Car Sharing Hits Canadian Market

Turo peer-to-peer car rentals expand Canada's sharing economy. Canadians can now rent their personal vehicle to others through a U.S. company that has just launched in this country.

"We're actually the first company to bring the benefits of peer-to-peer car rental to Canada." says Cedric Mathieu, director at Turo Canada. "It's an entirely new way for you to start making money out of your car."

How it works? Turo, based in San Francisco, offers a service that is similar to AirBnB, but for vehicles.  Through Turo's app or on its website, owners can list their vehicles for rent by the day, week or month, earning money from what is often an under-utilized, depreciating asset.

Prince Edwards Islander Spent 6 Hrs Tunneling Through Snow To His Car Because He Was Bored!

Two yr old shoots himself dead with dad's gun inside family car

Two yr old Kaleb Ahles shot himself dead with his father's gun which he found in the glove compartment of their family car. The sad incident happened yesterday January 21st . The mum told Florida police that she and Kaleb's dad had been moving out of their home is Eastlake Florida and had left Kaleb inside the car briefly to pick some things when they heard a loud bang from inside the car.

They ran to the car to find the toddler had mistakenly shot himself in the chest with a .380 calibre loaded handgun. The parents said they began performing CPR but he was pronounced dead after arriving at a local hospital.

Alberta RCMP officer shot while investigating a car theft dies

The Canadian Press 
An Alberta Mountie who was shot in the head while investigating a vehicle theft in a community just outside Edmonton last weekend has died.

RCMP say Const. David Matthew Wynn, a husband and father of three sons, died in an Edmonton hospital this morning.

They say the 42-year-old officer never regained consciousness after he and an auxiliary officer, Const. Derek Bond, were wounded at a casino in St. Albert early Saturday morning.
Bond was struck in the right arm and torso, but was released from hospital several hours after the shooting.

Deputy RCMP Commissioner Marianne Ryan says in a statement that the force has lost a dedicated member in the line of duty.

Mounties say there will be a regimental funeral for Wynn in the Edmonton area, with details to follow. RIP David

Couple Charged With First Degree Murder After Neglecting Hungry Baby In Car Seat To Die

A couple, Ruby Stephens, 23, and Roy Stephens, 48, of Indiana have been charged with first-degree murder for neglecting their 22-day-old baby to die of hunger while strapped in her car seat at the back of their car while they went in to eat at a Florida restaurant. 

The mother who came out hours later to check the baby, found out she was completely unresponsive and cold to the touch and called 911.

The police later arrested the couple and the mother confessed she had strictly breastfed the baby every two-three hours on their long trip to Florida. 

Check Out This Black Velvet Phantom Rolls Royce In Front Of Harrods, London

The days of super exotic cars. This is way dope! Owners of high-end super cars are not afraid of making a statement. And the driver of this Rolls Royce is no exception - splashing out thousands of pounds to have the £300,000 model wrapped in black velvet.

The car, a Phantom drophead coupe, was spotted outside Harrods in the exclusive area of Knightsbridge, central London, where it attracted a few looks - and strokes - from passers-by.

Rapper Iggy Azalea Gifts Her Boyfriend Nick Young a $100K 1962 Impala for Christmas

Iggy Azalea and Los Angeles Lakers star Nick Young have been dating for a while now, and judging by what the Australian recording artist got him for Christmas, things are going pretty well.

According to reports Iggy Azalea is now worth more than $5 million but her gift to her beau was not a cheap purchase because, as TMZ reported, some 1962 Impalas have sold for $100,000.

Google Unveiled First Prototype of Self-Driving Car

Gordon De Los Santos—Google

Dan Kedmey | Time
Google unveiled its first prototype of a fully-functional, self-driving car on Monday, promising to send it for a whirl on its test track over the holidays.

“Today we’re unwrapping the best holiday gift we could’ve imagined,” Google wrote in a post on the project’s official blog page, “the first real build of our self-driving vehicle prototype. “

Check Out Canada Most Expensive $829K Rolls-Royce In Vancouver

This Phantom Pinnacle Travel Edition for sale in Vancouver is one of only 15 in the world. | Todd Duncan

Sara Harowitz | Huff
The heat has turned up on Vancouver's luxury car selection with the unveiling of the most expensive Rolls-Royce ever to come to Canada.

The Phantom Pinnacle Travel Edition, unveiled at Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Vancouver on Thursday, is priced at $829,000 — before tax. Vancouver's model, brought to the city by OpenRoad Auto Group, is just one of 15 in the world and one of two in North America.

Whoa.

Moneybag Rapper Wiz Khalifa buys himself a $2.5million Bugatti car

Chinese Wife Leaves Cheating Husband & Twin Sister Nude In Car Park After Catching Having Sex

This is the moment the naked truth about a husband's cheating ways were exposed to the watching world. Ting Su, 29, caught bed-hopping partner Cheng, 30, romping naked in an underground carpark along with her TWIN SISTER after using a mobile phone tracker to locate their whereabouts.

And when the wailing wife confronted the treacherous twosome about their red-hot rear-seat rendezvous, the stunned pair reacted by jumping out of the vehicle.

Dope! BMW developing a car that can be parked via smartwatch

R,Santus | Mashable
BMW is developing a remote-control valet parking system for cars that can be operated by a smartwatch.

The sensor-filled BMW i3 car, which will be on display at the 2015 International CES in Las Vegas in January, integrates with smartwatch and can essentially self-park. According to the company, a driver could activate the "Remote Valet Parking Assistant" via an app, which then guides the vehicle to a parking spot all by itself.

The car works with the help of laser sensors that scan the surrounding environment so it can move without running into anything. It will work in tandem with a digital site plan, so the car has a map of the environment, too.

Canadian woman arrested after her 9yr old daughter's body is found in a car trunk

A Canadian mother named Lisa Batstone has been charged with murder after the body of her 8yr old daughter was found in the trunk of a car. The lifeless body of Tegan Batstone was discovered by police responding to a call about a car in a ditch, just south of Vancouver, British Columbia on Wednesday Dec. 10th.

According to the Toronto Sun, the divorced mother, 41, was taken into custody at the scene before being charged with second-degree murder. Authorities are yet to say why the mother killed the girl and also the girl's cause of death. An autopsy has been scheduled. The woman's lawyers told the court that she'd been depressed and had been on a variety of medications before the incident.

Honda Canada Recalls 700,000 Cars To Replace Airbags

CBC
Honda Canada Inc. is recalling 700,000 vehicles across Canada to replace airbag inflators.

Honda also agreed to replace the bags on 2.6 million vehicles nationwide in the U.S. Instead of using the word recall, the company is deeming it a "safety improvement campaign."

The recall is part of a worldwide campaign by the automaker to voluntarily replace defective airbags made by Takata Corp. of Japan.

The Takata airbags that have been linked to four deaths on U.S. roads and one in Malaysia because the bags deteriorate in humid weather and can spray metal fragments.

Honda Canada said it is not aware of any reported claims of injuries or deaths related to cars with Takata-produced airbags that were sold in Canada.

The vehicles to be repaired:

Caption president Vladimir Putin rocket proof car

Russian president Vladimir Putin reportedly has a car that rocket can't penetrate.

This Happened In Russia! Car Competition Contestant Sunk A Punch On Live TV