Month: July 2023

Ford Motor Co. on Monday reduced prices for its F-150 Lightning electric pickups by about $6,000 to $10,000, depending on trim, citing lower material costs and higher production capacity. The price cuts could help the company maintain strong sales when most electric vehicle inventories are rising as production levels outstrip demand. They follow more price cuts
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Associated Press Jul 16, 2023, 04:30 PM ET TORONTO — Christian Lundgaard won the Honda Indy Toronto on Sunday. It is Lundgaard’s first victory of the IndyCar season. The Dane started the race on the pole but ultimately won because of a failed strategic gamble by Scott McLaughlin and Scott Dixon. IndyCar seasons standings leader
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Ford has trademarked the name “F-150 Flash,” hinting that yet another version of the best-selling pickup truck might be on the way. A trademark application first spotted by CarBuzz was filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on June 16. It was filed under International Class 12, which covers “automobiles, pickup trucks,
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ENSTONE, England — The centerpiece of Alpine’s future sports car strategy is its own APP platform, a bonded-aluminum chassis that can accept a variety of battery and electric motor configurations — as well as an internal combustion engine. Alpine, Renault Group’s sports and racing brand, recently revealed that APP (short for Alpine Performance Platform) would
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Associated Press Jul 15, 2023, 04:38 PM ET NEWRY, Maine — A competitor was killed in a crash on the first day of a rally race through a forest in western Maine, leading organizers to cancel the event’s second day. Erin Kelly, a 48-year-old woman from Marshall, Virginia, was killed Friday when her team’s car
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Almost four years after Elon Musk first unveiled Tesla Inc.’s debut pickup, the automaker has built its first Cybertruck at its plant in Austin, Texas. Tesla shared the development Saturday on Musk-owned Twitter, posting a photo of workers in safety vests and helmets obscuring much of the vehicle. When Musk first showed a prototype of
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