2019 Infiniti QX50: Crossover Proportions, Radical Propulsion

– After two decades of development, amassing some 200 patents along the way, Infiniti is the first automaker to move the vaunted concept of a variable-compression-ratio engine out of the engineering labs and into production. The first of many Infiniti vehicles that this 2.0-liter VC-Turbo engine will power is the all-new 2019 QX50 compact crossover. […]

Overdrive is a car heist film of multi-million dollar proportions

We’ve had a wealth of average to excellent car-related movies this year. We’ve had the eighth Fast and Furious film, a movie about a heist surrounding a NASCAR event called Logan Lucky, and the musically-flavored getaway driver movie Baby Driver. Now we can add one more to the list. This is yet another heist movie, […]

Latest Spy Pics of Mid-Engined 2019 C8 Corvette: Best View Yet of Cabin and Overall Proportions

– Chevrolet engineers are hard at work testing the upcoming mid-engined C8 Chevrolet Corvette, which provides opportunities for industrious spy photographers—and further delicious teasing for the rest of us. The latest images captured of the mid-engined Vette give us our best view yet of the passenger compartment and the homegrown exotic’s overall shape. – These snaps […]

Map the World to Your Wall, Proper Proportions and All

Huge Future Map The Future Mapping Company maps everything from cities to skies, with high-quality printing methods, bold stylistic choices, and fidelity to reality. The maps are available as paper or plastic prints, can be made magnetic, and can even be manufactured as wallpaper(!). Framing options are also available. The equal-area projection shows the countries […]

Every 200 years California suffers a storm of biblical proportions — this year’s rains are just a precursor

A series of storms have inundated California over the past few weeks, and the latest deluge is currently swelling rivers and reservoirs that are already spilling over. Vast swathes of California continue to be at risk for flooding as the storm runoff makes its way through river systems, the National Weather Service warns. Across California, […]