If the market has taught us anything these past couple of decades or so, it’s that there can never be enough SUV and crossovers. Despite already having a few models in its range including the compact-sized CX-30, the electric MX-30 and of course, the CX-5 (not to mention the mid-size CX-9), Mazda churned out yet
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In this article TSLA Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory groundbreaking ceremony in Shanghai, China, January 7, 2019. Aly Song | Reuters SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on Twitter on Monday that he has Covid. The announcement comes after Tesla’s factory in Shanghai faced regional Covid restrictions that reportedly require
A former General Motors manager was indicted with conspiracy to commit bribery after allegedly accepting $3.4 million from an international parts supplier. Hyoung Nam So, 46, who goes by Brian So, was a global purchasing and supply chain manager at GM who oversaw parts used to build interiors of North American vehicles. In October 2015,
The Fisker Ocean electric crossover is getting 10-year/100,000-mile (whichever comes first) battery and powertrain warranties, Fisker confirmed over the weekend. The battery warranty covers up to 75% of the original battery capacity, according to Fisker’s website. For reference, Rivian offers 8-year/175,000-mile battery warranty, while Tesla’s longest warranty (for the Model S and Model X) is
Buick appears to be rearranging its shields. The General Motors brand recently filed a trademark application that shows the three shields in its logo aligned horizontally instead of diagonally, and no longer overlapping. The shields also lose their diagonal stripe in favor of a curved line, and there’s no ring around the trio. (Jalopnik thinks
By Simon Alvarez Posted on March 28, 2022 Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) shareholders will be voting on a potential stock split during this year’s annual shareholder meeting. The update was posted by the company through its official Twitter account on Monday. “Tesla will ask shareholders to vote at this year’s annual meeting to authorize additional shares in
6:38 AM ET Red Bull Formula One boss Christian Horner praised Mercedes rival Toto Wolff for speaking out about the mental health issues that he has dealt with for more than a decade during unprecedented success. Wolff, an Austrian, told the Sunday Times last week that he had been seeing a psychiatrist since 2004 and
SHANGHAI — Tesla is suspending production at its Shanghai factory for four days after the city said on Sunday it would lock down in two stages to carry out mass testing for COVID-19, two people familiar with the matter said. The automaker has notified its workers and suppliers of the move, the people said. The
Many of the companies that have moved operations outside of Ukraine or Russia might not be in a hurry to return, an analyst at AlixPartners said. “We’ll likely not see a quick return,” said Mark Wakefield, global co-leader of the automotive practice at AlixPartners. “You wouldn’t want to bet on when the invasion will be
The new world of immersive in-vehicle entertainment has emerged as a space for business opportunities by many in the automotive industry. It has also sparked concerns regarding the safety of all this new technology. With those worries in mind, perhaps highlighted by Tesla’s scrap with federal regulators over gaming, contributor Marcus Amick spoke with Highway
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Italian car designer Pininfarina is looking at acquisitions after returning to profit for the first time in three years, CEO Silvio Angori said. “We can move on after the restructuring and look actively to opportunities in the market for inorganic growth, in addition to our organic growth plans,” Angori said in a phone interview. The
5:44 PM ET Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc provided a great on-track spectacle at Sunday’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, but the headlines generated off track this week will rightly continue to hang over this event for a long while to come. It was a strange F1 race weekend, with the 48 hours before the race
Federal officials have again argued that bundled Guaranteed Asset Protection coverage renders an auto loan subject to the Military Lending Act, raising a potential concern for dealerships and the auto finance industry. American Financial Services Association Senior Vice President Celia Winslow warned the group’s Vehicle Finance Conference & Expo on March 9 about the amicus
In this article TSLA The year was 2006, the concept of electric vehicles expensive and impractical. But a small engineering team had an unorthodox vision for a car that could truly showcase the potential of electrification. That summer, then-fledgling start-up Tesla Motors unveiled its tour de force to the world — the Roadster. Right out
Jay Leno is making a point of highlighting young car enthusiasts. His guest on a recent episode of “Jay Leno’s Garage” was 24-year-old Daniel Harrison, owner of a 1958 MG A he started restoring when he was 15. When he sees a cool car, Leno has made a habit of flagging down the owner and
When Nissan first announced that they would soon be bringing an all-electric crossover to market, there weren’t any such vehicles available for sale in North America. That was back in 2019, and a few months later Tesla began production of the Model Y, which has become its most popular model to date. However, when the
During inaugural ceremonies at Tesla’s new Berlin factory earlier this week, CEO Elon Musk delivered the first German-made Model Y crossovers to eager customers, did a little dance near the assembly line for cheering fans and casually predicted that Tesla will reach annual production of up to 20 million vehicles by the early 2030s. “I