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After a winter storm left hundreds of motorists stranded on Interstate 95 in Virginia earlier this month, many for over 24 hours, we were left with plenty of questions. What went wrong on a governmental level that led to this? How could similar traffic shutdowns be avoided in the future? What should we be carrying in our cars in case of an emergency like this? The most perplexing question of the bunch was a hypothetical one: what would have happened if all of these cars — stuck on icy roads in the snow in temperatures that dropped down to the teens — were electric? Well, it was posed as a hypothetical question, but most of the people who asked it perceived it as a rhetorical one; the implication was that if I-95 was full of EVs, the outcome would have been a catastrophe of dead batteries, stalled vehicles and frozen occupants. It’s easy to make an argument against electric cars in extreme cases like these, partially because the technology is so new and thus easily … [Read more...] about I Idled in an Electric Car for 12 Hours in the Freezing Cold to See What Would Happen

Click here to read the full article. Chinese regulators teamed up on Wednesday to issue a volley of orders that will crimp the expansion of the country’s entertainment and tech giants, including Alibaba , Tencent and TikTok -owner Bytedance. The directives came in the same week that the U.S. increased its pushback against some of the same Chinese firms, pointing to security concerns, and a Canadian researcher found the app for athletes at Beijing’s Winter Olympics to be full of security flaws. More from Variety Teen Hitmaker GAYLE Masters the ABCs of Landing a Breakout Song With 'abcdefu' With Viral Smash 'Hrs and Hrs,' Muni Long Shows the Music Industry How It's Done TikTok's Highest-Earning Stars: Charli and Dixie D'Amelio Raked in $27.5 Million in 2021 Nine different departments, including China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the State Administration for Market Regulation and the Prominent among the new policy directives … [Read more...] about China Orders Entertainment and Tech Firms to Stay in Their Lane

A few weeks ago, a woman gave birth at Hereford Regional Medical Center, a critical access hospital in the Texas Panhandle. Or, rather, the woman gave birth in the parking lot at Hereford Regional Medical Center after driving over an hour to get there, according to Jeff Barnhart, the hospital’s chief executive. Barnhart said he’s heard it all over the years: patients giving birth at rest stops and in ambulances and in the car on the side of the road. The hospital’s patients come from a 1,600-square-mile area in the Texas Panhandle, and some of them just don’t make it in time. But now, even patients who do make it to the hospital have another variable to contend with: critical staffing shortages and exploding COVID-19 case counts. There are days when Hereford Regional doesn’t have enough nurses to operate the labor and delivery unit, forcing it to divert patients 50 miles northeast, to Amarillo. “We give them a medical exam and see if there’s time to get them in an ambulance to … [Read more...] about Texas’ ‘maternity deserts’ grow as staff shortages close rural labor and delivery units

Dodge is a major player in the muscle car scene with its myriad variants of the Challenger coupe and Charger sedan. You don't need to drop around $65,000 to get Hellcat, either, if you're in the market for a competent drag racer that still functions happily as a daily driver. As proof, this clip shows what happens when a Dodge Challenger R/T Scat Pack and Charger SRT 392 line up at the strip. The R/T Scat Pack is the cheapest model in the Challenger lineup that gets buyers the 485-horsepower (361-kilowatt) 6.4-liter V8. Prices start at $39,995 for a version with a six-speed manual and an eight-speed automatic takes the figure to $40,590. It also includes four-piston Brembo brakes, Dodge Performance Pages for the infotainment system, and performance seats in houndstooth cloth. Watch More Drag Race ⠀ Chevy Corvette Grand Sport Duels Dodge Viper On The Drag Strip ⠀ Porsche 911 GT2 RS Destroys Lamborghini Aventador S In Drag Races The Challenger in … [Read more...] about Dodge Charger SRT Meets Challenger R/T Scat Pack At Drag Strip

An H-E-B exec who turned into a Houston pop culture figure is saying goodbye. After over 30 years overseeing H-E-B Food and Drug's store operations, Scott McClelland is ready to retire. McClelland will step down as president of H-E-B Food and Drug and shift into a part-time in 2022 to assist the San Antonio-based grocery store's expansion into Dallas , according to Houston NBC news station KPRC 2. He will officially retire at the end of this year. McClelland was “the face” of the brand in Houston for decades, KPRC reports. He often appeared in commercials with big time athletes like Houston Texans player J.J. Watt and other athletes like Craig Biggio, Jose Altuve, Carlos Correa, Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte, DeAndre Hopkins, and Justin Reid. McClelland's bio on the Greater Houston Partnership website even calls him the "H-E-B guy." H-E-B stores under his leadership grew from an 11 percent to a market leading 27 percent share by opening larger stores with an emphasis on … [Read more...] about H-E-B Food and Drug’s longtime president and pop culture icon is set to retire

As a regular reader of Motor1.com , you probably know that we are passionate about statistics. As they say, numbers speak louder than words. So in this column called Motor1 Numbers, we coordinated with the 12 editorial offices in our network around the globe to take a look at the best-selling cars country-by-country for 2021. The rankings confirm recent trends and highlight the differences in consumer preferences around the world. For example, while North Americans continue to go crazy for SUVs and pickups, European drivers still prefer smaller cars, such as sedans and compact crossovers. Australia, Argentina, and Brazil all love mid-size trucks, while in populous countries like Indonesia, there is a clear preference for MPVs. As is well known, the chip crisis, along with the continued uncertainty provided by the pandemic, had a negative effect on car demand last year. Each nation's markets, however, changed little in terms of consumer preference for car type. North America's … [Read more...] about The Best-Selling Cars In The World In 2021

20 In view of providing all necessary information on electric vehicles (EVs) in the national capital on a single platform, the Delhi government launched a dedicated portal on Thursday. The government's website contains information on EV models available in the market, savings and charging facility among others, Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot said at the launch event, adding that the Delhi government wanted to give a user-friendly, interactive and resourceful platform to the public. "This new website will be able to provide all required information to potential EV consumers and keep up to date with sales and daily growing charging infrastructure data too," Gahlot said. Under leadership of CM @ArvindKejriwal , glad to announce the launch of one-stop website https://t.co/dG6ppIhPLE for promotion of EVs in Delhi. This will enable exploring EV variants and overall annual savings by adopting EVs. @rmi_india , @CEEWIndia @ICICIBank pic.twitter.com/e1R2B2T8T0 — Kailash … [Read more...] about Delhi Government Launches Portal For Information On EVs

Home Four wheelers oi-Athul By Athul Published: Thursday, January 20, 2022, 12:04 [IST] Tata Motors has revised the prices of Tata Punch micro-SUV and prices now start from Rs 5.64 lakh (ex-showroom, India). This means the price of the base 'Pure' variant of the Tata Punch micro-SUV is now up by Rs 15,000. However, the prices of all variants didn't go up as part of the revision. Prices for the top-end 'Creative' trim level of the Tata Punch has gone down by Rs 11,000 and the new prices for the Creative trim level now start from Rs 8.38 lakh (ex-showroom, India) for the manual transmission variant and Rs 8.98 lakh (ex-showroom, India) for the AMT variant. Rest of the trim levels also saw a price hike of Rs 10,000 across the range and this price hike is common for both the manual transmission and AMT variants that come under ADV and Accomplish trim levels. Speaking about Tata Punch, the latest micro-SUV from … [Read more...] about Tata Punch Prices Revised: Prices Start From Rs 5.64 Lakh