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Business
Honda, Toyota express skepticism about EVs amid industry downturn
Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda shared that the industry should not solely rely on EVs to achieve environmental sustainability ...
Ryan General
Vietnamese EV maker VinFast to import new crossovers for US market
Vietnamese electric car manufacturer Vinfast will import three variants of its crossovers to the U.S market to join its already released VF ...
Bryan Ke
Vietnamese EV maker VinFast is now worth almost as much as Ford, GM combined
Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) maker VinFast is now valued at $85 billion as the company’s shares skyrocketed with its Nasdaq Global...
Michelle De Pacina
Vietnamese EV maker VinFast has only 128 car registrations in US since January
Vietnamese automaker VinFast is struggling in the United States due to a low number of new-vehicle registrations. Registration shortage: Cit...
VinFast recalls first batch of EVs in US due to safety risk
Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) maker VinFast is recalling its first batch of vehicles in the U.S. due to a dashboard display error that po...
Porsche’s new limited-edition 911 Carrera GTS inspired by a Thai birthday tradition
Porsche has unveiled special editions of the 911 Carrera GTS inspired by a vibrant Thai tradition. While Western cultures mainly celebrate b...
William Yuk
China
Chinese automaker’s facial recognition requires drivers to kneel down in front of bumper to activate
A Chinese electric vehicle company was forced to remove its cars’ facial recognition feature after its implementation was heavily ridiculed ...
Tesla under investigation after steering wheels come off while driving
A brand new Tesla owner was shocked when his vehicle’s steering wheel snapped off while he was driving with his family. The malfunctio...
Ana Yoo
VinFast cuts EV lease prices for first US buyers
VinFast is reportedly slashing the lease price of its VF 8 City Edition model for buyers in California, with deliveries starting on Wednesda...
Carl Samson
Shoichiro Toyoda, who brought Toyota to the US amid anti-Japanese sentiment, dies at 97
Toyota’s former president Shoichiro Toyoda died due to heart failure at the age of 97 on Feb. 14. Shoichiro, the son of Toyota Motor Corp f...
Vietnamese EV company VinFast to open over 30 showrooms in California
Vietnamese electric vehicle company VinFast is expanding its presence in California with plans for over 20 additional locations in the state...
News
Videos of Teslas malfunctioning in below-freezing temperatures go viral
Before you read: Driver of Tesla blames company for deadly crash caught on video in China Multiple stories of Tesla vehicles experiencing ma...
Chandler Treon
Vietnamese EV automaker VinFast opens 4 new stores in California
Before you read: Vietnamese EV automaker VinFast to open first 6 showrooms in US this week Vietnamese EV maker VinFast ships 999 cars for US...
Editorial Staff
Kia to donate $8 for every car sold to children’s hospital
Kia America has pledged to donate a minimum of $1,000,000 to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital through its Accelerate the Good charitab...
Vinfast’s first EVs to arrive in US will have only 180 miles of range
Vietnamese EV company Vinfast has irked some American car buyers after it revealed the model it is shipping out is quite different than ini...
Economy
Vietnamese EV maker VinFast files US IPO, selects T-Mobile as internet provider
Vietnamese electric vehicle maker VinFast has filed for an initial public offering in the U.S. and selected T-Mobile as its connectivity pr...
Design
Who’s that Pokémon? It’s… a Mini Cooper?
Pokémon and Mini Cooper unveiled a Pokémon-inspired car during the Opening Night Live event at the Gamescon video game trade fair on Tuesda...
Daniel Anderson
Feature
Fresno Mother Whose Daughter Was Killed By Street Racer Pushes for Stricter Laws
The mother of one of the victims who died in a street racing incident in Fresno last month is urging local officials to ensure California st...
Lifestyle
Vietnamese Architecture Student Builds the Batmobile From ‘The Dark Knight’
An architecture student in Hanoi, Vietnam built a real-life Batmobile after he was inspired by “The Dark Knight.” Nguyen Dac Chung, 23, and ...
Japanese American NASCAR Driver Fired for Using N-Word During Virtual Race
Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to report that Kyle Larson was initially suspended without pay on Monday. He has since be...
Technology
Chinese City Experiments With ‘Inclined’ Parking Spots to Save Space
Chongqing, a major city in southwest China, just opened its first inclined parking lot as an experiment to save space for more cars. The exp...
Chinese Company Unveils ‘World’s Cheapest Electric Car’ for Under $9,000
Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc. arguably has one of the most affordable lines of electric vehicle, but that all could change as a Chinese company jus...
Bay Area Man Gets Served After Kicking Asian Actor’s Audi R8 Because It’s ‘Too Loud’
A street fight reportedly occurred between an Asian actor and a White man in the San Francisco Bay Area after the latter allegedly kicked th...
Asia
Woman Crashes $660,000 Ferrari Just Minutes After Renting It in China
Horrifying footage from traffic cameras showed a driver in China completely wrecking an expensive sports car just a few minutes after pickin...
China Now Makes More Electric Cars Than Every Country COMBINED
If there is one industry in China poised to go far into the future, it has to be electric vehicles (EV). To make sense of this direction, ta...
‘Bad Asian Drivers’ are Literally the Best Drivers According to Insurance Companies
Put the stereotype of “bad Asian drivers” to rest — it’s simply untrue. Sure, you may have seen one or two going haywire on the ...
Civil Rights
Dash-Cam Catches Mechanics Mocking Chinese Student’s Name in Canada
Two technicians from a car maintenance shop in Canada were recently fired from their jobs after being caught on dash-cam footage mocking a C...
Man in China Thought His Car Was Stolen, Turns Out the Wind Blew it Away
A Chinese man was baffled to discover that his car, which he believed to be stolen, had been blown away by a gust of wind. The man, identifi...
Alibaba Launches Vending Machine That Lets You Buy a Car in Under 10 Minutes
In most countries, buying a car can be tedious with all the negotiating and paperwork involved, but in China, especially now, buying your fi...
They Went Viral For Traveling Across China in an RV, Now Their Car is Apparently ‘Illegal’
Gao Zhen and Ting Ting, collectively known as RV Diary on Weibo, have been called out by China’s Ministry of Public Security for the “illega...
Chinese Designers Create World’s Most Expensive SUV at $2.2 Million
Karlmann King, the world’s most expensive SUV (Sport Utility Vehicle) looks like it came out of a DC Comic book and is now on sale for a who...
Uncategorized
Japanese Artist’s ‘Manga’ is Actually a 3D Model
With a quick glance, one might think the illustrations below are concept art for a manga series, but it’s actually a 3D model created ...
Khier Casino
Drunk Driver in China Caught on Camera Riding on Roof of Self-driving Car
A man standing on the roof of a driverless car that had been running for 600 meters (0.37 miles) was caught on camera in China. The scene to...
Japan is Now Using Wood to Make Lighter and Stronger Cars
Anyone could see wood as the last material to use when building a car in this day and age, but Japan thinks otherwise. Apparently, Japanese ...
Why Hong Kong Consumers Are No Longer Buying Teslas
It appears that Tesla is beginning to lose one of its biggest markets in the world as sales in Hong Kong have reportedly waned in recent mon...
Rich Chinese People Now Get Taxed More When Buying Luxury Cars
Immediately after the Chinese government released a statement that it has decided to impose a 10% tax on luxury sports cars, buyers rushed t...
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