Man Gets “Trapped” In Hot Tesla After Battery Dies As He Wasn’t Aware Of Manual Release | Carscoops The man is blaming the automaker even though the manual door opener was under his left hand the whole time 1 hour ago A man in Arizona says that he was recently trapped in his Tesla after
Month: August 2023
DETROIT — The UAW is seeking from the Detroit 3 automakers a more than 40 percent pay raise for its workforce, according to people with knowledge of the union’s demands. The gains would include a 20 percent raise upon ratification, followed by 5 percent raises each year of the four-year deal, according to the people,
An XPeng Inc. G9 electric vehicle at the Shanghai Auto Show in Shanghai, China, on Monday, April 24, 2023. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Global electric vehicle makers are tapping advanced technology to vie with each other and domestic brands in the intensively competitive Chinese market. China is the world’s largest EV market
Fisker made a big splash today during its Product Vision Day 2023 event by revealing not one, but four new electric vehicles. The automaker just live-streamed the reveal of its new Ronin flagship electric supercar, which is expected to go up to 600 miles on a single charge. Additionally, Fisker revealed the Pear compact electric
BMW’s Vision Neue Klasse full-electric concept that will be unveiled next month will showcase a near production-ready car, CEO Oliver Zipse said. The production version will be on roads soon, Zipse added during an earnings call on Thursday. Zipse described the Neue Klasse battery-electric platform as a “megaproject” within BMW. “It is about nothing less
Hazel Southwell Aug 3, 2023, 09:11 AM ET Kalle Rovanperä became the World Rally Championship’s youngest-ever champion when he won the 2022 title at 22 years old. Jaanus Ree / Red Bull Content Pool The motorsport world is full of ridiculously young defending world champions. Max Verstappen defending a second title at 25 years old, though,
Researchers Hack Tesla To Enable Features Previously Behind A Paywall | Carscoops ‘Unpatchable’ hacks could potentially disrupt the extra cash that automakers hope to squeeze out of the subscription model August 3, 2023 at 15:29 Researchers at the Technische Universität Berlin say they’ve found a way to enable free access to software that Tesla makes
Cars.com saw further dealership churn in its digital marketplace during the second quarter, though web traffic grew, the dealership technology company said. Net income reached $94.1 million for the quarter ending June 30, up from $5.5 million in the period a year earlier. The company attributed the gain primarily to a one-time release of a
In this article F Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Ford Motor Co. fuel powered F-150 trucks under production at their Truck Plant in Dearborn, Michigan on September 20, 2022. Jeff Kowalsky | AFP | Getty Images Ford Motor said that its U.S. sales rose 5.9% in July from a year ago, as demand for
Acura will use this month’s 2023 Monterey Car Week as the backdrop for the debut of its first electric vehicle, the 2024 ZDX mid-size SUV. The annual event held in California was also where Acura first previewed the ZDX with its Precision EV concept a year ago. The covers will come off the production model
By Maria Merano Posted on August 2, 2023 Toyota invested $11.1 million in schools in Indiana to boost their STEM programs. The investment supports future STEM careers in the area, including job opportunities in the auto industry. During the unveiling of the new Grand Highlander three-row SUV, the Japanese automaker also announced an $803 million
BMW reported significantly higher revenues for the first half at 74 billion euros ($80.87 billion), due in part to the integration of its Chinese joint venture BMW Brilliance Automotive (BBA) as well as higher sales and pricing. Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) came in at 9.7 billion euros, up 43 percent, but net profit
Chevrolet has decided not to build an entry-level 1LT trim on the new 2024 Blazer EV, pushing the starting price of the electric midsize crossover above the $45,000 mark it originally was targeting. A front-wheel-drive version of the Blazer EV 2LT, scheduled to arrive next year, will be the base model instead, Chevy said. Blazer
In this article EVGO Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A view of an EVgo EV charging station on July 28, 2023 in Corte Madera, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images EV charging network operator EVgo on Wednesday reported second-quarter revenue that beat Wall Street’s expectations and posted a narrower-than-expected loss, as more EV drivers used its
The globe marked “Earth Overshoot Day” on August 2nd, calculated as the day when humanity has used up more than the total amount of resources made available by the Earth over the course of the year. And the day has been getting earlier and earlier every year. Earth Overshoot Day is a calculation which defines
The Fremantle Highway, the car carrier ship that caught fire off the Dutch coast last week, could generate a cargo loss of more than $330 million, said Patrick Anderson, an economist with Anderson Economic Group. “It does appear after multiple days of fire that it is likely that all of the cars are a total
Louisiana Police Remind Drivers That The Carolina Squat Is Illegal | Carscoops Multiple states across the nation have banned the practice and the Pelican state’s police officers are reminding drivers to avoid it too 2 hours ago The ‘Carolina Squat’ modification where the front half of a car is much higher than the rear half
The Fremantle Highway, the car carrier ship that caught fire off the Dutch coast last week, could generate a cargo loss of more than $330 million, said Patrick Anderson, an economist with Anderson Economic Group. “It does appear after multiple days of fire that it is likely that all of the cars are a total