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Schwarzenegger Wants to Terminate His Tesla Roadster

Owen Thomas · 03/25/09 11:43AM

When Tesla Motors launched its all-electric Roadster sports car, celebrities lined up to order one — including Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Now we hear he's been trying to return it for months.

BMW's Baroque $10 Million Sex Scandal

Owen Thomas · 03/09/09 11:46AM

A Swiss man has confessed to extorting $10 million from Susanne Klatten, a billionaire German heiress to the BMW fortune, in a bizarre revenge attempt for her family's involvement with the Nazi regime.

Tesla CEO in Digital Witch Hunt

Owen Thomas · 03/04/09 09:30AM

Enraged by leaks at his troubled Silicon Valley electric carmaker, CEO Elon Musk cooked up a sophisticated electronic scheme to catch the blabbers. It backfired hilariously on the brilliant entrepreneur, who's a bit blabby himself.

'Lily' Wants $3 Million for Tales of Dating Tesla CEO

Owen Thomas · 02/28/09 08:00AM

Sunny Huang, a California woman who goes by "Asian Beauty Lily" online, wants $3 million for the story of her "glamorous and loving relationship" with Elon Musk, the CEO of troubled electric automaker Tesla Motors.

Elon Musk's Electric-Car Fantasy

Owen Thomas · 02/11/09 03:10PM

Silicon Valley is the land of dreams. Here's Elon Musk's dream: His electric-car startup has hundreds of millions of dollars in government loans and a bright financial future. Too bad that's all in his head.

Top Ten Moments of Obama's Inauguration

Pareene · 01/20/09 03:48PM

Would you like a day's worth of American Promise and Democracy summed up in ten brief internet videos? Yes you can click and watch the top ten moments of the Inauguration!

Fire-Haired Demon Child Demands 'Big Girl Car'

Hamilton Nolan · 01/14/09 11:34AM

In this age of fossil fuel depletion, economic meltdown, and a dying US auto industry, how should consumers pick an automobile? By bowing to the demands of the world's most terrifying screeching red-haired brat:

Is This The Greatest Craigslist Car Ad Ever Written? Yes.

Seth Abramovitch · 12/19/08 05:20PM

Apropos of nothing save the desire to inject a little cheer into your lives, we bring you now a shimmering pearl found inside the most unexpected of internet mollusk varieties: the Craigslist auto ad.

Montauk Monster Stars In Car Commercial

Hamilton Nolan · 12/18/08 03:46PM

So it's happened: the Montauk Monster has sold out. This Brazilian Volkswagen ad purportedly features a "dogfish," but its true identity is clear. You've come a long way, Monty. Video proof after the jump:

Congressman Assures Automakers: "I Am Not a Conde Nast Travel Agent"

Hamilton Nolan · 12/05/08 12:24PM

Popular gay socialist Barney Frank is trying to run these auto industry bailout hearings in Congress, but he has to spend time dealing with so much unimportant crap. Here he is trying to explain speaking time limits and travel arrangements for today's hearing. One of his snide-ass colleagues chimes in to tell the auto execs that he won't ask about their travel arrangements: "I'm a congressman, not a Conde Nast travel agent." Yea, you wish you were a Conde Nast travel agent, dork. Also, are you calling Barney Frank gay? Click to watch the outrage.