Welcome to our weekly round-up of the biggest breaking stories on Driving.ca from this past week. Get caught up and ready to get on with the weekend, because it’s hard keeping pace in a digital traffic jam.Here’s what you missed while you were away.Watch the Tesla Cybertruck lean through a left (and crush a pylon)Whos driving @ElonMusk or the Auto-Pilot?$TSLA pic.twitter.com/xvmyHPG8Ol GuruLeaks (@Guruleaks1) December 8, 2019Elon Musk took the Cybertruck out for a drive in Los Angeles recently, grabbing a bite to eat at Nobu and a bunch of press coverage while he was at it.A TMZ video of the truck leaving the restaurant shows it accelerating out across the intersection and leaning pretty hard in the corner, despite the heavy battery packs lining the floor. Hopefully that gets ironed out before production. The truck also levels a plastic parking sign as it leaves the lot. Was that Elon showing off, teenager-style, or does he just not know how to drive his own truck? Chevy reveals 2021 Suburban and TahoeThe 2021 Suburban and Chevrolet Tahoe had their debut this week, revealing big changes inside and out, including new platforms. The solid rear axle and old chassis is gone, replaced by GM’s T1 platform, which has helped Chevy capitalize on the interior space the big families that own these things require. There’s more cargo space and improved access to the third row (the Tahoe expanded nearly seven inches in length, with three inches more legroom in the second row and 10 in the third). Check out our coverage of the debut, including photo galleries of both vehicles. The Hollywood Walk of Fame just gave the Chevy Suburban its own starThe more than 2,600 pink-terrazzo-stone-and-brass-stars that make up the Hollywood Walk of Fame have been honouring Tinseltown’s most-talented for decades. Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Bryan Adams and Harrison Ford (he’s got two) have all been immortalized in stone along the 2.1-km strip that runs east to west along Hollywood Boulevard. This week, a new star stone was unveiled: one for the Chevrolet Suburban. The SUV has appeared in at least one movie per year since 1960. There are other non-humans that have made the Walk, including the LAPD, the Dodgers, even Victoria’s Secret, but Chevy is the first-ever vehicle to make the cut. French man runs out of gas while evading policeIf you’re ever planning to ditch a police officer, make sure you’ve got enough gas for the chase. A French man tried to ditch the fuzz rather than face up to a speeding ticket, but instead of evading the law, he wound up losing his license for the next six months.The officer had clocked the driver, who was behind the wheel of a Mercedes-AMG C63, going 206 km/h in a 130-km/h zone, and as he was about to issue him a “red card,” the driver fled. The pursuit continued, but not for long: the Mercedes drained its fuel tank and the cops found the driver sitting in the back seat, claiming he’d been left behind by a different driver. Hm, ‘A’ for effort.Shelby F-150 Super Snake will make 770 horsepowerMost concepts don’t go beyond just that, the concept stage, remaining cool in theory, but not really made for real life. Earlier this year in Vegas at SEMA, the world laid eyes on the Shelby F-150 Super Snake Sport concept truck for the first time, and following the public’s overwhelming positive reaction, it’s been given the green light for production. Not only that, but the automaker announced 250 of the 2020 models (there are two powertrains — a 395-horsepower naturally aspirated V8 and a 770-horsepower supercharged V8) will be built for both the U.S. market as well as Canada. LISTEN: Harvey Soicher embarked on a two-month adventure that saw him drive his brand new Audi e-tron 55 quattro Technik across Canada and then back home through the States. The logistics were daunting, particularly with the northern route Harvey had chosen, where electric charging infrastructure is by no means established. But with the helpful assistance of plugshare.com, he mapped out a route that kept him charging forward. Plugged In is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and Google Podcasts.Is the player not working? Click
Origin: News Roundup: the Cybertruck’s mean lean, the Suburban’s Hollywood Star and Shelby’s 770-hp F-150
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This Hollywood dog-walker photographs his ‘clients’ with the nicest cars he can find
