Sam Abuelsamid

2 days ago | theautopian.com | Sam Abuelsamid

For those of us of a certain age, one of the all-time dumbest plots on a TV show came way back in the ’80s on the prime time soap opera Dallas. After years of trying to reclaim that “Who Shot JR?” magic, the show was getting stale, and the actor who played Bobby Ewing, Patrick Duffy, decided he wanted to do something else. Soap operas have an easy solution for this, so the writers had him murdered in a convoluted way. It turns out that without Duffy, the show was a lot less popular.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Sam Abuelsamid

First Look At 2026 Jeep Cherokee, Coming Late 2025 With New HybridA reasonable case could be made that the second-generation Jeep Cherokee that debuted in 1984 and is popularly known by its XJ product code kicked off the SUV boom that continues more than four decades later. The XJ Cherokee was one of the first uni-body SUVs with real off-road capability even 25 …

1 week ago | forbes.com | Sam Abuelsamid

A reasonable case could be made that the second-generation Jeep Cherokee that debuted in 1984 and is popularly known by its XJ product code kicked off the SUV boom that continues more than four decades later. The XJ Cherokee was one of the first uni-body SUVs with real off-road capability even 25 years after it ended production, they can still be found in off-road parks and place like Moab and the Rubicon Trail.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Sam Abuelsamid

1 day agoCNN — The sperm of a man carrying a rare genetic mutation linked to cancer was used to conceive scores of children across Europe, prompting calls for greater regulation and a limit on the number of births allowed from a single donor. Sperm from the donor was used to conceive at least 67 children from …

1 week ago | theautopian.com | Sam Abuelsamid

It’s no secret that at the highest levels of Toyota, there’s not a huge amount of love for battery electric vehicles (BEVs). As the pioneer in modern hybrids, the automaker now offers partially electrified powertrains as standard or optional equipment in every model sold in North America and most models globally. Toyota is also a big fan of hydrogen fuel cells, but those are going nowhere fast in North America, at least for light-duty vehicles.