In the first quarter of 2021, Tesla reported a net income of 438 million dollars, a new record and by a lot. It also reported 10.39 billion in revenue, as opposed to the 10.29 that was expected. The interesting thing is how they made this much, as it isn’t only from selling vehicles. ce over Twitter. Whatever you think about it, Tesla’s investment certainly worked. Tesla decided to sell some of their Bitcoin and ended making 101 million dollars. This isn’t the only thing they did. Tesla also made $518 million in revenue from selling regulatory credits. But what are regulatory credits? Around t ..read more

You may or may not be aware of the Formula 1 token system and how important it is in the sport. It has changed the sport in many ways and solved multiple problems that were extremely prevalent before. Each development token allows a team to develop a specific area of its 2020 car for the upcoming 2021 season. Teams had been preparing for a new set of regulations this year, requiring them to design cars from scratch. However, COVID-19 forced factories to shut down and depleted team budgets, so the rules were delayed until 2022. To avoid a budget-busting battle to upgrade their cars for this yea ..read more

Saab Automobile AB was a car manufacturer that was founded in Sweden in 1945 when its parent company, Saab AB (which made planes for a while), began a project to design a small automobile. It ended up being one of the coolest and most innovative automotive manufacturers in the world. Saab AB, “Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget” (Swedish for “Swedish aeroplane corporation”), a Swedish aerospace and defence company, was created in 1937 in Linköping. The company had been established in 1937 for the express purpose of building aircraft for the Swedish ..read more

Alpina Burkard Bovensiepen GmbH & Co. KG is an automobile manufacturing company based in Buchloe, in the Ostallgäu district of Bavaria, Germany that develops and sells high-performance versions of BMW cars. Alpina’s roots can be traced back to 1962 when Burkard Bovensiepen developed a Weber dual carburetor for the BMW 1500. This carburetor was well received by the automotive press, as well as BMW’s own sales boss Paul G. Hahnemann. In 1964, BMW certified the quality of this Alpina product by awarding BMW vehicles fitted with the Alpina system the ful ..read more

DRS (Drag Reduction System) when activated in Formula 1 always makes the cars suddenly go faster, but how does it work and why cant it be used all of the time? I will teach you about how it works and some of the technicalities behind it. If you have a related fact that you would like to have mentioned, make sure to leave a comment below or visit my contact page. The Drag Reduction System, or DRS, was introduced into F1 in 2011 to boost flagging numbers of overtakes. Sections of the track, usually the pit straight and one other area, are designated to using the DRS – where overtakes become more ..read more

The Nürburgring is known as one of the most unforgiving and challenging race tracks in the world. Its full of blind corners, jumps and little to none run off area. Because of this, car companies and the media have become obsessed with the track. It also has a fascinating hidden rich history that might just surprise you… If you have a related fact that you would like to have mentioned, make sure to leave a comment below or visit my contact page. The first stone was laid on September 27, 1925, and for the next two years around 2,500 workmen laboured to construct the circuit. The basic layout was ..read more

When it comes to cool cars, its not uncommon to see manufacturers announce that their vehicle wont be coming to the USA. We watch videos about these cars that we would never get the chance to drive. Let us look at some of those cars that we have envied for so long and see what made them so amazing. If you have a vehicle that you would like to have mentioned, make sure to leave a comment below or visit my contact page. Number 1: The Audi RS2 Avant The Audi RS2 Avant in Nogaro Blue The 1994 Audi RS2 Avant was the first Audi to carry the RS badge. It was a sick sleeper car that could blow the doo ..read more

There is a place that is so barren, salty, and inhospitable that almost no life exists. It is also so straight and level that one can see the curvature of the planet. It is not, however, in another world. This place is the Bonneville Salt Flats, also known as the fastest place on Earth. The salt flats there in Utah stretch out over 30,000 acres, where racing and land speed records have been taking place since close to the invention of the automobile. If you have a related fact that you would like to have mentioned, make sure to leave a comment below or visit my contact page. It was around 15,0 ..read more

It was the company that was once the greatest rallying team in history that has been reduced to nothing. It went from making some of the quickest rally cars to date to only selling a small economy car in Italy. This is the history of Lancia. If you have a related fact that you would like to have mentioned, make sure to leave a comment below or visit my contact page. You would have never thought that a company that sells one pretty terrible car in one country has one of the richest histories out of many car companies. Lancia & C. Fabbrica Automobili was founded on 29 November 1906 in Turin ..read more

Though the 2020 Geneva Motor Show was cancelled due to to the increasing COVID-19 situation, Koenigsegg still wanted to unveil their car, and this is what we got. Its an engineering marvel that has pushed our idea of what we previously thought was possible. Its a spacious sedan that would crush any hypercar in its path. If you have a related fact that you would like to have mentioned, make sure to leave a comment below or visit my contact page. The Koenigsegg Gemera is the companies new GT car (or as they call it a “Super GT” car). They do have good reasons for this though. This car has pushed ..read more