Month: August 2023

Kia America‘s Rio subcompact car will not return for the 2024 model year, the company confirmed. It follows the demise of its small Hyundai counterpart, the Accent, discontinued after the 2022 model year. Though Kia said it will remain in the sedan business, Americans are leaning toward larger, higher-riding crossovers. Light trucks, a category that
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In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Pallets of depleted lithium-ion batteries at JB Straubel’s Redwood Materials are ready for recycling. Source: CNBC Redwood Materials, the battery-recycling startup founded by Tesla board member JB Straubel, recently nabbed Tesla’s vice president of powertrain engineering, Colin Campbell, to serve as chief technology officer. Based
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Honda and its Acura premium brand are the latest to announce plans to adopt Tesla’s proprietary charging connector, known as NACS (North American Charging Standard), for their future electric vehicles sold in the U.S. The information was revealed by American Honda Motor Co. President and CEO Noriya Kaihara in an interview with Autoblog published last
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Chinese EV giant BYD will launch its upmarket Denza brand in Europe at the IAA Mobility show in Munich next month. Denza was created as part of a joint venture company between BYD and Mercedes-Benz in 2010 and is now part of BYD’s core stable of brands in China, sitting above BYD but below the
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YouTuber Watches His $400,000 Ferrari F8 Tributo Burn After Driving Through Cornfield | Carscoops WhistlinDiesel and his team tried to douse the flames but couldn’t save his Ferrari F8 Tributo https://www.carscoops.com/author/bradcarscoops-com/ by Brad Anderson 2 hours ago Popular YouTuber WhistlinDiesel has made a name for himself with daring stunts and wild custom builds. He also
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STOCKHOLM/LONDON — Swedish lithium-ion battery producer Northvolt has raised $1.2 billion from investors including BlackRock and several Canadian pension plans as it prepares to build new factories in Europe and North America, its finance chief told Reuters. The fresh funding, through a convertible note, comes as investor demand for companies set to benefit from the
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BERLIN — German auto supplier Continental is considering the sale of the car division currently bundled within ContiTech, Manager Magazin reported on Monday, citing company sources. The possible sale would be part of a wider reorganization of the company being planned by Supervisory Board Chairman Wolfgang Reitzle and the executive board around CEO Nikolai Setzer,
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Fast-growing Anderson Automotive Group completed its second multi-dealership acquisition in South Carolina this year with a seven-store purchase Monday. Anderson Automotive, of Raleigh, N.C., bought Toyota of Greer, Hyundai of Greer, Genesis of Greer, Nissan of Greer, Kia of Greer, Kia of Greenville and Mike Hovart Chevrolet in Easley, from Mark Escude, president of MCE
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The Bentley Continental GT, the car that symbolizes the brand’s 21st century revival, is now 20 years old. Unveiled in 2003, the Continental GT was the first new Bentley created under the Volkswagen Group’s ownership. Before the VW Group takeover, Bentley had mostly languished under Rolls-Royce ownership, selling rebadged versions of Rolls models, which themselves
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By Maria Merano Posted on August 20, 2023 Tesla was recently spotted filming a promotional video of the Cybertruck cruising through Iceland glacier.  Netizens spotted the Cybertruck with a film crew, presumably hired by Tesla to film a promo reel. The filming of a Cybertruck promo reel has led many to speculate that Tesla’s post-apocalyptic-inspired pickup truck
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