Tesla is making its controversial driver-assistance system available to customers previously deemed not safe enough behind the wheel to test it out. CEO Elon Musk tweeted that the system Tesla calls Full Self-Driving Beta is now available to anyone in North America who has bought the option and requests it from their car screen. Until
Modern car-related video games have ultra-realistic graphics, but it is still quite hard to replicate the feeling of a real car when sitting in your living room. A petrolhead from Poland found the solution to this problem by building a DIY driving simulator using genuine interior parts from Alfa Romeo models. Adriano, who drives an
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In this article BIDU Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Baidu got approval to charge fares for its robotaxi rides in the Beijing suburb of Yizhuang in November 2021. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese tech company Baidu said its robotaxi business in large cities is close to gaining the
The steep, unpaved driveway was so loose and mud-slicked from recent rains that I could feel the ground sliding ever so slightly beneath the tires, even after we’d stopped. I was instructed by my guide in the passenger seat of a big 2023 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter AWD passenger van, at the mucky off-road park near Stuttgart,
Hyundai Motor Group announced in October that will it build in Georgia a large manufacturing site, called Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America (HMGMA), which is expected to include also an EV battery manufacturing facility. The partner for the battery joint venture has not been announced yet, but according to an unofficial report from The Korea
Jaguar Land Rover is reducing vehicle output in the UK through March, as the automaker prioritizes making higher-margin models because of semiconductor shortages, according to a person familiar with the matter. The money losing automaker, owned by India’s Tata Motors, will cut production of the Range Rover Velar and Jaguar F-Pace models that are made
An MG6 sedan has been absolutely destroyed after crashing into a Tesla Model 3 in China and rolling onto its roof. Making the accident even more unusual are the stickers affixed to the rear of both the MG and the Model 3. Dashcam footage from the white Model 3 shows it traveling in the middle
A new leather-wrapping solution developed by French supplier Faurecia could allow automakers to make more unique designs in their vehicle interiors and localize more of the production process. Traditionally, wrapping an interior component such as a door panel or center console in leather or another material is a costly, time-consuming process. It’s something that typically
In this article HYUD-GB Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Drew Angerer | Getty Images News | Getty Images SAVANNAH, Ga. — Hyundai Motor Group is having its best years ever in the U.S. The South Korean automaker has successfully moved from bargain economy vehicles and dancing hamsters to competing against formidable automakers in the
By Johnna Crider Posted on November 25, 2022 Elon Musk called a report on Antifa wanting to burn down Tesla “concerning.” The Tesla CEO responded to a Rebel News report on screenshots of calls to action. Andy Ngô, editor-at-large for the ThePost Millenial, shared screenshots of the calls to action by the now-suspended Twitter account
If the 2023 Honda Civic has cropped up in your conversations lately, we’ll bet the subject was the new Type-R hot hatch that’s due to hit showrooms later this year, and whether you’d buy one over Toyota’s GR Corolla. But out in the wider world there’s a far more important, relevant and affordable Civic that’s
Mercedes-Benz has started offering its U.S. customers the chance to boost acceleration on some models with a $1,200 subscription called Acceleration Increase. The update, which will be launched soon, can cut 0 to 60 mph times by up to one second on EQE and EQS full-electric models. But European customers will not have access to
When scientists around the world perform crash tests on vehicles, and you see them compress and break, they’re usually going much slower than you think. The IIHS, for instance, does frontal crash tests at 40 mph (64 km/h). So what would happen if you went a whole lot faster? French YouTube channel Vilebrequin (French for
Import auto brands have been mostly circumspect about how the new Inflation Reduction Act will impact their efforts to market electric vehicles in the U.S. Steve Center, COO of Kia America, is a bit more blunt. The law pulls the rug out from the entire industry, he said. “To have anything just changed ‘presto change-o’
HAI PHONG, Vietnam – Vietnamese EV maker VinFast said on Friday it had shipped its first batch of 999 cars to the United States, capping a five-year bid to develop an auto production hub in the Southeast Asian country for North American and European markets. The first cars are expected to be handed over to
In this article DPZ Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Domino’s will roll out 800 custom-branded 2023 Chevy Bolt electric vehicles at locations across the U.S. in the coming months. Domino’s Domino’s Pizza will be rolling out a fleet of 2023 Chevy Bolt electric vehicles, 800 of the GM EVs in total across the U.S.
Czech race car specialist Praga has joined the ranks of hypercar manufacturers this week following the reveal of the Bohema, an extreme track machine designed to also be driven on the road. While it only packs 700 hp, it also weighs just 2,164 pounds. Pininfarina Battista Pininfarina published performance figures for its Battista electric hypercar,