There have been some huge advances in technology in the past decade. Many come in the form of electrically powered vehicles at a time when it’s cool to be green.
While the advances in batteries have come a long way, they still leave a bit to be desired when it comes to range and life expectancy. Still, there are several aspects of electric vehicles that are not just practical, but they’re also very desirable.
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The San Diego Padres can’t seem to catch a break. Their number one draft pick, Donovan Tate, reportedly suffered a broken jaw in an ATV accident a week ago. This is just one in a string of several problems facing the San Diego Padres draft picks over the last decade or so. With Tate in particular it’s two-fold, as he had a sports related hernia surgery this past October.
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We take the Suzuki KingQuad 750 through the Valley of Fire to see if the addition of electric power steering is really all it’s cracked up to be.
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Norman Wnuk, founder of AllThingsJeep.com died suddenly Friday, November 20, at age 44 of a heart attack shortly after dinner with his family in Lunenburg, MA.
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When I first heard of The Valley of Fire in Clark County, Nevada, I envisioned a typical hot desert adventure on ATVs, something I love. So when Discover Today’s ATV and the ATV Safety Institute asked me to join them for a day of riding, I eagerly agreed.
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Over 150,000 Jeep Wranglers have been recalled by Chrysler to correct an issue with automatic transmission overheating. The problem occurs when the automatic transmission fluid is heated to the point that it boils over and could possibly spill onto hot engine and/or exhaust components and catch fire.
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This weekend I’ll be trekking out to Clark County, Nevada with Discover Today’s ATV and the ATV Safety Institute Jun and a student at ASIto spend a day riding in the Valley of Fire just outside of Las Vegas. I’ve been told that this time of year has some of the best riding available in the Las Vegas area, and the Valley of Fire is arguably one of the top riding spots around there.
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Rep. Maurice Hinchey, Democrat from New York, is trying to by-pass the congressional debate of H.R. 1925, which would close over 9 million acres in Utah to OHVs. Since he failed miserably in trying to get ANY representative from Utah to back him in his land grab, he has resorted to asking Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to use his administrative powers to close those lands without debate and without approval from the very state that would be affected.
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States have a habit of taking money from OHV funds and using them in the general fund, or worse, giving OHV funds to State Parks that don’t allow OHVs. New Mexico’s Governor recently vetoed part of plan that would have used OHV funds for various general fund projects that had nothing to do with OHVs.
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The Amateur Freestyle Motocross Association (AFMXA) is holding their first amateur freestyle motorcross competition on the west coast at the Pala Raceway in Southern California this weekend. The event features some of the best amateurs from around the world who are at least 14 years old.
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