Lyndon Baines Johnson Was A Car Guy
Texas-born Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th President of the United States, was elevated from the vice presidency following the assassination of John F. Kennedy. It’s probably not easy to be …
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President Kennedy’s Pursuit For A Supersonic Airliner Was Doomed From The Start
President John F. Kennedy, in June 1963, walked out to a podium at Falcon Stadium, the football stadium at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. While addressing the graduating …
Small Croatian town builds stone Mercedes to honor migrant workers
IMOTSKI, Croatia — Local Croatian sculptor Roko Drzislav Rebic is carving a life-sized stone replica of a Mercedes Benz Minika car as a monument to the thousands of workers who …
Nissan Made An Electric President Convertible For Sumo Champion Parades In 1991
Photo: Nissan As I was brainstorming President’s Day posts that aren’t explicitly about actual presidents, I was looking through Nissan’s archives and stumbled across a variant of the Nissan President …
Junkyard Gem: 2005 Honda Accord Hybrid Sedan
Honda was the first car manufacturer to sell a production hybrid-electric car in the United States, with the Insight beating the Prius to showrooms here by nearly a year. Few …
Automatic Gears Are The 20-Year-Old Bike Tech Nobody Asked For
If you’ve got a bike, there’s a good chance it’s set up with a derailleur at the rear and a bunch of gears to help you cycle more efficiently. And …
Detroit automakers splurge on shareholders with big stock buybacks
General Motors, Ford and Stellantis are engaged in a race that investors are cheering now, but may look back on as foolish within a few years. The three spent a …
Houthi rebels severely damage Belize-flagged ship
By Jon Gambrell | Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels that damaged a Belize-flagged ship traveling through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait that …
Tesla-Sized Satellite Will Crash Back To Earth This Week
It’s always exciting when there’s something fiery to observe in the night sky, whether it’s an influx of shooting stars or the possible demise of the International Space Station. Now, …
U.S. issues $135 million in advance EV tax rebates since Jan 1, Treasury says
WASHINGTON – The U.S. government has reimbursed auto dealers for about $135 million in advance point-of-sale consumer electric vehicle tax credit payments since the start of the year through Feb. …