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Ukraine released a video showing an attack on a Russian armored convoy.The brigade said a Leopard 2 tank and other weaponry destroyed tanks and other vehicles.Russia has suffered major tank losses in the war, but it hasn’t stopped it from advancing. New video footage released by Ukraine shows a Leopard…
Ukraine has outfitted another NATO tank type with unusual cage armor.The steel screens help protect German-made Leopard tanks from inbound Russian munitions.The screens, made by Rinat Akhmetov’s Steel Front, cost $20,000 each and take a few hours to install. Ukraine has started outfitting another NATO tank type with unusual cage…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Commerce Department on Monday proposed prohibiting key Chinese software and hardware in connected vehicles on American roads due to national security concerns – a move that would effectively bar nearly all Chinese cars from entering the U.S. market. The planned regulation, first…
One of the most exciting recent entrants to the EV market is Lucid Motors, a California-based upstart making some incredibly impressive and astonishingly capable sedans.It has been operating for many years, but only released a consumer market-ready vehicle in 2021. So far, the company has focused on sedans, but it…
The US has promised Ukraine a new military aid package including more Bradley infantry fighting vehicles.The US-made armored vehicles, which offer maneuverability, versatility, and sufficient firepower, have proven valuable to Ukraine efforts on the battlefield — more so than the main battle tanks and other heavy armor it’s received.The US…
Former President Donald Trump said he had “no choice” but to support electric vehicles after Tesla CEO Elon Musk “endorsed” him.Trump then went on to criticize the EV industry at length.Musk has long been a champion of the pivot to electric vehicles. His company, Tesla, has largely led the way…
NATO members have equipped Ukraine with plenty of highly capable armored vehicles to take into battle against Russia, giving Kyiv a firepower, survivability, and maneuverability upgrade over the aging Soviet-era systems with which it started its grueling fight.Among the wartime additions to Ukraine’s arsenal is the US-made Bradley fighting vehicle,…
Consumers are pumping the brakes on electric-vehicle demand as technological limitations erase the premium buyers used to be willing to pay.For the first time, used EVs are less expensive than their traditional gas counterparts. Not only are prices lower, they’re also plummeting at a much steeper clip, a recent report…
There’s one design flourish you won’t see in upcoming Jeeps or Dodge vehicles: chrome.While historically chrome accents have been used to position a vehicle as higher-end or protect against corrosion, CNN reports that Stellantis, the company behind Jeep, Dodge, and a dozen other car brands, is switching things up due…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Alphabet’s Waymo said Thursday it would recall 672 of its self-driving vehicles after one of its driverless vehicles struck a wooden utility pole in Phoenix, Arizona in May. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration regulator opened an investigation in May after 22 reports of Waymo’s…
