New York City is handing out 500 free Apple AirTags to help police fight an epidemic of stolen Hyundais and Kias. Mayor Eric Adams said at a press conference last week that the city, like others around the country, has seen a rise in car thefts linked to viral TikTok videos that show how to
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As police and fire officials responded to a drug lab explosion in San Francisco, they had to contend with a driverless car that meandered into the middle of the scene. Body-cam footage from February shows an officer yelling at the Waymo vehicle and tossing a flare to keep it from driving over fire hoses. Several
In this article RIDE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Lordstown Motors gave rides in prototypes of its upcoming electric Endurance pickup truck on June 21, 2021 as part of its “Lordstown Week” event. Michael Wayland / CNBC Lordstown Motors expects to end production of its Endurance pickup truck “in the near future,” as the
A redesigned Ford Ranger is coming to showrooms later this year, and will include for the first time, at least in the U.S., a high-performance Ranger Raptor variant. The global version of new Ranger (shown here) was revealed in late 2021 and was followed shortly by its Ranger Raptor variant, though the U.S. versions of
One of the most polarizing figures in the history of open-wheel racing, no two people have the same opinion of Paul Tracy. From his aggressive checkers-or-wreckers approach on track, to his antagonism over social media, the key to understanding Paul Tracy is to not just eat with him, but also those closest to him. In
China’s Tianqi Lithium is considering buying a minority stake in Smart Automobile, the Geely-Mercedes joint venture, as part of the minicar maker’s latest private funding round, according to people familiar with the matter. The Chinese miner is in advanced talks to invest $100 million to $200 million in Smart, a joint venture between Germany’s Mercedes-Benz
Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorMay 6, 2023, 08:19 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 MIAMI — Mercedes boss Toto Wolff described his team’s car as “a nasty piece of work” after Lewis Hamilton qualified 13th for Sunday’s Miami Grand Prix. Mercedes struggled throughout qualifying Saturday, with Hamilton missing out
Corvette Z06’s $19K Carbon Fiber Wheels Damaged By Dealership During Tire Change | Carscoops You might want to think twice about getting carbon wheels on your Z06, especially if the car won’t see track use by Andrew Gutman 2 hours ago by Andrew Gutman Being a performance bargain when not marked up to the moon,
Four of the six publicly traded dealership groups in the first quarter posted lower year-over-year average finance and insurance gross profit per vehicle retailed the U.S. The drops were single-digit. Only two groups showed increases in the first quarter of 2023, with AutoNation up 1.6 percent and Sonic Automotive up 0.1 percent. Higher interest rates
FRANKFURT — Volkswagen Group is set to dismiss all but one of the executive board members at its software division Cariad next week to try to resolve development problems, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters. The unit, which was set up under former VW Group CEO Herbert Diess. has exceeded its budget and
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In this article P911-DE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Porsche’s bestselling cars today are SUVs, a far cry from what the luxury brand built its reputation on — small, nimble and, above all, unique rear-engine sports cars like the 911. Now the famous German automaker is faced with the challenge of how to maintain
FRANKFURT — German passenger car sales rose 13 percent in April as delivery bottlenecks eased and demand for battery-electric cars continued to rise. Registrations were 202,947, according to data from the KBA motor transport authority. Sales of full-electric cars increased 34 percent to 29,740, despite the fact that government subsidies for battery-electric cars were significantly
Product placement in mainstream film and TV to raise brand awareness has been a common practice in auto marketing for quite some time: The Audi R8 in Iron Man, the Chevrolet Camaro in The Transformers movies, the Hyundai Tucson in “The Walking Dead” TV series and so on. Whether the placements are subtle or in-your-face
Associated Press May 6, 2023, 02:43 AM ET Seven-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton hit out at anti-gay measures enacted by Florida lawmakers and criticised the state’s controversial “Don’t Say Gay” law ahead of the Miami Grand Prix on Sunday. Hamilton, F1’s only Black driver, regularly uses his platform to speak on issues of social
Until about two years ago, Gates Automotive Group focused its marketing efforts on monthly sales promotions that were aimed at consumers close to making a purchase decision. That strategy has evolved. Now, the dealership group in South Bend, Ind., has emphasized brand awareness marketing that combines social media engagement, collaboration with local athletes and business
Bosch is reorganizing its Mobility Solutions business sector, giving it more autonomy within the huge supplier’s corporate structure, and forecasting a surge in revenue to 80 billion euros ($88 billion) by 2029. The unit will be called Bosch Mobility, and will be led by Markus Heyn, who has been chairman of Mobility Services since January
The GMC Hummer EV has always had outer space in its DNA. GM dubbed it a “moonshot” product at launch, a nod to NASA’s Apollo 11 lunar landing. Meanwhile, the cabin features outer space-inspired Easter eggs like a Sea of Tranquility topography map and a Watts To Freedom launch control screen with a lunar surface