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Whether you believe in climate change or not, you can’t deny that life on Earth has faced increasingly frequent and intense weather anomalies in recent years. More people across the United States and the world have been subjected to unprecedented levels of rain, and more frequent and powerful storms causing flooding, mud slides, and dangerous conditions.

In fact, floods are the most common weather-related natural disaster in every state in the country, so whether you live in drier-than-a-popcorn-fart Nevada or wet-and-wild Florida, this information is important. If your region is experiencing flooding, how can you safely get to where you need to go? Here are three tips for staying safe while navigating flooded areas.

Turn Around, Don’t Drown.

Do not enter flooded streets, even if you’re in a big SUV that makes you feel unstoppable, and especially if you’re in a low road car. The Los Angeles Times reports,

As little as 6 inches of water can cause cars to stall or knock an adult off their feet. Two feet of water can sweep a car off the road, including an SUV or pickup truck. Any amount of water means you won’t be able to see what condition the road is in. Heed all road closure notifications and instructions from emergency responders.

As this video shows, even areas that don’t look severely flooded can hide dangerous conditions. The woman driving this Nissan Versa accidentally drove directly into a swollen creek. The roadway she was driving on didn’t look immediately treacherous, and honestly I wouldn’t have known there was a river running through the area, which goes to show that you never know what’s hiding underneath murky flood waters. It’s not worth risking your life to drive through a flood.

Heed Warning Signs

If you are driving in a region that’s experiencing flooding, you may come across signs that warn about possible flooding ahead. Some signs may tell you that the road ahead is flooded, in which case it’s best to turn around and find an alternate route. Even if you’re driving a lifted truck, it’s best to simply turn around and find an alternate route. Even if someone’s filming you or encouraging you to drive through the flooded area, turn around. You don’t want your fragile ego to be the thing that gets you into a potentially life threatening situation.

If Your Car Stalls In A Flood, Get Out Of It.

Cars and deep water don’t mix well. If your car stalls in a flood due to deep waters, get out of the car immediately and seek higher ground. Forget about your car; your car is replaceable, your life is not. If you are stranded on top of your vehicle or on top of a structure, stay where you are and wait for help. Do not get into the water, as floods often cause strong currents that will knock you down, and as the TikTok shows, you never know what’s lurking beneath the murky waters of a flood. You might be stepping into a deep river instead of a few inches of muddy water.

In this episode of the Autoblog Podcast, Editor-in-Chief Greg Migliore is joined by Associate Editor Byron Hurd for a gasoline-powered installment. They lead off by diving into the Tesla layoff news from this week before leaving electrification behind for a bit to talk about not one, but two production V12 unveilings. This isn’t a drill, folks; Aston Martin and Ferrari are both committed. After that, they touch on the U.S. government announcement that it would mandate automatic emergency braking systems starting in 2029. They finish up the news segment with a chat about Fisker. Poor, poor Fisker. From there, it’s on to the road tests. The Autoblog team has been testing out some EVs and both Byron and Greg had some thoughts to share, plus we get a final update from Byron on the long-term Subaru WRX and some notes from both drivers about the updated Range Rover Evoque. 

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میامی – اتومبیل‌ها رسماً در پیست هستند و با عصبانیت در اینجا در میامی به‌سر می‌برند، زیرا اولین و تنها جلسه تمرین آخر هفته جایزه بزرگ فرمول 1 میامی به پایان رسید. ما نیز در زمین هستیم و از استادیوم هارد راک، خانه دلفین‌های میامی، گزارشی از آنچه در اینجا می‌گذرد را به صورت زنده برای شما ارائه می‌کنیم. این شلوغ خواهد بود، زیرا میامی میزبان اولین مسابقه اسپرینت خود در سال جاری است.

مکس ورشتاپن با سرعت 1:28.595 در سریعترین دور این جلسه قرار گرفت و اسکار پیاستری و کارلوس ساینز با حدود یک دهم ثانیه در رده های بعدی قرار گرفتند.

