Month: February 2023

New-vehicle inventories pulled back slightly last month, interrupting a string of recoveries that stretched back to summer, but still remain significantly above where the industry was a year ago and far below where it has been historically, according to estimates from Cox Automotive and the Automotive News Research & Data Center. Cox estimated U.S. inventories
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Pictured here is a Zeekr electric vehicle charging station in Dongguan, Guangdong province of China, on Nov. 14, 2022. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — Geely-backed electric car brand Zeekr said Monday it’s now valued at $13 billion after a $750 million raise from Chinese battery giant CATL and others. Zeekr
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Volvo will not follow Tesla and Ford in lowering prices for its electric vehicles anytime soon. The automaker is seeing robust demand for its full-electric models, Chief Financial Officer Johan Ekdahl said in an interview Thursday. “We feel comfortable in our pricing strategy and will not engage in price wars,” Ekdahl said. Ford last month
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GM, Kia and Stellantis have ponied up the money for 60-second ads during Super Bowl LVII. Here is a look at the ads. Ram: Premature Electrification Comedian Jason Jones, a former correspondent on “The Daily Show,” offers a reassuring message for those who might be suffering from EV range anxiety. The upcoming electric 1500 REV pickup
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Canadian Hotel Offers Shaggin’ Wagon For Valentine’s Boudoir Photoshoots | Carscoops It’s also offering a “nooner” rate on Valentine’s Day for $69 CAD by Sebastien Bell 5 hours ago by Sebastien Bell British Columbia, Canada’s Hotel Zed is giving visitors and residents alike the chance to create the perfect Valentine’s Day gift for their partner.
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The nation’s public charging network, with its steep learning curve and fussy technology, is proving to be a challenge for an auto industry working hard to sell consumers on electric vehicles. While some early EV adopters are figuring out ways to navigate around broken stations, slow charging, tacked-on fees, unreliable software and myriad other hassles,
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BERLIN — Volkswagen Group will speed up its shift to electric cars and revamp its software strategy in a five-year investment plan presented by management to the supervisory board on Friday, the automaker said in a statement. VW’s supervisory board discussed how to rejig the automaker’s production network to accelerate the move to cleaner driving,
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5:30 PM ET Red Bull sister team AlphaTauri has introduced flashes of red to its colour scheme for the 2023 season. The Italian team, named after Red Bull’s fashion brand, launched their car at New York’s Fashion Week on Friday to continue the company’s U.S-themed start to the new season. AlphaTauri AlphaTauri Reigning champions Red
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A Detroit real estate firm plans to turn a 117-year-old former Cadillac assembly plant into 90 apartments. The building was constructed in 1905, not long after a fire destroyed the original Cadillac plant on the same site, according to city documents. It was designed by George Mason, whose firm also designed Detroit’s Masonic Temple and
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