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  1. up in the air
    The Flying Car Is Finally Here. It’s Slightly Illegal.How the inventors of a new generation of aircraft are outsmarting the feds.
    By Jeff Wise
  2. the money game
    A Once Unthinkable Question: Could Electric-Vehicle Sales Decline in 2024?Growth has long been a given. But a dismal stretch for the industry has at least a few analysts wondering.
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  3. uaw strike
    What Trump Gets Wrong (and Right) About the UAW StrikeThe EV transition threatens to hurt unionized autoworkers. But Biden’s policies aren’t to blame.
    By Eric Levitz
  4. crime
    Collision CourseThe car wrecks were staged. The injuries were real. Led by a charismatic rogue, one family bloodied itself to pocket $6 million.
    By Lauren Smiley
  5. the money game
    The World Is Conspiring to Make Driving Suck MoreGas-tax holidays and a hike in global oil production aren’t going to do a damn thing for your gas bills this summer.
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  6. post reality
    The Past and Future of the Head-up Display, the Original Augmented RealityHow the head-up display moved from fighter jets to minivans.
    By Joel Johnson
  7. environment
    On the Upper West Side, a One-Man War Against Air PollutionGeorge Pakenham takes matters into his own hands when he finds parked cars and trucks with their engines running.
    By Elizabeth Royte
  8. Trump Raises Taxes on Chinese Goods, Eyes Foreign Cars NextTrump slaps tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese imports, while preparing to declare foreign-made cars a “national security threat.”
    By Eric Levitz
  9. select all
    Proof That Car Hitler Definitely Existed in Pixar’s Cars UniverseThe math checks out.
    By Brian Feldman
  10. Watch: Lexus Covered a Sedan With More Than 40,000 LEDsAnd needed a mile-long length of wire to power them.
    By Jared T. Miller
  11. select all
    Man Flips Car While Filming Himself Singing, Makes It Out Uninjured“Carpool Karaoke” puts another citizen in danger.
    By Brian Feldman
  12. select all
    Is the Self-Driving Car Un-American?Soon, thanks to technology, we’ll be a nation of passengers.
    By Robert Moor
  13. Car Commercials Don’t Need to Be Shot With an Actual Car AnymoreSame goes for car-chase scenes.
    By Lizzy Halberstadt and Cait Munro
  14. This Filling Station in the U.K. Turns Tap Water Into FuelBut it only works for hydrogen-powered cars, so gas guzzlers are out of luck.
    By Christine Nguyen and Cait Munro
  15. Fake Funeral Home Erects Giant ‘Text and Drive’ Billboard in the Name of SafetyHmmmmmm.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  16. Someone Tricked Out a Lamborghini to Look Like the BatmobileHow jealous in Ben Affleck right now?
    By Christine Nguyen and Cait Munro
  17. scandals
    Volkswagen to Buy Back Up to 500,000 Diesel CarsThe German automaker has set aside at least $10 billion to pay for the scandal.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  18. pope francis
    Car Used by Pope Francis in New York Sells for $300,000 at AuctionIt comes with 15-inch aluminum alloy wheels, an Alpine premium sound system, and a blessing from the archbishop.
    By Joe DeLessio
  19. FBI Adds Car Hacking to the List of Things You Need to Worry AboutJust one of many.
    By Brian Feldman
  20. the sports section
    Yoenis Cespedes’s One-Man Auto ShowOne of them spits fire from its tailpipe.
    By Joe DeLessio
  21. How Much Better a Parent Will You Be If You Buy a New Tesla SUV?Plug into your greener self, just in time for soccer season!
    By Ben Ellman
  22. scandals
    Volkswagen CEO Resigns After Emissions Scandal [Updated]“I am shocked by the events of the past few days.”
    By Jaime Fuller
  23. no humans allowed
    Terrible Human Drivers Can’t Stop Running Into Google’s Self-Driving CarsThis is the eleventh time someone has reportedly rear-ended the self-driving cars. 
    By Jaime Fuller
  24. Nearly 34 Million Vehicles Involved in One of the Largest U.S. Recalls EverThe air bags in millions of cars are rupture-prone. 
