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Ford has a modest selection of vehicles designed specifically for police duty, but the Mustang isn't among them. That hasn't stopped the North Carolina State Highway Patrol from buying 25 examples to use for patrol duties across the state. These aren't four-cylinder EcoBoosts, either. State Troopers have 486-horsepower GTs in their fleet.
The advent of self-driving cars could lead to a number of changes to traffic laws down the road, including a possible fourth traffic signal, researchers say.
An aerial view of the Mercedes visitor center and museum near the Alabama manufacturing plant. (Getty)
In a coordinated push through federal agencies, the Biden administration on Friday released a revised set of regulations applying to the EV tax credit that will ultimately make the credit easier to claim for a wider range of vehicles in 2025 and 2026 but no easier for Chinese companies to gain a foothold on the market.
On November 12 2023, South Carolina issued a ban on the "Carolina Squat," the modification that lifts the front end of a vehicle higher than the rear. However, to give owners of «squatted» vehicles a chance to remedy them before getting in trouble, police were only dishing out warnings for the first six months. Well, that six-month grace period comes to an end on May 10 and drivers caught with squatted vehicles will face fines and potential loss of license.
Law enforcement officials in South Carolina will begin issuing tickets to vehicles with the so-called «Carolina Squat» modification on May 10. While the practice of lifting the front end of a vehicle has been illegal for months, the state has given out warnings since announcing the ban.
Guenther Steiner, the most meme-worthyFormula 1 team principal, was let go by Haas F1 at the end of last season. Despite being among the most famous F1 team bosses, Haas decided not to renew his contract for the 2024 season. However, Steiner is now suing his former team, not for being fired but because Haas allegedly hasn't paid him.
North Carolina's famously low "11-foot-8" bridge—which is actually 12 feet, four inches tall, now—recently claimed yet another victim. Over the years, countless drivers have had their trucks and trailers decapitated while attempting to drive over-height vehicles underneath. While incidents have slowed recently thanks to countermeasures by the city of Durham, a few inattentive drivers still squeak through—like the one in this recent video.
A week after a CarBuzz report that Toyota planned to expand PHEV availability in the U.S. market and possibly offer an electric Toyota Highlander in the near future, Automotive News reports Toyota's pledged $1.4 billion to the Princeton, Indiana plant that builds the current Highlander, Grand Highlander, Sienna minivan, and Lexus TX that's the luxury arm's version of the Grand Highlander. The money will pay for three items at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana (TMMI), the first being the assembly of «an EV on the line that now builds the Sienna and Highlander» beginning in 2026. A Toyota executive told the outlet that the EV in question would be «chassis-based,» excluding the use of a skateboard architecture.