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The Impressive Engineering Behind The Cheapest Electric Car In The World
The cheapest new electric car in the world, the $US1,200 ($1,715) Changli Nemeca from Chinese e-commerce website Alibaba, is a truly amazing machine. This became clear as soon as my coworker Jason Torchinsky unboxed the car and saw its unexpected features, and even more so when he drove it. But it wasn’t until he and…
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I Need To Be Straight With You Regarding My Thoughts On AMC Pacer Grilles
Everybody, get over here, now. Drop what you’re doing! You with the plasma cutting torch, just let it drop to the ground! You, pediatric dentist doing an emergency filling, just let go of that drill, crank that gas, and leave the kid there, because I have something important to tell you about AMC Pacer grilles,…
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An Imaginary Car From An Imaginary Country: 1977 Spiro Scrubber
The term “death cult” is certainly potent and evocative, but it’s also so sensationalising that it tends to deaden any objectivity when it comes to any culture that gets associated with the term. That’s why I’m reluctant to bring it up now when talking about the cars made by the Redhorn Republic, but it’s conceptually…
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Everyone Shut Up I Just Re-Invented Trucks And SUVs
How’s your social distancing and all that crap going? Great, right? Are you at the stage yet where your seclusion and increasingly weird diet has transformed you into a superhuman, capable of achievements never before dreamed possible? I think I may be there, friends. I say this not out of a desperate plea for attention…