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11 places America stores its spare electricity, from a 3,003-megawatt Virginia mountain to a 750-megawatt wall of batteries on Monterey Bay

The Hyundai Elantra was America’s most-stolen car last year, with 21,732 taken

EV batteries lose about 2.3% of their capacity a year, a 22,700-vehicle study found

The average car on American roads is now 12.8 years old

10 long-haul cabs that built American freight, from the Peterbilt 379’s 20-year run to Volvo’s 10% fuel claim

9 fire engines and ladder trucks that answered American alarms, from a chromed pump ball to a 107-foot tiller ladder

10 monster trucks that filled stadiums, from a 1975 Ford to a dog on six-foot tires

9 yellow school buses that hauled American kids, and the federal standards a passenger van never had to meet

10 trucks that have carried America’s mail and parcels, including 130,000 Grumman LLVs run past their 30-year service life

12 car models that have won the Daytona 500, from a Hemi Plymouth’s 1-2-3 to a Next Gen Ford Mustang

10 cars built with a pickup bed where the trunk should be, from the 1957 Ford Ranchero to the Hyundai Santa Cruz

12 cars Americans could buy with the engine behind the driver, from the Corvair to the Porsche 911

12 car names borrowed straight off the map, from Utah salt flats and Monterey Bay to Córdoba, Spain

12 cars sold in America with just three cylinders, from a 53-mpg Honda Insight to a $135,700 BMW i8

12 of the last diesel cars and SUVs sold new in America, rated from 37 mpg down to 24

Two former airmen drew 111 and 78 months for diverting a $1.68 million wire

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