1:27 PM ET SAKHIR, Bahrain — Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has told his engineers to go back to the drawing board after conceding the team’s car concept is not good enough to fight for the title this year. George Russell and Lewis Hamilton qualified sixth and seventh for the opening race of the 2023
Month: March 2023
Watch Speeding Tesla Model 3 Try To Outrun Police In Snowy Pursuit | Carscoops The driver of the electric sedan hit 80 mph (130 km/h) on a snow-covered road while trying to run away from the police by Brad Anderson 10 hours ago by Brad Anderson Attempting to flee from the police is never a
Singer Adam Levine claims the 1971 Maserati that he got from a prominent classic car broker is a fake. Levine, the frontman for pop rock band Maroon 5, has filed a lawsuit against Rick Cole, whose celebrity customer roster has included Jay Leno and Frank Sinatra. The suit said Levine gave Cole two Ferraris and
Private equity investors plowed at least $647.5 million into automotive-related startups in February. Of that, almost 71 percent, or $457.5 million, went to companies working on battery technology, one of the safer bets in the electric vehicle space thanks to the federal government’s industrial policy and incentive programs. While automakers invest billions on EV development
In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Elon Musk speaking at Tesla Investor Day. Courtesy: Tesla Tesla shares continued sliding Thursday, a movement that began the prior day during the company’s investor day event, which provided investors with a long-term vision but lacked detail on new products or services. The electric vehicle
Lotus is expanding beyond its traditional sports car domain with new models aimed at mainstream buyers, all of them powered by batteries. One of them will be a sedan rumored to be called the Envya, a prototype for which was just spotted. 2025 Mini Aceman spy shots – Picture credit: S. Baldauf/SB-Medien Another vehicle we spied
Tesla’s recently announced fourth-generation (V4) Supercharging stalls were spotted in the Netherlands, where the first units are being installed in Harderwijk. The company revealed during the 2023 Investor Day that installations of the V4 Superchargers began in Europe and that they will be equipped (among other improvements) with longer charging cables to support non-Tesla electric
The European Union delayed a key vote on an effective ban on combustion-engine cars after Germany unexpectedly voiced last-minute objections amid concerns about how the bloc’s green plans will affect industry. EU and German officials are in talks over how to reach a compromise over allowing the use of e-fuels in new cars after 2035,
5:59 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Andretti Autosport has insisted for months that it was doing the behind-the-scenes work to recover from last year’s brutally disappointing IndyCar season. The team won only two races among its four drivers, former Formula One star Romain Grosjean was a bust in his first year with
A Baby Toyota Land Cruiser LC300 Replica Has Surfaced In China | Carscoops This compact Toyota Land Cruiser replica looks utterly bizarre by Brad Anderson March 4, 2023 at 18:19 by Brad Anderson Now we all know that certain Chinese car manufacturers have a history of copying the designs of products from Western automakers. The
Electric vehicle battery startup Our Next Energy will supply its new energy storage products to a $500 million Berkshire Hathaway Energy solar-powered manufacturing hub in West Virginia. It will also open a factory to build the systems at the industrial complex. BHE Renewables selected the Novi, Mich., battery company to help supply power to the
Ford Motor Co. said it is creating a wholly owned subsidiary named Latitude AI to research and develop automated driving technologies. Latitude’s formation underscores the company’s focus on automated technologies that support human drivers in personally owned vehicles. But the company has its roots in self-driving technology: Its 550-person staff will largely be comprised of
In this article F Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Ford Motor Co., CEO Jim Farley gives the thumbs up sign before announcing Ford Motor will partner with Chinese-based, Amperex Technology, to build an all-electric vehicle battery plant in Marshall, Michigan, during a press conference in Romulus, Michigan February 13, 2023. Rebecca Cook | Reuters
With 22 hours of daylight, compromised by the shortest summer in the country, racing in Alaska is unlike any other. From scenic locations, to the challenges of shipping, to animal encounters not found anywhere else, the motorsport culture of Alaska is truly one-of-a-kind. In this first episode, we follow our hosts through the great racing
By Joey Klender Posted on March 3, 2023 Tesla stock (NASDAQ: TSLA) stock found its grove on Friday following a tougher week on Wall Street. The over 4.5 percent pop in stock price is likely due to the company’s strong sales figures out of China for February. In February, Tesla sold 74,402 units from its
Volkswagen Group will build its Scout Motors assembly plant in South Carolina. The plant will produce electric-powered pickups and SUVs. It will be Volkswagen’s second U.S. assembly factory along with its existing operations in Chattanooga. Production is expected to begin in 2026. More than 200,000 vehicles could be produced annually at the facility Scout Motors
Police Pursuit Ends In Building Collapse And Pedestrian Death, Sparks Debate On Chases | Carscoops Baltimore police officers were pursuing a reportedly stolen Hyundai Sonata before it crashed into another car by Stephen Rivers 12 hours ago by Stephen Rivers Today, the Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General released
One day, auto lenders might not need to call the repo man when their customers stop making payments. Instead, the car could just drive itself to an impound lot, according to a patent application filed by Ford Motor Co. engineers. The patent application lists a number of methods that could be used to shake down