Carl Hahn, who led Volkswagen Group’s international expansion in the 1980s, died on Saturday. He was 96. Hahn died in his sleep at his home in Wolfsburg, according to a spokeswoman from his charitable foundation. A ceremony is planned for Jan. 24. Born in Chemnitz in eastern Germany in 1926, Carl Horst Hahn Jr studied
A customer looks at a vehicle at a BMW dealership in Mountain View, California, on Dec. 14, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images DETROIT — Wall Street and industry analysts remain on high alert for signs of a “demand destruction” scenario for the U.S. automotive industry this year as interest rates rise
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BRUSSELS — Mazda has revived its rotary engine a decade after discontinuing the cult powerplant by adapting it for the electrification era. The MX-30 e-Skyactiv R-EV plug-in hybrid, which debuted at the auto show here Friday, uses a gasoline rotary engine as a power generator that along with a 17.8-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery helps give the
Infiniti And BMW Smash Into Each Other Like It’s A Demolition Derby At Sideshow | Carscoops This Infiniti vs BMW battle involved multiple low speed impacts by Stephen Rivers 6 hours ago by Stephen Rivers Sideshows and street takeovers are a problem in many cities across the USA. Surprisingly, relatively few of the videos from
VinFast is celebrating the arrival of its first electric vehicle on U.S. shores, the VF 8 midsize crossover. But it’s also getting pushback for introducing a $56,700 vehicle with just 179 miles of battery range. And that’s not all of its struggles. The Vietnamese automaker, which moved quickly into the U.S. after first showing the
If you haven’t shopped for a car lately, brace for sticker shock. Not only are vehicle prices at an all-time high, but the interest rate to finance a purchase has also jumped dramatically. A record 15% of new car buyers who financed a new car last quarter committed to a monthly payment of more than
Jeep’s first fully electric model, the Avenger, has been crowned European Car of the Year. Although customer deliveries won’t start until late March, the Avenger comfortably beat the rest of the competition. It received 328 votes in total, with second place going to the VW ID.Buzz (241 votes). Only senior journalists from accredited automotive publications were
Hennessey this week revealed a track-focused version of its Venom F5 hypercar. The new addition is called the Revolution, and it promises 1,817 hp in a package that cuts 100 pounds off a curb weight already under 3,000 pounds. Mazda MX-30 R-EV Mazda revealed a modern vehicle equipped with a rotary engine, but it’s not
TOKYO — The Tokyo Auto Salon started on Friday in full force with souped-up roadsters, super-tuned hot rods and far-out race demons all on display. The event has eclipsed the Tokyo Motor Show in recent years in buzz and pulse. So it is little wonder that Japan’s automakers have gone all out for 2023 with
Jan 13, 2023 Williams’ new principal James Vowles said after his appointment on Friday that the struggling former champions would be no Mercedes ‘B’ team in Formula One. Vowles will join next month from Mercedes, where he was head of strategy and part of Toto Wolff’s top management at a team that won a record
New Nissan Z Crashed In Canada Only Days After Delivery | Carscoops The owner says that he wasn’t driving it and that he plans to repair the sports car by Stephen Rivers January 14, 2023 at 14:09 by Stephen Rivers The new Nissan Z is slowly but surely making its way to owners across North
Proper Group Holdings LLC is planning to close its plastic tooling and molding plant near Detroit and lay off 130 workers due to financial hardship and a private equity takeover that went sideways. Proper Tooling will close its manufacturing plant in Warren, Mich., by March 31 after a series of employee terminations— unless it can
In this article GOEV FFIE RIDE RIVN FSR LCID TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Pedestrians walk past the Tesla Motors official authorized car dealer store in Hong Kong. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Is the first electric-vehicle recession here, or coming soon? As electric-car stocks plummeted in late 2022, the rout
By Johnna Crider Posted on January 13, 2023 Tesla Owners Club of East Bay cofounder Wilmer Awayan teamed up with the local media to simulate an accident with Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta engaged. The club shared behind-the-scenes videos and photos on Twitter. On Thanksgiving Day, the owner of a 2021 Tesla Model S claimed that
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Renault is offering some concessions to Nissan as the partners try to clinch a deal to reboot a two-decade alliance, according to people familiar with the situation. Nissan’s independent board directors are due to meet early next week to consider several proposals by Renault, said the people, who asked not to be identified as the