Brian Bell is just your ordinary, friendly neighbourhood dog-walker. Only in the friendly neighbourhood where he lives, in the hills of Hollywood, California, the cars that populate the roads and parking lots are not-so-average. They’re above-average, actually — often way, way so. That fact – that the areas he regularly steps out into with his four-legged clients are lined with luxury, classic and exotic vehicles – plus his innate car nerd-ery makes his Instagram account, @dogsandcars85, also rather above-average. View this post on Instagram Olivia and Olga with a 69 Coupe DeVille #pug #pugsofinstagram #pugsnotdrugs #dog #dogs #doggo #doge #ladogwalker #dogsofinstagram #dogsofla #losangeles #lalife #1969 #cadillac #coupedeville #deville #cadillaccoupedeville #cadillacdeville #69cadillac #car #cars #carsofinstagram #americancars #classiccadillac #chien #perro #sobaka #carsanddogs #dogsandcars A post shared by Brian Bell (@dogsandcars85) on May 11, 2019 at 11:35am PDT“I just keep my eyes out for cars I think are interesting and shoot it with whatever dog I happen to be walking,” says Brian. “I’ve always been a huge car nerd going back to a being a little kid and just sitting on the side of the street watching the cars drive by. If I ever see a car I can’t immediately identify, I will obsess over it until I figure out what it is.”Brian says his clients include everything from “nurses to porn stars to big-time Hollywood managers to business men and women.” View this post on Instagram Bubba @bubbubbs with a 1936 Ford Tudor Deluxe 5-Window Coupe #pug #pugsofinstagram #pugsnotdrugs #dog #dogs #doggo #doge #ladogwalker #dogsofinstagram #dogsofla #losangeles #lalife #westhollywood #weho #1936 #ford #forddeluxe #fordtudor #1936ford #car #cars #carsofinstagram #americancars #carspotting #classicford #antiquecars #instagood #carsanddogs #dogsandcars A post shared by Brian Bell (@dogsandcars85) on Aug 24, 2019 at 7:48pm PDTAnd when it comes to his clients pets, well, theres the black pug, Bubba, who posed in front of this 1936 Ford.Or, for example, there’s Papi, who is a regular customer and appears to have a thing for the classics. View this post on Instagram Papi with a W123 Mercedes-Benz 300D #argentiniandogo #dogoargentino #dogoargentinosofinstagram #dog #doggo #doge #ladogwalker #dogsofla #dogsofinstagram #losangeles #lalife #laurelcanyon #mercedes #300d #w123 #mercedesbenz300d #car #cars #carsofinstagram #germancars #carspotting #classicmercedes #instagood #picoftheday #nofilter #photooftheday #carsanddogs #dogsandcars A post shared by Brian Bell (@dogsandcars85) on Aug 7, 2019 at 12:52pm PDTSometimes the dogs don’t seem as excited about the experience as Brian is. Like Riley, who was caught mid-yawn in front of a Nissan GT-R. View this post on Instagram Rylie with a Nissan GT-R #yellowlab #labrador #yellowlabsofinstagram #labradorsofinstagram #dog #dogs #doggo #doge #ladogwalker #dogsofla #dogsofinstagram #ladogwalker #losangeles #lalife #weho #westhollywood #nissan #gtr #nissangtr #r35gtr #car #cars #carsofinstagram #japanesecars #carspotting #supercarpups #chien #perro #carsanddogs #dogsandcars A post shared by Brian Bell (@dogsandcars85) on Aug 1, 2019 at 6:29pm PDTAnd other times they look even more stoked on the find. View this post on Instagram Lacey with a VW Beetle cabriolet #mutt #mixedbreed #muttsofinstagram #mixedbreedsofinstagram #dog #dogs #doggo #doge #ladogwalker #dogsofla #dogsofinstagram #losangeles #lalife #westhollywood #weho #vw #volkswagen #vwbeetle #volkswagenbeetle #car #beetle #cars #carsofinstagram #germancars #carspotting #classicvw #classicbeetle #carsanddogs #dogsandcars A post shared by Brian Bell (@dogsandcars85) on Jun 29, 2019 at 4:14pm PDTAnyway, if you live in the Hollywood area, have a dog and like cars (or have a dog that likes cars), you should probably hire Brian. At the very least you’ll get photo evidence that your dog is actually getting ample exercise. View this post on Instagram Caesar inside a Volkswagen Jetta #mastiff #englishmastiff #mastiffsofinstagram #englishmastiffsofinstagram #dog #doggo #doge #dogs #ladogwalker #volkswagen #vw #jetta #vwjetta #volkswagenjetta #instagood #picoftheday #photooftheday #nofilter #shotoniphone #carsanddogs #dogsandcars A post shared by Brian Bell (@dogsandcars85) on Aug 16, 2019 at 2:23pm
Origin: This Hollywood dog-walker photographs his ‘clients’ with the nicest cars he can find
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