BMW will stop making electric versions of Mini hatchbacks in the UK, dealing a setback to a country trying to transition its already diminished auto industry to full-electric models. Although the Mini factory near Oxford, England, will again start making convertibles starting in 2025, BMW has elected to make electric hatchbacks and a small SUV
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Mercedes-Benz is gunning for the heart of the U.S. auto market with a battery-powered version of its workhorse GLE crossover. The midsize EQE goes on sale early next year and fleshes out Mercedes’ electric crossover lineup that is now bookended by the compact EQB and full-size EQS. The EQE crossover “for us, is yet another
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Five years ago, Polestar Chairman Hakan Samuelsson boldly decided to turn a Swedish tuning specialist into a global stand-alone brand for high-performance electrified models. Equally daring was the former Volvo Cars CEO’s decision to promote his design boss, Thomas Ingenlath, to CEO of Polestar. His faith has been rewarded as Ingenlath took
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5:15 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — NASCAR held a second consecutive meeting with its Cup drivers to discuss their safety concerns with the new Next Gen car and promised to continue the sessions for the remaining month of the season. Saturday’s meeting at Las Vegas Motor Speedway lasted 75 minutes, the same length
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Chris Mackey, managing member of Mackey Auto Group, distinctly remembers when he decided servicing commercial vehicles at his Ford dealership wasn’t going to cut it. Mackey, who formed the group in February 2019 with his son, Christopher, after having bought a Ford and a Subaru dealership, was not long into his store ownership when he
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