Nissan Motor Co. is issuing a recall of about 1.38 million cars globally of models including Note, Kicks, Serena and Leaf, a company spokeswoman said Friday. The recall will affect vehicles in U.S., Europe and Japan over several issues, including cars suddenly accelerating after exiting cruise control or a short circuit that would cause motors
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Mercedes driver George Russell says there’s no reason why McLaren can’t replicate its Silverstone podium performance level for the rest of the Formula One season. McLaren’s recent upgrade has produced a huge step forward, with Lando Norris fourth in Austria and then second at his home British Grand Prix. Teammate Oscar Piastri, who did not
A global shortage of semiconductor chips was the automotive industry’s kryptonite for most of 2021 and 2022. But the crisis is now fading, S&P Global Mobility said Thursday. The chip shortage cost the industry the production of about 9.5 million light vehicles in 2021, according to S&P Global Mobility estimates, and another 3 million in
Austin Lindberg, Senior EditorJul 13, 2023, 09:15 AM ET Arrow McLaren IndyCar driver Felix Rosenqvist spoke to ESPN about what he drives when he’s not at the racetrack. Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images On any given Sunday, race car drivers around the world pilot the most exhilarating automobiles on the planet. From the first practice
Hyundai’s high-performance variant of the Ioniq 5 electric compact crossover boasts 641 hp in boost mode and can corner, drift and shift (sort of) like a gasoline-powered race car. The Ioniq 5 N is the first EV under Hyundai’s N performance subbrand and the company said more electric models will follow as part of its
Kia has revealed the price tag for putting its new electric EV9 into production at its U.S. plant in West Point, Ga.: $200 million. The Korean automaker said the company will add about 200 jobs to build the three-row crossover alongside four other models at the West Point, Georgia, plant. It will be the first
In this article F GM STLAM-IT STLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT UAW President Shawn Fain chairs the 2023 Special Elections Collective Bargaining Convention in Detroit, March 27, 2023. Rebecca Cook | Reuters DETROIT — United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain promised union members he’d do things differently during contract talks with the Detroit
With a single press release, Red Bull turned a routine Pirelli tyre test into one of the biggest news stories of the Formula One season. Daniel Ricciardo, back on the Formula One grid with junior team AlphaTauri, effective immediately, replacing Nyck de Vries and placing Red Bull’s Sergio Perez under enormous pressure to turn his
DETROIT — UAW leaders on Wednesday marked the start of what are expected to be contentious contract negotiations with the Detroit 3 in a nontraditional way: visiting auto plants and speaking directly with members. UAW President Shawn Fain and other members of the international executive board appeared outside Stellantis‘ Sterling Heights Assembly Plant early Wednesday
In this article LCID Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Visitors walk at the Lucid Air during the Mobile World Congress 2023 (MWC), the telecom industry’s biggest annual gathering on February 28, 2023 in Barcelona, Spain. Chris Jung | Nurphoto | Getty Images Luxury electric vehicle maker Lucid Group said Wednesday that it delivered 1,404
Associated Press Jul 11, 2023, 05:08 PM ET Two-time defending Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona winner Tom Blomqvist will make his IndyCar debut this weekend in Toronto, where he will replace the injured Simon Pagenaud in the No. 60 car for Meyer Shank Racing. Pagenaud was hurt just over a week ago during practice at
The U.S. EV market is growing, but not fast enough during the latest quarter to prevent unsold EVs from stacking up at some automakers’ dealerships or to allow Tesla to avoid new price cuts, according to analysts and industry data. Rising inventories and price-cutting could represent only a short-term pause in EV market growth. But
Tesla vehicles parked outside a home with a Tesla Solar Roof on Weems Street in Boca Chica Village, Texas, June 21, 2021. Veronica G. Cardenas | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla agreed to pay just over $6 million to settle a class action lawsuit brought by customers who faced sudden Solar Roof price hikes in
Associated Press Jul 11, 2023, 10:46 AM ET Anheuser-Busch and Trackhouse Racing announced a multiyear agreement Tuesday that will make Busch Light, long one of the main sponsors for retiring NASCAR star Kevin Harvick, the primary sponsor for Ross Chastain in the Cup Series. The deal, which begins in 2024, had been in the works
An inventory efficiency index developed by Cloud Theory ranked Toyota the most efficient mover of vehicle inventory in the U.S. The index’s June results show Toyota reclaiming the top spot over Kia. The two automakers have traded the top spot on the index since it launched this year. Cloud Theory, of Grand Rapids, Mich., is
In this article GM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT 2024 Buick Envista GM DETROIT – General Motors is positioning two new crossovers from Chevrolet and Buick as its answer to affordability issues left by discontinued, cheaper sedans. Affordability has increasingly become a concern among investors and consumers. Cox Automotive reports the average price paid
Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorJul 10, 2023, 01:51 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 As champagne corks popped in McLaren’s motorhome on Sunday evening, team principal Andrea Stella was keen to manage expectations. Speaking to members of the media after Lando Norris’ second-place finish at the British Grand Prix,
Dealer Abraham Razick died July 8 when a plane he was in crashed in dense fog short of the runway at French Valley Airport in Riverside County, Calif. He and his wife, Alma Razick, 51, were among the six passengers on board the Cessna C550 business jet. There were no survivors. Razick, 46, was a