جلسه تمرین بی‌رحمانه مرطوب و بادی به لطف چرخاندن فراری قرمز و آبی خود به چارلز لکلرک در ابتدای جلسه، اما خوشبختانه از آسیب واقعی جلوگیری کرد، برای کل شبکه کوتاه شد. دور ریخته شد و لکلرک اکنون با دانش اندکی که از دویدن به دست آورده است، عقب مانده است.

مک لارن در آخر این هفته ارتقاهای بزرگی را در میامی به ارمغان آورد تا بتواند فاصله خود را با ردبول کاهش دهد. همه چیز خوب شروع نشد زیرا نوریس بیرون رفت و بلافاصله به پیت لین بازگشت و متوجه یک مشکل فرمان شد. ما نمی دانیم که لاندو نوریس و اسکار پیاستری واقعاً کجا قرار دارند تا مرحله مقدماتی اسپرینت در اواخر امروز، اما مقام دوم پیاستری در عمل حداقل امیدوارکننده است. با این اوصاف، نوریس تنها توانست مک لارن خود را در رده شانزدهم قرار دهد و خودروی او حتی از Piastri ارتقا یافته است.

آخر هفته هم تا اینجای کار پر از صداهای جالب بوده است. از لوئیس همیلتون مرسدس در مورد احتمال همکاری با آدریان نیوی در فراری سوال شد و گفت که این یک “امتیاز” خواهد بود.

همیلتون به اسکای اسپورت گفت: “آدریان سابقه و سابقه بسیار خوبی دارد.”

ورشتاپن نسبتاً ساکت بود، زیرا در مورد نظرات نیوی صحبت می کرد، اما این جلسه تمرین برای او یک مبارزه بود زیرا او با برخی از مسائل مربوط به تنظیمات ماشین سر و کار داشت. البته به نظر می‌رسید که ردبول همه چیز را حل کند و به مکس کمک کرد تا سریع‌ترین زمان جلسه را تعیین کند.

و در آخر، لوگان سرجنت، راننده شهر بومی خود، در تمرین سریعترین رتبه هجدهم را به دست آورد، اما فشارها همچنان افزایش می یابد زیرا مرسدس به آزمایشات خود با کیمی آنتونلی جدید ادامه می دهد.

The launch of the Fisker Ocean has been plagued with problems, and those problems are now compounding in ways that make everything worse for owners. See, problems mean repairs, but parts shortages mean those fixes could take eons to actually complete — unless you have a “graveyard” of preproduction parts to slap onto customer cars.

Business Insider spoke with multiple workers at (or formerly at) Fisker, who said that they’d pulled parts from a “graveyard” of vehicles to get customers back on the road. That graveyard contains not just nonfunctional production cars, but preproduction models never intended for sale. From Business Insider:

In response to a backlog of customer-service requests and a shortage of available parts, Fisker technicians have stripped parts off what some have called “donor cars,” which include Fisker Ocean preproduction and production vehicles that are sitting in the company’s facility in La Palma, California, three current and five former Fisker employees said. The workers spoke to BI on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about company affairs. Business Insider also viewed several photos of Fisker Ocean cars with missing parts that sources say were used for customer vehicles.

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One current Fisker employee with knowledge of the issue said technicians have resorted to taking parts off other cars to address customer-service requests in about 10% to 15% of fixes over the past few months, particularly for customers near the company’s La Palma site.

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Typically, the parts are pulled from a back area at the La Palma site, where there is a lineup of preproduction vehicles that some have dubbed the “graveyard,” five of the sources told BI. Preproduction cars are made after prototypes and are essentially beta versions of the vehicle not intended for customer use — just testing and demos; production vehicles are the final product that customers are delivered. Some of the vehicles at the site are Fisker Oceans that had been returned by customers, two current employees and one former worker said.

Having driven plenty of preproduction vehicles in this line of work, I’ve yet to see one with parts that I wouldn’t trust on a production vehicle. That said, I haven’t driven a preproduction Fisker – it’s possible things operate differently at a company where even the production vehicles don’t quite come out fully baked.

