Month: November 2022

General Motors didn’t just halt Twitter advertising after Elon Musk bought the social network. The automaker’s CEO and vehicle brands haven’t even tweeted since. Mary Barra last posted on Oct. 27, the same day that Musk closed his $44 billion purchase, when GM’s leader retweeted a message from autonomous-vehicle startup Cruise LLC. Since then, Barra
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BERLIN — Volkswagen Group brands have halted all paid activities on Twitter until further notice, a spokesperson for the automaker said. Earlier this month, VW Group, which owns Audi together with the VW, Seat, Cupra, Lamborghini and Bentley brands, said it had recommended the brands pause paid advertising on Twitter until further notice following Elon
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Getty Images Manufacturing has resumed at the former Renault factory in Russia, which shut after the invasion of Ukraine and was later taken over by the government. Truck-maker Kamaz said the first cars would go on sale next month. It is reviving the Soviet-era Moskvich brand although the car’s design has been updated. Renault’s departure
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General Motors is thinking long term as it prices its upcoming electric vehicles, steering clear of “opportunistic” pricing in favor of a lineup spanning segments and price points, executives say. The Detroit automaker is banking on customers switching from gasoline-powered cars to EVs as it prepares to put more models on sale next year and
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Ford is targeting potential customers of the VW ID Buzz battery-electric van with upmarket versions of the newly unveiled E-Tourneo Custom passenger van. The E-Tourneo Custom is one version of Ford’s new passenger van range based on the Transit Custom midsize van unveiled earlier this year. The battery-electric version uses a 74-kilowatt hour battery for
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1:10 PM ET Ferrari finished the 2022 season as it started it, with its team setting the fastest time of a test session. Carlos Sainz led the way on a 1:25.245s, with Charles Leclerc and junior driver Robert Schwartzman both finishing with 0.1s during their respective runs in the car. Ferrari’s early promise failed to
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