Cars

Emeline King, Ford Motor Company’s first Black woman car designer, has penned an autobiography about her barrier-breaking journey.

https://twitter.com/robin182zz/status/617802251789332482 A Spring, Texas family who invited an African-American friend to stay with them was surprised to find their truck defaced with racial slurs, PEOPLE reports. Darren and Hayli Franke, who are White, had a Black friend stay with them for two days. While Darren and his friend were doing chores around the yard, they found the couple’s […]

One man’s attempt to hide from police failed miserably when he tried to spray paint his face and blend into “the background” after stealing a vehicle in California. Jose Espinoza tried to escape from police not once, but twice after stealing a car in the city of Madera, reports KTLA. During his second getaway, the 23-year-old tried to […]

William Lark Jr., an African-American PhD candidate at MIT, is the chief designer of CityCar, a stackable small car that folds. SEE ALSO: Cops: Man Had Loaded Machine Gun On NYC Subway The cars, which are smaller than Smart Cars, are battery-electric, so they don’t cause tailpipe emissions. They also weigh less than a 1,000 […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A truck driver who won a $380,000 Lamborghini in a convenience store contest crashed the sports car six hours after he got it, and he now plans to sell the 640-horsepower convertible because he can’t afford the insurance or taxes. SEE ALSO: Man Acquitted Of Sexual Assault Charges Because Of […]

While America’s economic turmoil has impacted the entire nation, Black businesses seem to be some of the most severely affected. Today, in the U.S., there are half as many Black-owned car dealerships than there were three years ago. Automotive News details the industrywide decline. Black dealers have taken a disproportionate hit — “drastic” in the […]