This brings up a much more important question, though: What should this process be called? The cars aren’t really zombies, but the parts arguably are — having returned from the dead to fix the living. It could be a Frankenstein situation, a conglomeration of dead parts forming something that’s alive, or even something straight Christian. If you take integration of parts as a form of consumption, this process could fall under “so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.”

The 12-cylinder engine is alive and well with two debuts this week, a trailer dropped for the upcoming Ayrton Senna mini-series, and a software update completed the Tesla Cybertruck months after deliveries began. It’s the Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority.

The V-12 engine received a new lease on life as it was announced for two new vehicles this week. Aston Martin announced a twin-turbo V-12 will sit under the hood of a new car likely to be called the Vanquish. The Ferrari 12 Cilindri debuted in both coupe and convertible form with 819 naturally aspirated horsepower and stunning good looks.

We reviewed the 2024 Mercedes-Benz AMG CLE 53 4Matic+ and found it brings fun to the big coupe segment. The AMG-badged iteration of the CLE feels a little more special inside compared to standard-line models thanks to a pair of sport seats, a flat-bottom steering wheel, and AMG-specific display software.

The first trailer for Netflix’s Ayrton Senna mini-series debuted. The trailer hints at the serious tone the six-episode series, entitled “Senna,” will take when it debuts later this year. This week marked the 30th anniversary of Senna’s death.

The Bentley Bentayga Apex Edition debuted with 22-inch carbon-fiber wheels in a quest to reduce weight on the heavy SUV. Carbon-ceramic brake rotors combine with the wheels to reduce unsprung mass by 97 pounds. The result is increased steering agility, according to Bentley.

A software update for the Tesla Cybertruck enabled the pickup’s locking differentials. The over-the-air update also revised the truck’s Off-Road mode and added Baja Mode, both of which will alter vehicle characteristics for different terrain.

DETROIT — The U.S. government has loosened some rules governing electric vehicle tax credits a bit, potentially making more EVs eligible for credits of up to $7,500.

The Treasury Department announced final regulations for the credits under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act on Friday, giving automakers more time to comply with some provisions about where battery minerals can come from.

The credits range from $3,750 to $7,500 for new EVs. There’s also a $4,000 credit for used ones.

They’re aimed at juicing demand for EVs in an effort to reach a Biden administration goal that half of all new vehicle sales be electric by 2030. This year the credits are available at the time a vehicle is purchased from an authorized dealer rather than waiting for an income tax refund.

But qualifying for the credits depends on a person’s income, the price of the vehicles and requirements related to battery makeup and minerals that get tougher each year. To get the credits, EVs must be assembled in North America. Some plug-in hybrids also can qualify.

Starting this year, complex rules are being phased in to promote development of a domestic electric vehicle supply chain. The rules would limit EV buyers from claiming the full tax credit if they purchase cars containing battery materials from China and other countries that are considered hostile to the United States.

The new rules largely target battery components from nations “of concern” — mostly China, but also Russia, North Korea and Iran.

This year half of the critical minerals in an EV’s battery have to be mined or processed in the U.S., or a country with which it has a free trade agreement. Sixty percent of the battery parts have to be made or assembled in North America.

Starting in 2025, batteries with any critical minerals from nations of concern would not be eligible for any tax credits. But after getting comment from the auto industry and others, treasury officials decided to loosen that restriction.

Small amounts of graphite and other minerals would be exempt from the restriction until 2027, because their country or origin is nearly impossible to trace. Without the exemption, some vehicles that met nearly all of the requirements could get knocked out of tax credit eligibility due to tiny amounts that couldn’t be traced, officials said.

The change is likely to make more EVs eligible for credits in 2025 and 2026, but the auto industry says that’s difficult to tell until automakers finish tracing the origin of all the minerals.

“The EV transition requires nothing short of a complete transformation of the U.S. industrial base,” John Bozzella, CEO of the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, a large industry trade group, said in a statement. “That’s a monumental task that won’t – and can’t – happen overnight.”

