The growing demand for electric vehicles is upending the automotive supply chain at a time when it was already stressed by the coronavirus pandemic, rising material prices and semiconductor shortages. The industry’s push for new technologies and solutions is enormous, and R&D work is underway around the industry. During 2019 and 2020, the world’s top
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Insatiable demand for SUVs all over the globe but particularly in key markets such as China and the U.S. has led to companies even like Lotus, whose reputation is built on lightweight sports cars, joining the trend. But with its new Eletre revealed on Tuesday, there’s the chance Lotus will be able to live up
By Eric Ralph Posted on March 31, 2022 SpaceX has begun transporting an upgraded Super Heavy booster to its South Texas launch facilities, where the rocket will likely be tested with a rarely used stand known as the ‘can crusher’. On Wednesday, March 30th, SpaceX scheduled a temporary road closure – indicative of transport operations
Porsche is looking to advance itself in the world of in-vehicle entertainment — at least at its in-house playground in Southern California. It’s now offering a virtual reality gaming experience — for passengers, not drivers — at its Porsche Experience Center in Los Angeles. The program, created in collaboration with the tech startup Holoride is
11:30 AM ET Formula One cars will race under the lights down the Las Vegas strip in 2023 as part of a new event on the championship calendar, joining Austin and Miami as U.S. host venues. Las Vegas will hosts its event on a Saturday night in November, a rarity in an F1 calendar featuring
TURIN – Stellantis will have to soon close its van factory in Russia because it is running out of parts, CEO Carlos Tavares said. Stellantis had previously said it was suspending imports and exports of vehicles with Russia, following the invasion of Ukraine last month. It operates a factory in Kaluga, 150 km (93 miles)
Michael Wayland / CNBC PHOENIX — “A ghost is driving the car.” That’s what my 5-year-old daughter said as I FaceTimed her recently from the backseat of a Waymo autonomous vehicle in the suburbs here. Motorists and pedestrians who passed by had a similar reaction. They pointed, stared and even gasped when they noticed there
SHANGHAI — Tesla Inc. is extending a production halt at its Shanghai factory, an internal notice seen by Reuters showed. The Shanghai factory, located in the Pudong district east of the city’s Huangpu River, suspended production from Monday to Thursday after the city launched a two-stage lockdown to combat a surge in COVID-19 cases. The
One way that we can all help the environment is by stopping single-use battery disposal. More and more devices are getting built-in rechargeable batteries, but for those that still use traditional AA or AAAs, it’s time to swap those to ones that can be used over and over again. Today, we’re talking about an 8-pack
SHANGHAI — Volkswagen asked staff at its Shanghai plant to prepare sleeping bags and yoga mats so they can deploy a system that allows the automaker to continue to operate despite parts of the Chinese city being under a strict COVID-19 lockdown. The arrangement will enable the plant, which VW runs with local partner SAIC
11:42 AM ET The all-female W Series will have 10 races on the Formula support schedule this season, two more than originally scheduled, after announcing on Wednesday opening and closing double-headers in Miami in May and Mexico in October. This year will be the series’ third season, with Britain’s Jamie Chadwick chasing her third crown
Xiaodi Hou, Co-founder & CTO, TuSimple, on Centre Stage during day two of Web Summit 2019 at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal. Vaughn Ridley | Sportsfile | Getty Images Xiaodi Hou co-founded autonomous-driving startup TuSimple a few years ago, but he just took over as CEO and chairman of the board March 3. Why?
Waymo, Alphabet Inc.’s self-driving car unit, said it would begin offering rides in San Francisco without a driver behind the wheel, seeking to catch up to rival Cruise on its home turf. The driverless rides will be available only for Waymo staff to start, the company said Wednesday in a statement. Waymo also announced plans
President Joe Biden is poised to invoke as soon as this week Cold War powers to encourage domestic production of critical minerals for electric-vehicle and other types of batteries, according to people familiar with the matter. The White House is discussing adding battery materials to the list of items covered by the 1950 Defense Production
Chevrolet already has a big truck for the police market in the Tahoe Police Pursuit Vehicle, and now it has a bigger cop vehicle. On Wednesday, the company introduced the 2023 Chevrolet Silverado Police Pursuit Vehicle to bring a pickup to the highway pursuit game. Based on a crew cab, short bed, four-wheel-drive Silverado, the
A Kia EV6 in Wind trim and all-wheel-drive (AWD) system equipped with a 77.4 kWh battery and 19″ Kumho tires recently was range tested by Out of Spec Reviews’ Kyle Conner at a constant speed of 70 mph (113 km/h). It’s a brand new car, with only 2,641 miles (4,249 km) on the odometer at the
TOKYO — Parts supply disruptions continued to affect Japanese automakers’ global production for February, but the results released on Wednesday showed a clear contrast among them, with Toyota and Honda out in front. Toyota said its group, including Daihatsu and Hino Motors, produced 884,528 vehicles globally for the month, an increase of almost 11 percent
5:06 AM ET Former motor sport boss Max Mosley died of a gunshot wound in the bedroom of his London home last May after being told his cancer was terminal, an inquest heard on Tuesday. His family had said at the time that the 81-year-old, who was one of the most influential figures in F1