Michigan’s Official State Vehicle Fleet Includes A Vintage Model T (Cool Weird Awesome 1280)
Michigan's official state vehicle fleet includes a vintage Ford Model T, and not just as a nod to the state's long history with automaking.
Ford Once Tried To Turn A Station Wagon Into A “Pushbutton Camper” (Cool Weird Awesome 1267)
Today in 1958, the Washington Post reported on a way to transform a Ford station wagon into a full-service campsite with the push of a button.
Kansas City’s Subtropolis Is A Huge Business Complex That’s 100 Feet Underground (Cool Weird Awesome 1223)
There's a story you see online about how Ford stashed some surplus cars in an underground cave to preserve them until they could sell. We can't verify that entire story, but there is an underground business park in Kansas City that Ford has used for decades.
Auto Companies Hire People To Make Sure The New Car Smell Is Just Right (Cool Weird Awesome 1173)
The auto industry is pleased to report that last year was the best year for new car sales since 2019. That means a lot of people are breathing in the scent we call new car smell, which… well, what the heck is that smell anyway?
High Tech Snow Chains Could Pop Out When Your Car Needs Them And Retract When It Doesn’t (Cool Weird Awesome 1148)
For drivers in very snowy places, winter is time to put snow chains on car tires. It’s neither easy nor fun - but a new concept from two automakers could change that, by embedding snow chain-like paddles right into the tires.
How Google Street View Could Help Stop Invasive Weeds (Cool Weird Awesome 1146)
A project out of the University of California - Davis uses images from a very well known navigation system to help slow the spread of invasive species.
The First Road Trip Across The Continental US Won A Guy Fifty Bucks (Cool Weird Awesome 1056)
Today in 1903 the conclusion of the first-ever car trip from one coast of the continental United States to the other. And this story starts, like so many other good stories have, with a bet.
For Safer Motorcycling, How About Pants With Airbags? (Cool Weird Awesome 965)
Motorcycles just don’t have many of the same safety advantages as cars and trucks. So a company in Sweden is taking one of those safety features and adding it to a rider’s outfit: introducing airbag pants!
When Richard Nixon And Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev Went For A Drive (Cool Weird Awesome 923)
Today in 1913, the birthday of Richard Nixon, 37th president of the United States, and the only one who ever went a wild ride with the head of the Soviet Union.
The First Cars Licensed As London Taxis Were Electric Vehicles (Cool Weird Awesome 898)
Today in 1897 is said to be the day that London first licensed motor vehicles as taxicabs. They were nicknamed "hummingbirds" and they were battery-powered.