The rule change, he said, “makes good sense for investment, job creation and consumer EV adoption.”

At present, China dominates crucial parts of EV battery supply and production, even as automakers race to establish key mineral and components efforts elsewhere.

Of 114 EV models currently sold in the U.S., only 13 qualify for the full $7,500 credit, the alliance said.

Despite the tax credits, sales of electric vehicles grew only 3.3% to nearly 270,000 from January through March of this year, far below the 47% growth that fueled record sales and a 7.6% market share last year. The slowdown, led by Tesla, confirms automakers’ fears that they moved too quickly to pursue EV buyers. The EV share of total U.S. sales fell to 7.15% in the first quarter, according to Motorintelligence.com.

“The Inflation Reduction Act’s clean vehicle credits save consumers up to $7,500 on a new vehicle, and hundreds of dollars per year on gas, while creating good paying jobs and strengthening our energy security,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellin said in a statement.

New video released by police in New Haven, Connecticut shows a speeding ATV rider crash into a cop car that purposely blocked its path, severely injuring the rider and damaging the cruiser. This is one of those rare instances where both parties are wrong. The ATV rider should absolutely not have been speeding down a road with pedestrians illegally, and the cop should not have purposely injured a person for committing a crime.

Police told WFSB Eyewitness News that they were addressing complaints of people illegally riding dirt bikes and ATVs in the city, and the road when the crash occurred – Farnum Drive – has been open to just pedestrian traffic since 2020. When the crash happened at around 3:40 p.m. on April 28, there were a large number of people – including families with children – in the area.

Here’s what went down, according to WSFA 12:

“Officers responded to the area of East Rock Park on the reports of a group congregating there and used Farnam Drive to access the park,” New Haven police said.

Officers noticed an ATV rider going down the road at a high rate of speed toward the pedestrians, police said.

“The officers slowed the cruiser and angled it to protect the families and pedestrians they had just passed while providing a point of egress to the side of them for the oncoming ATV to pass the cruiser,” police described.

Authorities said the ATV rider lost control and hit the front passenger side of the cruiser’s windshield.

The ATV rider was taken to the hospital with serious injuries, and there is no update on his current condition.

Residents in the area tell WSFA 12 that these dirt bikes and ATVs are a fairly common sight on Farnum Drive – a place they most certainly should not be. One local said it was “obvious that they’re going too fast and they shouldn’t be on pedestrian roads in the first place.”
New Haven Police Chief Karl Jacobson released a statement following the incident and some online backlash to local news outlets:

“This is an unfortunate and stark reminder of the extreme dangers of illegal ATV and dirt bike riding on city streets, both for pedestrians and the operators of the vehicles themselves. Our police officers engaged in a potentially life-saving maneuver on behalf of this family that was in harm’s way. While we’re glad the family was protected from harm, what happened to the driver is tragic, and we hope for his complete and speedy recovery and we urge the public not to engage in this type of activity,” Jacobson stated.

The video has received backlash on social media, but Jacobson said the cruiser’s lights were on and the officers handled the situation the right way.

“They hear an ATV coming in their direction, they move over to the left side as a way to shield the people behind them,” Jacobson added. “The officer wasn’t traveling at any speed when the incident happened and then the officer also gave an area of egress, meaning they could’ve gotten around the police car.”

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“We need to make sure the people, who are a large amount of people who walk and bike in that area, are safe, so you will see more patrols going forward,” Jacobson said.

Jacobson also apparently said that while there haven’t been many patrols in the area in the past, that’ll most likely change moving forward. Additionally, he said the ATV rider will be charged for the incident, but he does hope he makes a full recovery.

It’s just a shitty situation all around.

یک درخواست ثبت اختراع فورد برای مونتاژ عبور وسط دروازه وانت پیکاپ منتشر شده است که نشان می دهد فورد ممکن است از رقیب جنرال موتورز در افزودن این ویژگی به کامیون های خود پیروی کند.

