Ford CEO Jim Farley poses with the Ford F-150 Lightning pickup truck in Dearborn, Michigan, May 19, 2021. Rebecca Cook | Reuters Ford Motor dealer Marc McEver was taken back when he heard about the automaker’s plans to separate its electric vehicle and legacy businesses as part of a restructuring under CEO Jim Farley. The
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This week on Electrek’s new Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional electric vehicles. This week that includes a new partnership between SUPER73 and Indian Motorcycle, new e-bike models from Rad Power Bikes, Yamaha and Ducati, Polaris testing new electric ATVs, Gogoro unveiled a
Subaru on Friday announced that the current-generation Subaru WRX won’t get a higher-performance STI model for this generation. The reason? The company is examining how “future sports and performance cars should evolve to meet the needs of the changing marketplace and the regulations and requirements for greenhouse gasses (GHG), zero emissions vehicles (ZEV), and Corporate
Look at that pink car! David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan pick up a 1980 Dodge Mirada and take it on a road trip to the site of the Street Machine Nationals in Du Quoin, IL. Is this Pro Street Mirada fast? No. Does it handle well? No. Does it look obnoxiously awesome? Of course! Stream
Up next in the InsideEVs EV charging station ultimate review series is the EV700, made by TurnOnGreen. The EV700 is a 32-amp EVSE that can deliver up to 7.7 kW to an electric vehicle. It’s also a plug-in unit and utilizes the NEMA 6-50 plug, unlike most pluggable charging stations today that use the NEMA
FRANKFURT — Volkswagen Group doubled its operating profit in 2021 but warned that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its impact on supply chains could hit business this year in unforeseen ways. Operating profit last year doubled to 19.3 billion euros ($21.1 billion) despite lower deliveries, VW said in a statement on Friday. Global vehicle sales
Google is launching a vehicle ads platform that will allow auto dealerships to place inventory ads within search results. The ad format will show a consumer searching for a particular model an ad for that vehicle with photos, price, mileage and location, Google said. The ads will display on top of a search results page
2:47 PM ET Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz suggested Formula One champions Mercedes were playing “typical” games in talking up the Italian team’s prospects ahead of the season starting in Bahrain next week. Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton and new teammate George Russell pointed to Ferrari’s form in testing at Sakhir. “From what I can see, today
Cruise Origin Cruise DETROIT – Federal vehicle safety regulators have cleared the way for the production and deployment of driverless vehicles that do not include manual controls such as a steering wheel or pedals. The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Thursday issued final rules eliminating the requirement that cars with automated driving systems,
EV maker Rivian has hired a top executive from a major auto supplier as its next COO, according to people familiar with the matter, an effort to get its troubled manufacturing operations back on track. Rivian has struggled to ramp up production, citing supply chain constraints such as a shortage of semiconductors. To help tackle
By Joey Klender Posted on March 11, 2022 Elon Musk’s 2018 Twitter post that implied he had secured funding from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund to take Tesla shares private at $420 per share drew a skeptical reaction from a United States District Court Judge on Thursday. During a court hearing on March 10, U.S.
1:50 PM ET Daniel Ricciardo has tested positive for COVID-19, McLaren confirmed on Friday. Ricciardo missed two days of Formula One’s preseason test in Bahrain due to feeling unwell, and took a PCR test as a precaution which came back positive. The team said he is isolating as per local coronavirus regulations. The Australian will
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is hitting hopes of renewed growth in central Europe’s car industry this year following the pandemic, stoking risks of sharper economic slowdowns. The conflict in Ukraine has worsened supply snags and is also pushing up prices for materials like nickel or palladium, which will put more pressure on the car sector
High-performance SUVs have never been more popular than they currently are and the Jaguar F-Pace SVR is one of the most brutal of them all. Jaguar has been selling the F-Pace SVR for a couple of years now and recently updated it for the 2022 model year. Powering this wild SUV is a 5.0-liter supercharged
Former Reagor Dykes Auto Group owner Bart Reagor was sentenced Thursday to 14 years in federal prison for lying to a bank about the company’s prospects. In October, Reagor, 55, was found guilty of lying to the International Bank of Commerce after transferring more than $1.7 million of a $10 million loan meant for the
Fg Trade | Istock | Getty Images If your three-year auto lease is coming to an end soon, be aware that your car may be worth far more than you realize. The 2022 average trade-in value for 2019 model-year vehicles is 33% higher ($7,208) than the predetermined residual value — a vehicle’s worth at the
Just weeks after starting to offer self-driving vehicle rides to the public in San Francisco, Cruise is preparing to quickly expand to other cities and other types of vehicles. “We get our early users to love the product and come back again and again,” Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt said Thursday at the Morgan Stanley Technology,
We drove the 2022 Acura MDX Type S, our spy photographer spotted the 2023 Lamborghini Aventador successor, and the 2023 Acura TLX broke cover. It’s the Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority. We had our first chance to experience the 2022 Acura MDX Type S. The new model marks the first time the