Collin Woodard

4 days ago | jalopnik.com | Collin Woodard

Authorities in Columbus, Ohio, were forced to close several lanes on Interstate 270 on Sunday after a fuel tanker filled with an estimated 8,500 gallons of gasoline overturned and started a massive fire. According to local police, though, the crash and resulting fire weren't necessarily the driver's fault. Instead, they blame the driver of a black pickup truck, who authorities are still searching for, WBNS 10 TV reports.

1 week ago | jalopnik.com | Collin Woodard

Toyota is currently working on solid-state batteries it says will allow it to build 900-mile EVs, but while many would call that overkill, dads across the country know it isn't enough. We need more range if EVs are ever going to be good enough for a proper road trip, and if Huawei can deliver on its latest solid-state battery patent, we may almost be there. That's because it offers more than 1,800 miles of range on a single charge, CarNewsChina reports.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Collin Woodard

11 hours agoNvidia, Broadcom, Marvell And Other Chip Stocks Fall On Unexpected US MoveSemiconductor chip stocks, including Nvidia, Broadcom, TSMC, Intel, Arm, Marvell are down due to the end of waivers for chipmakers to send tech to …9 hours agoRivian R2 Will Improve R1T And R1S Quality And Lower Price: CEOThe head of electric vehicle manufacturer Rivian says that its next generation of smaller EVs will make getting into a Rivian less expensive.

1 week ago | jalopnik.com | Collin Woodard

Whether you've heard of New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani or not, the one thing you need to know is that the city's ultra-wealthy are absolutely terrified he might actually win the Democratic primary. And while nothing is guaranteed, it looks like he might actually do exactly that, even with Cuomo supporters doing their best to blanket the city in ads and mailers claiming Mamdani is an antisemitic socialist who will ruin everything.

1 week ago | jalopnik.com | Collin Woodard

At some point, movie studios decided we don't actually need new movies anymore, so instead, we're going to get nothing but sequels and live-action remakes, and we're going to like it. So it's a little depressing that Hollywood looked at the attention Brad Pitt's new F1 movie is getting and decided to confirm the long-rumored sequel to "Days of Thunder," the 1990 NASCAR classic that starred Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Robert Duvall and Cary Elwes. Do we need a sequel? Not one bit.