It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a tank, it’s a train, it’s Superman!It’s a cybertruck!According to Tesla, the company responsible for putting this rugged, tank-like, electric vehicle on the road, cybertruck is one word. But cyber security and cyber app are two words. The editor inside never goes to sleep, but let’s not split hairs. Like the early Model T of Henry Ford, the cybertruck comes in one color, in this case, natural stainless steel. It weighs 6,843 pounds and …
Youth is impressionable. At the age of 6, David Reynolds attended the New York World’s Fair, which covered 646 acres at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens. More than 51 million people turned out …
Karen Wadovsky of Christiansburg has always loved to drive and appreciates classic cars. As a teen, she’d drive her dad’s dump trucks and large moving vehicles. But it was “Papa”, her grandfather …
If you need to transport a dozen or so people regularly or you need a cleverly outfitted work vehicle, or you make deliveries of medium and large things or you want a …
For the communications technology buffs among New River Valley Magazine readers, the first time that 14 cities were connected via telephone lines was June 28, 1966, at the Statler-Hilton Hotel in Detroit. …
It’s not often that a substandard fencing job spawns the name of an imaginary farm for the name of a real truck. I was finishing up the restoration of this 1946 pick-up …
Imagine buying most of a car. You get the wheels and axles, seats, steering wheel, engine, transmission, a frame, maybe a radio, kind of everything except the body. All the car parts, …
Personal Electric Vehicles (PEVs) have taken over streets in the New River Valley. The now ubiquitous scooter, Onewheel™ and e-skateboard have found their way across college campuses and all over town. But …
To the unaware, it sounds like a new brand of beer or a workout method to produce sculpted 6 pack abs. But to the car enthusiast, there’s no mistaking it. Officially, it’s …
There are business opportunities everywhere for those with eyes wide open. For Scott Mattox, licensed contractor, full-time handyman and New River Valley native, the roofing specialty caught his attention. It was, admittedly, …