Toyota Motor and Ford Motor executives might feel a little uneasy Wednesday morning. On Tuesday, the Chinese electric-vehicle maker unveiled its Shark pickup truck in Mexico. It’s the company’s first truck, a plug-in hybrid vehicle that is a little longer than a Ford Maverick, and a similar size as the Toyota Tacoma.
TOKYO (AP) — “An engine reborn.” That's how Japanese automaker Toyota introduced plans to cast a futuristic spin on the traditional internal combustion engine. During a three-hour presentation at a Tokyo hall Tuesday, the car manufacturer giant announced it would offer lean compact engines that also run on so-called green fuels like hydrogen and bioethanol, or get paired with zero-emissions electric motors in hybrids. This comes as many competitors in the auto industry are pushing for fully elec
A family was ejected from a flight for acting when the crew refused to ask passengers not to eat peanuts despite one family member being allergic.
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Two Purolator truck drivers from Guelph, Ont., are being recognized by provincial police for "an incredible act of heroism" after they saved a man in distress on a highway.Melinda Olah and Manohar Rehal saw the man walking in traffic lanes on Highway 407 by the Highway 410 on ramp near Brampton last month. Olah said she drives on Highway 407 daily, completing three trips to Toronto and back. On April 29, she was finishing her day, heading back to Guelph, when she spotted a person in the middle o
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The NHTSA recently announced recalls for 94,209 vehicles. This includes Kia, Lamborghini, Mazda and Volkswagen vehicles.
Chinh the moon bear is now focused on relaxation and rehabilitation at FOUR PAWS' sanctuary in Vietnam
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are working to figure out what happened before a man was found dead near a motorcycle in a Leeds County ditch early Sunday morning.The OPP sent out a news release Monday morning about some of the blanks in their investigation.They said what they do know is they first were called after 5 a.m. Sunday to a motorcycle in a ditch off County Road 29 south of Kinch Street, about 15 kilometres south of Smiths Falls.The motorcycle was cold to the touch, police said, and th
When he was a park director in the early 2000s, Martin Soucy remembers introducing measures to reduce noise pollution and improve cohabitation between campers.Now, as the CEO of the Société des établissements de plein air du Québec (SEPAQ) — one of the largest outdoor organizations in Canada managing 26 provincial parks and 7,500 campsites — Soucy says campfires have become a sensitive issue.In the summer of 2023, extensive air quality sampling in a busy section of Mont-Tremblant provincial park
The cabin of a Spirit Airlines flight from Jamaica to Florida became a scene of panic and confusion Sunday when passengers were told to prepare for a possible water landing after the aircraft was turned around due to an apparent mechanical problem, a passenger told CNN.
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"We looked over the edge and that's when we saw the water starting to go into the ferry"
OCEANA COUNTY, Mich. (AP) — Police say a Michigan woman was killed when an out-of-control vehicle slammed into her during a drag-racing event, but she was able to push her 2-year-old daughter to safety in the seconds before the crash. The crash happened Sunday at Silver Lake State Park Sand Dunes in western Oceana County, about 270 miles (430 kilometers) northwest of Detroit, MLive.com reported. Police said the driver of a modified Jeep CJ lost control, veered off the racing strip toward the cro
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A military fighter jet on its way to an Air Force base in California crashed Tuesday near the international airport in New Mexico's largest city, sending up a large plume of smoke and injuring the pilot.
An Alachua, Florida, police officer and a Mia Apa Latin Cafe truck driver teamed up for a quick Highway 441 cat rescue
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China's BYD launched on Tuesday the latest version of a plug-in hybrid technology that improves fuel and cost savings, intensifying competition with the likes of Toyota and Volkswagen that still sell mainly gasoline cars. BYD's chairman Wang Chuanfu unveiled the fifth generation of the hybrid technology that achieves a record low fuel consumption of 2.9 litres per 100 km (62.1 miles) on depleted batteries at an event in Shaanxi province's capital Xian. With a fully charged battery and a full gasoline tank, the technology can ensure a driving range of 2,100 kilometers, Wang said in the city where the company's first automaking factory was located.
HandoutDodging Russian bullets and bombs, zookeepers and volunteers—who were risking their lives to save big cats, bears, apes and thousands of other creatures at a besieged Ukrainian zoo—captured hearts worldwide. The Feldman Ecopark in Kharkiv had been shelled relentlessly since the conflict began on Feb. 24, 2022. Throughout it all, a handful of fearless park staff stayed to care for the animals caught in the crossfire.The compelling new documentary Checkpoint Zoo chronicles the extraordinary
Police are asking for the public's help as they investigate a fatal crash that happened in the Cloverdale area of Surrey, B.C., on Monday afternoon. Officers responded to the collision at the intersection of Highway 10 and 184th Street around 4:40 p.m. PT.A Dodge Ram pickup truck driving eastbound on Highway 10 struck an Acura sedan that was turning left onto 184th Street, according to a Surrey RCMP release. The passenger in the Acura suffered "catastrophic injuries" and died at the scene, while
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