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Month: August 2022
Volvo Cars’ CEO Jim Rowan has left some wiggle room for his company to keep working with Europe’s largest automotive lobbying group, ACEA. “We never want to close that door completely,” Rowan told Automotive News Europe. “But right now there is a misalignment on the sustainability strategy, which is an important part for us.” Volvo,
3:59 PM ET In the space of a few days, the 2023 driver market has been turned upside down. It all started with Sebastian Vettel announcing his retirement ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix before Fernando Alonso surprised his Alpine team by confirming he would move to Aston Martin as Vettel’s replacement the day after
The New York Police Department Chief of Patrol Jeffrey Maddrey took to Twitter this week to announce that the force has seized more than 250 “illegal dirt bikes and ATVs.” In his tweet, Maddrey posted a video of a sped-up walkthrough of the bikes at an apparent holding location and wrote that “New Yorkers are
Lucid Motors slashed its production forecast in half for the year to between 6,000 and 7,000 units of its Air electric sedan after a difficult second quarter due to supply-chain issues, the company said after the market close Wednesday. Lucid delivered 679 vehicles in the second quarter. First-quarter deliveries were 360. Production out of its
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Advanced driver-assistance systems are commonly seen as the building blocks of fully self-driving vehicles. However, industry executives increasingly consider advanced driver-assist and autonomous capabilities separate systems evolving at different speeds to serve different markets. “They use a lot of the same sensors, but the difference is that on the Level 2
In this article FSR Henrik Fisker stands with the Fisker Ocean electric vehicle after it was unveiled at the Manhattan Beach Pier ahead of the Los Angeles Auto Show and AutoMobilityLA on November 16, 2021 in Manhattan Beach, California. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images California-based EV startup Fisker said Wednesday it now
The GMC Hummer EV is clearly a niche vehicle, but so what? Even if GM doesn’t produce many, and few people round up the money to buy one, the mammoth EV is still making waves. It’s honestly vehicles like the Hummer EV that work to get the attention of people who would otherwise do everything
Volvo Cars took a step backward last month on its quest to reach a key sales milestone for its full-electric vehicles. EVs accounted for 3.5 percent, just 1,583 units, of automaker’s total global volume in July. That was a 26 percent decline on its EV sales in July 2021. The automaker’s overall volume was down
10:00 AM ET Alyssa RoenigkESPN Close Alyssa Roenigk is a senior writer for ESPN whose assignments have taken her to six continents and caused her to commit countless acts of recklessness. (Follow @alyroe on Twitter). Supercross and Pro Motocross are unifying for the first time. Feld Motor Sports and MX Sports Pro Racing, promoters of
What kind of vehicle is the 2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee? What does it compare to? The Grand Cherokee is a two- or three-row SUV that can be cross-shopped against a huge range of SUVs including the Volvo XC90, Toyota 4Runner, and Honda Pilot. Is the 2023 Jeep Grand Cherokee a good SUV? Review continues below
Videos have emerged on social media showing a large palm tree being knocked over by monsoon winds in Tempe, Arizona. The tree, one of several lining the parking lot of an Acura dealership, falls on several Lexus and Toyota SUVs. Footage of the aftermath shows the tree resting atop a Lexus RX450h, an Acura MDX,
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Two of North America’s biggest battery makers are looking to source more of their hard-to-find metals and materials locally as they tool up to deliver on the Biden administration’s goal of making half of U.S. auto sales be zero-emission vehicles by 2030. General Motors and Panasonic Energy say getting there will
In this article NKLA NKLA Nikola Motor Company Source: Nikola Motor Company Electric truck maker Nikola has finally won shareholder approval to issue new stock, the company said on Tuesday. Nikola has been trying for two months to win enough votes to overcome the objection of its since-departed founder, who previously voted his 20% interest
Shortly after the related Chevrolet Colorado debuted last week, GMC announced on Tuesday the 2023 Canyon will debut on Aug. 11. The company also said the Canyon will get a special Edition 1 package for the AT4X off-road variant. GMC confirmed the Canyon AT4X in April, making the mid-size pickup truck the second GMC model
By Johnna Crider Posted on August 2, 2022 Lincoln Tech and Tesla have signed an agreement to train future EV technicians. As part of a three-year plan, the Tesla training facility will be built at the Lincoln Tech Denver, CO campus. The school will provide Tesla START training at no cost to students. Automotive Technology
There’s no doubt that Ferrari’s Daytona SP3, the latest model in their coveted Icona series, is an incredibly special car. Essentially an analog LaFerrari, it shares the same carbon tub, but this time around it doesn’t have the hybrid system, making it all the more engaging. And now, 9 months after its debut, Top Gear
Israel’s Innoviz Technologies said it will supply hardware and software to Volkswagen Group‘s Cariad unit in a deal valued at $4 billion. The components, including laser-based lidar sensors, will be used in advanced driver assistance systems and automated vehicles from multiple brands in the Volkswagen Group, starting mid-decade, Innoviz said in a statement on Tuesday.