Month: November 2024

Australian mining company Fortescue is making headlines again, after it placed a huge, $400 million order for over 100 new electric equipment assets with Chinese heavy equipment company XCMG (Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group). The deal is the largest single equipment export deal in XCMG’s history. The $400 million contract also marks XCMG’s largest mining equipment
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Electric Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class spied ahead of 2026 U.S. launch New EV will replace EQC electric compact crossover sold overseas High-performance AMG variant planned Mercedes-Benz has been spotted testing a prototype for an electric compact crossover that will end up replacing the EQC. The EQC is the compact crossover whose 2020 debut marked the arrival of
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Jeep is looking at ways to integrate drones with its vehicles, as recent patent filings indicate. One possible use Jeep is looking to patent is off-road spotting. Instead of a person getting out of the vehicle to survey the terrain ahead and direct the driver over the appropriate line through obstacles, Jeep proposes deploying a
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Nov 29, 2024, 07:44 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Lewis Hamilton has said he is “totally fine” with having to wait until next year for his first Ferrari Formula 1 test, even if it could make life harder at the start of his move from Mercedes. Britain’s seven-times world champion is replacing Spaniard Carlos Sainz
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Nov 29, 2024, 08:24 AM ET Romain Grosjean has no doubt his children saved his life. Four years on from a Formula One crash in Bahrain that ripped his car in half and nearly killed the Frenchman in the fireball that followed, the former Haas driver can recall every second. He has a ‘tattoo,’ the
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Nov 29, 2024, 09:54 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Qatar is buying a significant minority stake in Audi’s Formula One team, the Gulf country’s estimated $510 billion sovereign wealth fund and the German carmaker said on Friday. The holding will be almost a third of the team, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters
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Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorNov 29, 2024, 06:54 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions After securing seventh place on the grid for Saturday’s sprint race in Qatar, Lewis Hamilton was at a loss to explain another disappointing result, saying “I’m just slow.” In his penultimate race
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Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorNov 30, 2024, 12:26 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Lando Norris said he had been planning to give a sprint race victory back to Oscar Piastri ever since his McLaren teammate moved aside for him in Brazil earlier this year. The
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