Month: September 2022

The guys take on a NASCAR stock car piloted by Corey LaJoie around Atlanta Motor Speedway. How? By recycling the supercharger from their wrecked T-Bird and slapping it on a ’78 Ford Fairmont. #fasterwithfinnegan #atlantamotorspeedway #motortrend MotorTrend is the ultimate streaming destination for gearheads coupled with the latest automotive research and news. Get a fast,
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7:55 AM ET Christian Horner regrets not adding Oscar Piastri to Red Bull’s driver academy when presented with the chance to several years ago. Piastri, who will race for McLaren in 2023 after a protracted contract saga with Alpine this summer, rose through the French company’s driver academy in recent seasons before winning last year’s
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Some people in Boisbriand, Quebec, are still, apparently, behind the times, as two recent examples of Tesla Superchargers being ICE’d demonstrate. There’s something about these examples that is particularly galling. Drive Tesla Canada recently shared photos of one Supercharger parking spot being blocked by internal combustion vehicles on two separate occasions. In one case, a
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Rental car company Hertz Global Holdings plans to order up to 175,000 General Motors electric vehicles over the next five years, the latest move by the rental car firm to add zero-emission models. Hertz and GM on Tuesday announced a joint agreement in which the rental car firm will order Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, Cadillac and
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PARIS — The ASX, a small SUV based on the Renault Captur and available in full-hybrid and plug-in hybrid versions, will lead Mitsubishi’s European relaunch when it arrives in showrooms in March. Mitsubishi revealed the ASX on Tuesday. The ASX differs from the Captur primarily in its badging. “As an electrified SUV, with a full package
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10:49 AM ET The Monaco Grand Prix will continue in Formula One until 2025. Monaco’s contract was up this year and there was doubts about whether F1’s most famous event would continue, but on Tuesday F1 confirmed a new three-year deal for the street race. The extension was confirmed alongside F1’s race schedule for 2023.
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Chipmaker Nvidia showcased a high-performance automotive computer designed to advance processing of in-vehicle entertainment and automated driving functions. The technology was unveiled Tuesday at the company’s GTC event in San Jose, Calif. Analysts say the computer is designed to keep Nvidia ahead of rival Intel and its Mobileye automotive chip subsidiary. Nvidia’s latest tech, called
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WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board is calling for all new vehicles to be equipped with passive alcohol-detection systems that can limit or prevent the operation of vehicles by impaired drivers, according to recommendations released Tuesday. The agency’s recommendations follow an investigation into a 2021 crash in Avenal, Calif., that killed nine people, including
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Formula 1 will see a record 24 rounds held next year, one more than the record 23 rounds of 2022, and three of them will be held in the U.S., highlighting the sport’s growing popularity here. The calendar for the 2023 F1 World Championship was published by the FIA on Tuesday and includes the new
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