Just before 11:00 a.m. on the morning of Tuesday, November 15, the Morris Township Volunteer Fire Company #1 responded to a call on Interstate 80, in central Pennsylvania. It was only several hours and thousands of gallons of water later that the Tesla that started the fire could finally be moved off the road safely.
Karn Dhingra has joined Automotive News as a mobility finance reporter. Dhingra, 43, previously covered Houston for The Real Deal, a New York-based real estate trade publication. His past stops include Sports Business Journal, where he reported on facilities and ticketing, and Bloomberg Industry Group as a Houston-based correspondent covering energy, environmental policy, tax policy,
As consumers purchase tens of millions of electric vehicles over the coming decade, a huge question looms over governments and the auto industry: Can the power grid keep up with significantly increased demand? “If you simultaneously plug all of those vehicles in, it is going to break the grid,” said Robert Stocker, an energy consulting
In this article BB Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT BlackBerry was once at the top of the smartphone market in the U.S. In 2010, almost half of smartphone subscribers in the U.S. used BlackBerrys, according to Comscore. The phones were well-known for having a tactile keyboard and for BlackBerry’s advanced cybersecurity — often favored
The lifted Porsche 911 Dakar finally made its debut at the 2022 Los Angeles auto show. With a raised ride height, all-terrain tires, and a price of $223,450, it just might be the coolest production car Porsche will make next year. Unfortunately, only 2,500 Dakars will be made for 2023. Delivery of the final Lamborghini
By Johnna Crider Posted on November 18, 2022 Elon Musk announced that negative and hate tweets will be “max deboosted & demonetized.” He said that Twitter’s new policy is freedom of speed, but it is not freedom of reach. He made this announcement after reinstating three Twitter accounts, one of which was Kathy Griffin, who
Jaguar Land Rover said it was looking to recruit workers who have been fired by technology companies such as Meta Platforms and Twitter to fill digital and engineering vacancies. The automaker wants to hire about 800 workers across the UK, U.S., Ireland, India, China and Hungary, JLR said in a statement on Friday. The jobs
Should some junk stay in the junkyard? Maybe, but most cars deserve a second chance. In this episode of Roadkill, Finnegan and Newbern give new life to a ’57 Chevy Bel Air that was pulled from a junkyard after more than 30 years. With the help of Flying Sparks Garage, the guys drop in a
Top executives in automotive, mobility venture capital and energy focused on emerging business models, startups and innovation at the Automotive News L.A. Congress Nov. 18. Automotive News Publisher KC Crain welcomes one of the keynote speakers, Lucid Motors CEO Peter Rawlinson. Executive Editor Jamie Butters moderates a panel on venture capital partnerships with Angel Gambino, principal, startups
Buick’s next electric vehicle to be sold in China will be a crossover. The Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology published photos of the Buick Electra E5 online this week as part of a public comment period. The Electra E5 will be produced and marketed in China by General Motors’ joint venture with Chinese
A general view of the skyline from the Doha Corniche on March 31, 2022. Nick Potts – Pa Images | Getty Images DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Dubai-based rideshare app Careem is offering inter-country taxi journeys for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, as millions of soccer fans from around the world descend on the
Are you noticing more electric vehicles driving by on your daily commute? It’s not just you. The US EV market just breached 6.7% in the first half of 2022, up from just 1.8% in 2019. And, new data suggests this is just the start as recent US climate initiatives put the US EV market into
10:00 AM ET ABU DHABI — FIA president Mohamed Ben Sulayem says Formula One’s governing body is making changes to ensure penalties for breaching the sport’s cost cap are decided earlier in the year. The FIA announced Red Bull had breached last year’s $145 million cost cap in early October before issuing a penalty later
LOS ANGELES — Fulfilling the decades-old desire of Volkswagen’s U.S. dealers to have a pickup to sell is now in the hands of a 53-year-old native Argentinian. On the job running the company’s North America operations for just over two months, he believes that desire is valid. But getting from “we want” to “we have”
Mercedes-Benz and auto supplier Robert Bosch agreed to pay about $6 million to resolve Arizona’s lawsuit over diesel advertising claims, the state said on Friday. Under the proposed settlement, Mercedes will pay $2.8 million in consumer restitution, and each qualifying Arizona consumer will receive up to $625 per vehicle, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich said.
In this article CVNA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Carvana used car “vending machine” on May 11, 2022 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Carvana is laying off about 1,500 people, or 8% of its workforce, Friday following a freefall in the company’s stock this year, a weakening used vehicle market
The 2023 BMW M4 CSL (Competition, Sport, Lightweight) is a sport coupe in search of a racetrack, but an hour on this mountain road outside of Palm Springs is my only option. The M4 CSL goes beyond the capability of the already bonkers M4 Competition with 240 pounds of weight savings, more power, and a
The jury for the 2023 North American Car, Truck and Utility Vehicle of the Year (NACTOY) Awards has picked the nine finalist vehicles at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Out of 26 vehicles voted semifinalists earlier this year from an initial field of 47 eligible vehicles, NACTOY’s 50 jurors from the United States and Canada