By Joey Klender Posted on August 22, 2022 When Tesla filed a complaint against the California Office of Administrative Law (OAL) and the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), accusing the agencies of rushing to file lawsuits against businesses without conducting investigations in early June, it expected to come out on top based on
Month: August 2022
DETROIT — Ford Motor plans to eliminate 3,000 jobs globally this week, according to a letter sent to employees and obtained by Automotive News. The automaker is cutting 2,000 salaried positions and 1,000 agency jobs, CEO Jim Farley and Executive Chair Bill Ford said. Affected employees in the U.S., Canada and India will be informed
Aug 19, 2022 Associated Press MADISON, Ill. — There was no chance Meyer Shank Racing would risk four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves making history with another team. Curtailing that possibility, the team announced a one-year contract extension Friday that will bring Castroneves back for a 26th full IndyCar season. Castroneves won his fourth 500
Volkswagen Group has sealed an agreement with Canada to secure access to raw materials such as nickel, cobalt and lithium for vehicle and battery production, people familiar with the accord told Bloomberg. The memorandum of understanding will be signed during German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s current trip to Canada and is designed to shorten supply chains
In this article TSLA Tesla founder Elon Musk was practically apologetic on his company’s earnings call for hiking prices to meet higher costs. Sean Zanni | Patrick Mcmullan | Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Sunday announced a 25% price increase for the company’s premium driver assistance system, which is marketed under the name
Bugatti wasn’t kidding when it said the car it planned for 2022 Monterey Car Week would be the “last of its kind.” It turns out that was a reference to the new Bugatti Mistral roadster unveiled late on Friday on the California coast being the French marque’s last car to be powered by the mighty
Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” software, which currently costs $12K, will get a $3K price hike to $15K on September 5 in North America, coinciding with the wide release of the 10.69.2 Beta update. The early release version has just started rolling out to beta testers, and results are coming in to give us a sense of
In addition to providing us with some funny, scary, and downright bemusing content, dashcams have become a popular way to protect one’s vehicle and determine fault in an accident. Depending on where you live, a car-mounted recorder can even reduce your insurance premium. But when it comes to purchasing one, things get a little trickier.
STUTTGART — Porsche expects to build as many units of its full-electric Macan compact SUV as the combustion engine version. “We produce more than 80,000 units per year of the current generation. In the long term, we also plan to produce the all-electric Macan on this scale,” production boss Albrecht Reimold told Automotive News Europe
7:18 PM ET Associated Press BRAINERD, Minn. — Four-time defending Top Fuel champion Steve Torrence raced to his first victory of the season Sunday, defending his event win at Brainerd International Raceway in the 40th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals. Beating eight-time season champ Tony Schumacher in the final round, Torrence picked up his 52nd
Our eyes have seen plenty of interesting and unconventional vehicle mashups over the years, but people’s imagination never ceases to amaze us. The latest example of a wild vehicle conversion is a mixture of a Mitsubishi Triton and a Subaru Legacy, resulting in a pretty capable off-roader with a four-door sedan bodystyle. The photo was
Robert BoschNorth America Vice President of Electrification ErichBanhegyi Big Break: Being project leader of the team that designed Bosch’s first hybrid drive — an e-motor and clutch — which debuted in 2010. Age: 43 Valeo Regional Operations Quality Director FernandaBarrales Big Break: Moved from sales into a more technically challenging management career track in project
Cars and buses in Sydney, Australia, on Monday, May 25, 2020. Authorities in the country are looking to set up a National Electric Vehicle Strategy. Brendon Thorne | Bloomberg | Getty Images An Australian bank plans to stop giving loans for new diesel and gasoline cars as the country tries to encourage the use of
Tesla has just achieved another production-related milestone – this time at the Giga Texas plant, which is ramping-up production of the Model Y. According to Whole Mars Catalog (via Drive Tesla), the plant reached a production rate of 1,000 cars per week – a level achieved by the Giga Berlin-Brandenburg plant in June. The news
LONDON — The Mulliner Batur coupe gives an early preview of the design language that Bentley is developing for its first full-electric car. The Batur is restricted to just 18 examples and will cost just under 2 million pounds ($2.44 million) in its UK home market. The car has been developed by the Volkswagen Group
The world’s largest rubber duck and Fred Flintstone’s car will be coming to Detroit next month for the revival of the city’s auto show. Other attractions lined up for the show, which has been on hiatus since 2019, include life-size dinosaurs, monster trucks and jet suit demonstrations over the Detroit River. The giant duck —
11:54 PM ET Associated Press MADISON, Ill. — Josef Newgarden considers teammate Scott McLaughlin one of his closest friends, his “Bus Bro” at the racetrack, and the driver he knows will race him clean with a win on the line. That made it a lot easier for Newgarden to chase down McLaughlin on a restart
The driver of a Mercedes-Benz E-Class thought he could take the premium sedan for a swim in Spain, in a quest to get his boat out of the water. Unfortunately, the E-Class got stranded on the shore, and the driver got a fine from the police for this illegal driving behavior. This photo of the
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