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This Ford E-350 Ambulance Traded Its Lights and Sirens for a Lift Kit and Camper Conversion
Decommissioned ambulances make good platforms for RV conversions or tow vehicles. The secret is out, and you can blame Bradley Brownell for that. OK, not really, because the secret was out before Bradley bought a 2008 Ford E-350 for track towing. Retired ambulances also work well for budget overland builds, like this 1998 Ford E-350…
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The Shipping Backlog Is Costing Companies So Much, They’re Considering Bringing Production Back West
The logistical nightmare caused by the pandemic and subsequent high costs of shipping goods from Asia is making companies reconsider local production. At the very least, companies are thinking about “shortening supply chains” by bringing production back West, as Bloomberg reports. We may be seeing the start of a reshoring and near-shoring movement, with some…
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Hybrid Cars Burn More Often Than Electric And Gas-Powered Cars Combined: Study
The Chevy Bolt faces an uncertain future, mostly because the once-promising electric vehicle started burning up in driveways and garages. Any momentum the Chevy Bolt picked up, thanks to its design and relatively low price, hasn’t been enough to overcome the fires and GM’s half-measures. But a new study citing the NTSB and NHTSA claims…
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Bow Before The Five-Door Suzuki Jimny, Also Known As The Mountain God
The 2022 Tokyo Auto Salon has featured an incredible number of neat custom cars, and a bunch of them are unsurprisingly from the Nihon Automobile College. The students and instructors from NATS had been putting together a five-door Jimny for weeks that debuted at the Tokyo Auto Salon, after all. And I knew the custom…