همانطور که در این درخواست توضیح داده شد، که توسط اداره ثبت اختراع و علائم تجاری ایالات متحده (USPTO) در 2 می منتشر شد و در ابتدا توسط فورد در 31 اکتبر 2022 ثبت شد، دروازه میانی امکان ذخیره اقلام طولانی‌تر را در تخت‌های وانت فراهم می‌کرد. دیواره بین عقب کابین و تخت به سمت پایین جمع می شود و به طور موثر فضای بار را به داخل کابین گسترش می دهد.

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جنرال موتورز این ایده را در اوایل دهه 2000 در پیکاپ های شورولت آوالانچ و کادیلاک اسکالید EXT آغاز کرد. این امر به جنرال موتورز اجازه داد تا کابین‌هایی را در ابعادی مشابه به SUV‌های فول سایز آن زمان ارائه دهد و بدون نیاز به طولانی‌تر کردن وسایل نقلیه، یک تخت بار را در خود جای دهد. با این حال، برخی معاوضه ها وجود داشت.

استفاده از Midgate به معنای تا کردن صندلی‌های عقب بود، بنابراین رانندگان می‌توانستند تعداد زیادی مسافر یا بار حمل کنند، اما نه هر دو. همچنین به این معنی است که کابین نمی تواند به طور کامل ایمن شود، زیرا گذرگاه در هنگام استفاده فضای باز باقی می گذارد. وقتی از Midgate استفاده نمی شد، Avalanche و Escalade EXT تخت های نسبتاً کوچکی داشتند.

GMC Sierra EV Denali Edition 1 2024

Midgate تا همین اواخر کنار گذاشته شده بود، زمانی که جنرال موتورز آن را برای پیکاپ های الکتریکی Chevy Silverado EV و GMC Sierra EV به بازار آورد. هر دو خودروهای یکپارچه هستند که بر اساس مجموعه اجزای Ultium EV جنرال موتورز ساخته شده اند.

مشخص نیست که آیا فورد واقعاً دنبال می‌کند و کامیونی با گیت میانی می‌سازد یا خیر، اما در درخواست ثبت اختراع، فورد اشاره می‌کند که این ویژگی می‌تواند به ویژه در پیکاپ‌های تک بدنه مفید باشد. فورد در حال برنامه‌ریزی یک پیکاپ الکتریکی جدید (که البته اخیراً به تعویق افتاد) بر اساس معماری خاص خودروهای الکتریکی است که می‌تواند با طراحی بدنه روی قاب مورد استفاده در F-150 لایتنینگ فعلی متفاوت باشد. پیکاپ فورد ماوریک با موتور گازی نیز طراحی یکپارچه دارد. تنها آینده مشخص خواهد کرد که آیا فورد از یک گیت میانی استفاده خواهد کرد و در چه مدل یا مدل هایی ممکن است وارد بازار شود.

فراری از جانشین 812 سوپرفست رونمایی کرد. این 12 Cilindri نام دارد و با یک پلت فرم جدید، یک موتور V-12 جدید و ظاهر خیره کننده به وضوح از 365 GTB/4 Daytona الهام گرفته شده است. هر دو نسخه کوپه و کانورتیبل در ابتدای فروش در اواخر سال جاری در دسترس خواهند بود.

کادیلاک در آستانه رونمایی از یک به روز رسانی برای Escalade با موتور گازی خود است و یک نمونه اولیه بدون تجهیزات استتاری مشاهده شده است. این نشان می‌دهد که شاسی‌بلند فول سایز کادیلاک در شرف استفاده از استایل و فناوری مشابه آنچه در Escalade IQ الکتریکی است.

لوتوس سال آینده از یک خودروی اسپرت برقی رونمایی خواهد کرد. این یک جانشین Elise نخواهد بود، بلکه چیزی بیشتر در امتداد خطوط Emira است. قرار است فروش آن در سال 2027 آغاز شود و قیمت شروع هدف لوتوس 95000 دلار است.

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