Month: February 2023

Sometimes it feels like the state of the autonomous-vehicle industry can only be viewed through the reflection of a fun-house mirror. The setbacks appear as seismic shudders. The progress seen as inch-by-inch developments. Certainly, the shuttering of Argo last October counts as one of the former. The demise of the Ford-and-Volkswagen-backed company has cast a
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A true action-packed movie is hardly complete without depicting a vehicle exploding or becoming damaged beyond repair, right? At least, that’s probably how director Michael Bay feels. A study by Scrap Car Comparison found the Transformers director is the most dangerous in Hollywood, having wrecked 354 vehicles across his filmography. In his 15 films, he
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Toyota is benefiting from a shift toward more fuel-efficient powertrains in Poland, where overall sales rose 21 percent in January. Demand for hybrids such as the Japanese automaker’s Yaris Cross, Yaris and Corolla boosted the powertrain’s sales 67 percent to 7,820 units last month, according to figures from Dataforce. That increased Poland’s hybrid market share
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7:58 PM ET Associated Press FONTANA, Calif. — NASCAR postponed the Xfinity Series race at Fontana to Sunday night because of steady rain at Auto Club Speedway on Saturday. Practice and qualifying sessions for both weekend races at Fontana had already been canceled because of consistent, heavy rain from an extraordinary Southern California storm. The
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As General Motors introduces newer and longer touch screens in its vehicles, it also may have found a way to wipe away fingerprints and other oily residue that users leave behind — without the help of a human. The automaker recently patented a process that would use light from violet micro-LEDs — alongside the red,
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In this article NKLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Nikola Motor Company Source: Nikola Motor Company Electric heavy-truck maker Nikola said Thursday it produced 133 battery-electric trucks in the fourth quarter, but delivered just 20 to dealers, generating revenue that fell well short of Wall Street’s expectations. Nikola said it made a series of
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Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares’ 2022 pay fell 14 percent to 14.9 million euros ($15.71 million), the maker of Fiat, Ram and Peugeot vehicles said in a filing on Friday. Tavares did not receive a retention bonus in 2022, compared with a bonus of about 2 million euros in 2021, the filing showed. Stellantis reported profit
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In this article F Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Ford CEO Jim Farley announces at a press conference that Ford Motor Company will be partnering with the worlds largest battery company, a China-based company called Contemporary Amperex Technology, to create an electric-vehicle battery plant in Marshall, Michigan, on February 13, 2023 in Romulus, Michigan.
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