Fake Airbag Sold on eBay Kills Young Mother in Crash

The U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Tennessee recently published this press release. …Mohammed Al-Abadi, 51, imported counterfeit motor vehicle airbag parts from China and assembled the parts to make counterfeit airbags. Al-Abadi then sold the fake airbags on eBay to unsuspecting automobile repair shops and individual customers for prices ranging from $100 to $725 … Continue reading Fake Airbag Sold on eBay Kills Young Mother in Crash

Tesla Extreme Centralization Backfires: Huge Parking Lots Fail to Hide Unallocated Inventory

The Tesla situation is like watching something out of a film about the fall of communism. Parking lots full of Tesla vehicles are becoming impossible to ignore as the electric automaker seemingly can’t sell enough cars and trucks to match its rate of production. According to its own figures, the electric automaker produced 46,561 more … Continue reading Tesla Extreme Centralization Backfires: Huge Parking Lots Fail to Hide Unallocated Inventory

Porsche Stock Exhaust Cheat Repeatedly Fails Basic Test of Noise Pollution Laws

Porsche owners have poured toxins into the air for decades, with little to no liability to those harmed. Now a groundbreaking enforcement of pollution laws seems to be honing in on noise, rather than the other forms of pollution. Fitted with sensitive microphones, the $35,000 cameras detect and capture everything from loud exhausts and backfires … Continue reading Porsche Stock Exhaust Cheat Repeatedly Fails Basic Test of Noise Pollution Laws

Tesla May Have Lit Its Own German Factory On Fire To Hide Collapse of Sales

Rumors are circulating in Berlin anti-terror channels (perhaps a local attempt at dry humor) that Tesla probably attempted to pull a “Reichstag Fire” to win public support (and collect insurance, plus write off losses) for rapidly sinking car sales. Elon Musk’s German Tesla plant suffers close to $1 billion in damages after attack by the … Continue reading Tesla May Have Lit Its Own German Factory On Fire To Hide Collapse of Sales