PARIS — Sales of new cars in France surged 23 percent in March compared with the 2022, extending a streak of sales gains to eight months as shortages of components that constrained production continue to ease. There were 182,713 passenger vehicles sold in March, according to the trade group PFA. For the year, the market
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Securing auto financing used to be almost an afterthought—buy a car and pick a loan at the dealer. But now, with the rise of online car shopping, the marketplace is more competitive, with banks, credit unions and automaker-controlled lenders hitting up consumers a lot earlier in the buying process. Ford Credit is responding to this
5:26 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Formula One has always been a complex sport, but the chaos of the final few laps at the Australian Grand Prix even left some drivers and team bosses confused. In the space of the last four laps, the race was red flagged twice, resulting in one standing restart, four
Rivian R1T Electric Pickup Converted To Open-Air Safari Vehicle In Africa | Carscoops The custom R1T features 8 seats in addition to its new lofted roof, and is the only right-hand drive Rivian in the world by Andrew Gutman 2 hours ago by Andrew Gutman The advent of electric utility vehicles has opened new doors
Toyota Motor North America’s sales fell 9.1 in March to 176,456 as declining sales at the Toyota brand dragged down a positive month at Lexus. For the first quarter, the automaker’s sales fell 8.8 percent to 469,558. Brands: Toyota, down 12%; Lexus, up 12%; in first quarter, Toyota, down 11%; Lexus, up 6%. Notable nameplates:
Microvast Holdings Inc. said it will invest $504 million in the creation of a polyaramid separator plant in Hopkinsville, Ky. The battery manufacturer of Texas makes lithium ion batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage systems. The project will create up to 562 new full-time jobs, the company said. “We intend to build the world’s
Employees of the Tesla Gigafactory Berlin Brandenburg work on the final inspection of the finished Model Y electric vehicles. The Tesla plant was opened and put into operation on March 22, 2022. Patrick Pleuil | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Tesla shares fell more than 7% on Monday after the company’s quarterly deliveries report led
For years, shared electric scooters have dotted the streets and sidewalks of Paris. The scooters were heavily regulated but still welcomed into the city as a new form of alternative transportation. Over time though, the issue of shared e-scooters became more divisive, especially as the number of e-scooters in the city grew. Now it looks
The 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 is different. The electric sedan may share its E-GMP underpinnings with the Ioniq 5 electric hatchback, but its aerodynamic design not only optimizes range, it stands out for the sake of standing out. Different is daring, and daring is good, especially in a nascent EV world that looks more similar
Audi will reveal more details about its Formula One project at the Shanghai auto show next month. The automaker brand is entering the series in 2026, when it will provide engines for the Sauber team, which will become the Audi works team. Audi, owned by Volkswagen Group, announced in August that it would enter Formula
2:56 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Josef Newgarden won at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday for the second consecutive year when a thrilling wheel-to-wheel battle with Pato O’Ward came to a sudden halt by a crash behind them. Newgarden and O’Ward — at one point the only two drivers on the lead
Buckle Up For A Heart-Pumping 7-Minute Motorcycle Police Chase In Brazil | Carscoops You won’t believe the part where they climb stairs by Stephen Rivers 1 hour ago by Stephen Rivers Police on motorcycles often get a wrap for being little more than traffic citation agents but one video we’ve just spotted shows where they
As accelerated dealership consolidation reshapes the auto retail landscape, Automotive News‘ annual ranking of the top 150 dealership groups based in the U.S. is changing, too. The groups on the list commanded a bigger percentage of the U.S. industry’s new light-vehicle sales in 2022 and held a growing share of the U.S. dealership count, according
In this article 1211-HK ZE594-CN TSLA NIO 9866-HK XPEV 9868-HK LI 2015-HK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Chinese electric car startup Li Auto saw deliveries surge by nearly 66% in the first quarter from a year ago. Zhang Peng | Lightrocket | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese electric car brand Li Auto delivered more
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Tesla has just released its Q1 2022 production and delivery report, so the numbers are now in. See how Tesla fared this quarter right here. At 422,875 global deliveries of the Model Y, Model 3, Model S and Model X combined, Tesla beat expectations and set a new all-time record for deliveries in a single quarter.
Volkswagen will not develop a new generation Golf with a combustion engine after the current model reaches the end of its lifecycle. The current, eighth-generation Golf will get a comprehensive update next year. “That puts it in a great position until the end of the decade. Then we will have to see how the segment
9:53 AM ET MELBOURNE, Australia — Haas’ protest over the result of the Australian Grand Prix has been thrown out by the FIA’s stewards, meaning the race classification is now official. The race finished with two red flags in the last four laps — the first of which led to a messy restart on lap