transforms Cayenne Into Anti-Poaching Vehicle for World's First All-Woman Ranger Squad
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (598+ words) Porsche South Africa has donated a modified second-generation Cayenne SUV to the Black Mambas, the world's first all-woman anti-poaching unit in the Greater Kruger area for rhinoceros conservation. According to a press release by Porsche, the Cayenne has been modified,…...
RC Car Becomes First To Hit 250 MPH After Wild Runway Record Attempt
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (397+ words) Eight months of building, two days on a runway in Wales, and one very close call with a 90-degree slide during braking. British engineer Stephen Wallis has become the first person to drive an RC car beyond 250 mph, doing it…...