    By Jaime Fuller
  25. Cuomo Brings the Chobani Gospel to Cuba“I have never seen a Chevy with a Toyota engine in it.”
    By Jaime Fuller
  26. Cars Are the New iPhonesYour minivan doesn’t run on the cloud? Where have you been?
    By Jaime Fuller
  27. driving reign
    Can Car2Go Transform New York Into a City of Drivers?The “one-way car-share” revolution has arrived.
    By Abraham Riesman
  28. Tesla’s New Model D Is Not a Self-Driving CarStill has a funny name, though.
    By Anna Silman
  29. joetorious
    Joe Biden Sat Biden-ly in a Red Convertible TodayThe vice-president attended a preview of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  30. Determined to Be Cooler, Avis Buys ZipcarGet ready for more trips to Ikea.
    By Delia Paunescu
  31. transportation
    Public Transportation Is Basically Useless, Study FindsCars are faster.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  32. scary things
    Car Manages to Fall Down Elevator Shaft at Parking GarageThe FDNY live-tweeted their response.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  33. linsanity
    Linsanity: Now a Vehicle to Sell VolvosBadum ching!
    By Eliza Shapiro
  34. transportation
    The B.Q.E. Isn’t Getting Any BetterThe construction will never end.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  35. the one percent
    A Bunch of Fancy Sports Cars Ran Into One AnotherIt could be the most expensive car crash in history.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  36. bons mots
    Gay Talese: ‘There Are Midgets That Are Attractive, But I Never Met One’The legendary writer explains why he’s never had sex in the back of his 1957 Triumph TR3.
    By Chris Rovzar
  37. and step on it!
    In Seven Years, All of New York’s Taxis Will Look Like ThisThe Nissan NV200 won a citywide competition.
    By Chris Rovzar
  38. snowmageddon
    It Is Not a Good Time to Own a Car in NYCYou’ve probably got a parking ticket, is what we’re saying.
    By Julie Gerstein
  39. snomg
    Watch City Sanitation Vehicles Total a Ford Explorer in Brooklyn HeightsIt’s like watching a child play with toy trucks. Only crunchier.
    By Tsnownami Weather Force and Chris Rovzar
  40. ballsy crime
    A Sign Your Hedge-Fund Manager May Be Committing FraudHe purchases a custom-designed Lamborghini with a rhinestone-bedazzled logo.
    By Jessica Pressler
  41. a night to remember
    Brooklyn Couple Gets Arrested Attempting to Bring the Passion BackAt least it was a memorable evening.
    By Jessica Pressler
  42. cars
    New Technology Might Save Phone-Using Drivers from ThemselvesAnd, most vitally: us from them.
    By Lindsay Robertson
  43. the great american hustle
    ‘Cash for Clunkers’ Hugely Successful at Buying People New Pickup TrucksIf you thought people were trading in their old Ford F150s for Toyota Priuses, you were horribly wrong.
    By Zeke Turner
  44. cars
    That Weird Obsessive Car-Brand Loyalty Might Be FadingWhat will Calvin pee on next?
    By Lindsay Robertson
  45. The Government Will Keep Taking Your Crap CarsFinally, a government program that’s too popular for its own good.
    By Dan Amira
  46. Texting-While-Driving Bill Finds Poster BoyThis guy needs to never drive again.
    By Dan Amira
  47. neighborhood news
    Angled Parking Spaces Throw Queens Streets Into ChaosDamn smart people, with your science!
    By Dan Amira
  48. cars say the darndest things
    How You Know Your Assistant Is Mad at YouSpotted on 33rd Street between Broadway and Seventh Avenue, a Town Car waiting innocently for a pickup.
    By Chris Rovzar
  49. the greatest depression
    GM Emerges From Bankruptcy, Much Faster Than ExpectedWith the sale of its good assets to a government-controlled group, the auto giant exits Chapter 11.
    By Chris Rovzar
  50. the downturnaround
    Ford Needs to FocusFord has been running a public-relations campaign promoting their lack of reliance on the government. But so far, it sounds pretty weak.
    By Hugo Lindgren
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