Ford has filed a patent application for a burnout mode for electric cars, allowing EVs to smoke their front tires, rear tires, or all four. First spotted by CarBuzz, a Ford application for an “electrified vehicle performance mode with intentional wheel spin for tire heating” was published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Stellantis will spend more than 200 million euros ($213.3 million) to manufacture four Fiat models in Algeria, the automaker said on Sunday. “The 500 Hybrid will be the first Fiat to be built here followed rapidly by the Doblo and, in a few years, a brand-new model – now still in the hands of our
6:12 PM ET Fernando Alonso has been reinstated to third position at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix to cap a farcical couple of hours which followed the podium ceremony. Alonso lifted the third place trophy after finishing behind the two Red Bulls, but shortly after celebrating on the podium he was given a 10-second penalty
Reckless Ferrari 488 Driver Does Donuts In The Middle Of NYC’s Fifth Avenue | Carscoops The driver of this Ferrari 488 Pista then proceeded to drive the wrong way down Fifth Avenue by Brad Anderson 3 hours ago by Brad Anderson If you spend a day in New York City, you’re bound to see some
Automakers cut remarkably fewer vehicles from their production schedules worldwide last week because of the microchip shortage — just 2,400 vehicles, one of the lowest weekly totals in months, according to the latest estimate by AutoForecast Solutions. All of the new reductions occurred at European factories, with plants around the rest of the globe getting
Mobileye Global Inc., a global supplier of advanced driver assistance systems and autonomous driving technology, established a test center in Shanghai last week. The facility in Shanghai’s suburban Jiading district will test and validate technology to ensure it provides customers in China with advanced and reliable solutions, Mobileye said. Mobileye said it won 24 projects
#shorts #motortrend #fasterwithfinnegan It’s not the size of your car that matters, it’s how you drive it. On this episode of Faster With Finnegan, Cotten and Newbern drastically improve the power-to-weight ratio of a teeny ’72 Honda Z600 coupe in an attempt to set a record at Midpond Raceway. So how do you triple your
By William Johnson Posted on March 18, 2023 McLaren Applied has revealed how it aims to conquer the EV industry in the coming years. McLaren has consistently been on the bleeding edge of technology for its entire history as a company. From its time in Formula 1 to its work within automotive engineering, it has
BERLIN — German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said France had declared a “showdown” in the dispute over the EU’s plans to end sales of new CO2-emitting cars in 2035. “It is very regrettable that the French government is declaring a showdown to ban the internal combustion engine,” Lindner told the Funke Media Group in an
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Several years ago, Corina Diehl — owner of Diehl Automotive Group — decided to roll the dice and build a 26,000-square-foot standalone collision center in Pittsburgh. The final cost: About $2.5 million. The calculated gamble has turned into a smashing success. Since the Diehl Collision Center opened in October 2019, annual revenue has increased by
Long the next big advancement in green transportation, hydrogen may have missed its chance to become a major fuel for light vehicles. Even as technology advances, battery-electric vehicles have quickly become the green vehicle of choice for most U.S. consumers. Tesla, which offers only electric vehicles, sold nearly 187,000 cars in California last year, trailing
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Formula 1 is all about speed, but actually getting a car prepped to go out on track requires patience. Even 25 years ago, F1 race cars took hours to start, as YouTuber Matt Amys explains in this video. The car used for this demonstration is a Minardi M198, campaigned by the Italian team today known
MILAN — Ferrari has unveiled the Roma Spider, the first of four new models to be launched this year. The 2+2 car is Ferrari‘s first softtop front-engine roadster since the 1969 365 GTS4. It is powered by a 3.9-liter turbocharged V-8 engine with 612-hp (620 cv) derived from the Roma coupe. Top speed is more
5:39 PM ET JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Charles Leclerc took little comfort from qualifying 0.155s off Sergio Perez’s pole position time at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, saying Ferrari’s gap to Red Bull is much bigger than Saturday’s session suggested. Leclerc was second fastest but will drop to 12th on the grid with a ten-place
Watch Police On Horseback Giddy Up And Chase Distracted UK Driver On Cellphone | Carscoops One horsepower was enough to catch an SUV whose driver was allegedly distracted by a mobile device by Sebastien Bell 2 hours ago by Sebastien Bell Across the UK, officers on horseback have been deployed in a fascinating new way.
Lithia Motors Inc.‘s acquisition of Jardine Motors Group in the United Kingdom, similar in store count and revenue to its 2021 megadeal to buy Michigan’s Suburban Collection, immediately gives the largest new-vehicle dealership group in the U.S. significant scale in an international market it long coveted. The deal adds more than 40 new-vehicle dealerships in