Month: July 2023

“Jay Leno’s Garage” has featured a wide variety of cars, but this 1923 McFarlan Model 154 Knickerbocker Cabriolet is truly one of a kind. The car is part of California’s Nethercutt Collection, and Vice President Cameron Richards believes it’s the only surviving example. Originally based in Connersville, Indiana, McFarlan was a carriage builder that moved
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Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorJul 30, 2023, 11:25 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium — Max Verstappen‘s march towards a third world championship continued at the Belgian Grand Prix with his 10th win of the season, his eighth in a row and a 22.3-second victory margin over
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Thirty miles north of General Motors’ headquarters in Detroit, hundreds of engineers are developing a zero-emission alternative to battery-electric vehicles: hydrogen fuel cells. They coat ink onto carbon paper and produce miles of seals that separate air, water and coolant. They build small-scale electrodes to test chemistries designed to create electricity from hydrogen with water
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LOS ANGELES — Electric vehicles are crisscrossing the globe to reach their eager buyers, but the battery technology involved in the zero-emission automobiles is exposing under-prepared maritime shippers to the risk of hard-to-control fires, industry, insurance and emergency response officials said. That risk has been put under the spotlight by the burning car carrier drifting
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WASHINGTON — Consumers will continue have a choice between electric and combustion powertrains for the next several years, but Audi‘s global head of marketing and sales says automakers need much more “edutainment” to salve consumer apprehension about electric vehicles. Hildegard Wortmann visited the U.S. this month as part of the German premium brand co-hosting the
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Associated Press Jul 29, 2023, 07:03 PM ET ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — Wisconsin driver Sam Mayer won on his home-state track for his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series victory, pulling ahead for good in the next-to-last lap of a wild second overtime session Saturday. Mayer won by 0.368 seconds over Parker Kligerman on the sprawling
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22-Year-Old Learner Arrested In Florida After Police Chase, Says It Felt Like Grand Theft Auto | Carscoops The 22-year-old has been hit with a felony charge of fleeing with eluding https://www.carscoops.com/author/bradcarscoops-com/ by Brad Anderson 4 hours ago A young learner driver in Naples, Florida has been arrested and charged for leading police on a high-speed
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Robust second-quarter earnings from the Detroit 3 were tempered last week by the growing realization that their pivot to electric vehicles will be slower and costlier than anticipated. Ford Motor Co., which said its quarterly net income tripled from a year earlier, delayed its EV production goals and cautioned that its EV business would lose
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Review: 2023 Genesis Electrified GV70 Is Brilliant But Is It Worth The Premium? | Carscoops The 2023 Genesis Electrified GV70 is among the finest electric SUVs currently on the market, but is significantly pricier than the twin-turbo 3.5-liter V6 ICE model https://www.carscoops.com/author/bradcarscoops-com/ by Brad Anderson 1 hour ago When we drove the 2022 Genesis GV70
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Aston Martin has appointed Geely CEO Daniel Li to its board. The Chinese automaker is its third largest shareholder. Geely in May made a 234-million-pound ($299.4 million) investment in the British automaker, giving it the right to one board seat. As part of the transaction, Geely acquired a 17 percent stake in Aston Martin, purchasing
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I’m a Barbie girl in a GM world. A collection of dozens of Barbies and two Kens were some of the most-loved toys on my shelf. A doctor Barbie, rock star Barbie and even Cleopatra Barbie encouraged me to dream big. And if you were lucky, your Barbies would cruise around in a toy Chevrolet
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