10:49 AM ET ESPN News Services CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kyle Busch will move to Richard Childress Racing next season, ending a 15-year career with Joe Gibbs Racing because the team could not come to terms with NASCAR’s only active multiple Cup champion. Busch will drive the No. 8 Chevrolet for Childress in an announcement made
What kind of vehicle is the 2023 Volvo XC90? What does it compare to? The 2023 Volvo XC90 is a three-row crossover SUV. Shop it against the BMW X5 and Audi Q7, as well as the Jeep Grand Cherokee L. Is the 2023 Volvo XC90 a good SUV? Review continues below With a TCC Rating
A Tesla Model S Plaid was recently destroyed in Plano, Texas while being driven by an employee at a Tesla Service Center. The owner of the EV dropped the car off at Tesla for repairs on August 24 but on August 30, received the call that no car owner wants to receive. On the other
Prices paid for R34 Nissan Skyline GT-Rs have soared recently, and this Bayside Blue example is unlikely to reverse that trend. Offered by GT-A International, it was driven by Paul Walker in “Fast and Furious 4.” Walker was an avid GT-R fan, which is one of the reasons why his character Brian O’Conner appeared behind
Striking Kokomo Casting Plant union workers in Indiana ratified an agreement with Stellantis on Monday, ending a standoff after local contract negotiations broke down late last week. “Stellantis is pleased that members of UAW Local 1166 at the Kokomo, Indiana, Casting Plant have ratified a new local agreement,” the company said in a statement Tuesday.
Rivian just added almost $3 billion to its market capitalization in a day, and all it took was a fairly bare-bones deal with a potential rival. The upstart EV pickup, SUV and van maker and Mercedes-Benz will join forces to build big electric vans in Europe ”in a few years,” the two revealed Thursday, sending Rivian
Americans love big cars. It gave the world Cadillacs with massive tailfins and oversize pickup trucks. In Europe, for example, small cars like city cars, subcompacts, and compact cars made up more than 35 percent of sales in 2021, according to industry analyst JATO Dynamics. In the United States, those three segments made up just
By Maria Merano Posted on September 12, 2022 During an invite-only Goldman Sachs conference in San Francisco on Monday, Tesla Head of Investor Relations Martin Viecha shared some of the company’s plans for the next five years. He also provided some key insights about the company’s battery supply, both for its electric vehicle business and
PARIS — Peugeot will launch a full-electric version of the 308 compact hatchback and station wagon next year, with a new motor developed by Stellantis’ joint venture with the Japanese company Nidec. The full-electric version joins plug-in hybrid options (with 225 or 180 hp), as well as gasoline and diesel engines in the 308. Peugeot
3:58 AM ET Nico Hulkenberg is a front-running candidate to replace Mick Schumacher at Haas next season, multiple sources have told ESPN. Hulkenberg last raced full-time in F1 with Renault in 2019 but has made a handful of substitute appearances for Racing Point and Aston Martin in the years since as a COVID-19 stand-in. Hulkenberg
Since the pandemic started, a new trend has cropped up among Jeep owners. Along with waving at each other, some Wrangler owners now also leave rubber duckies with pleasant little messages on them for each other to find. Now, the Jeep brand is taking it to another level. Ducking started in Canada during the pandemic
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and the Alliance for Automotive Innovation are at odds over the next steps in an ongoing lawsuit concerning updates to the state’s “right to repair” law. Automakers represented by the alliance filed the lawsuit against Healey in November 2020 after voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure revising and expanding the
Self-driving technology company Argo AI is rolling out an all-inclusive collection of autonomous vehicle products and services designed for commercial use to fit fleets and all vehicle types. Besides self-driving technology, products from the company based in Pittsburgh include a vehicle and fleet management system and a data analytics platform for vehicles used in ride-hailing
In this article STLA DETROIT – Jeep plans to launch four new all-electric SUVs in North America by 2025, including a luxury Grand Wagoneer and a Wrangler-inspired off-road vehicle called the Recon. The quintessential American SUV brand announced the new vehicles Thursday along with plans for half of its U.S. sales, and all of its
HAIPHONG, Vietnam — Vietnam’s VinFast began handing its first batch of 100 full-electric SUVs to local customers, with U.S. deliveries of the vehicle due to begin as soon as December. VinFast, which began operations in 2019, is gearing up to expand in the U.S. market, where it hopes to compete with legacy automakers and startups
9:52 AM ET Williams driver Alex Albon is recovering in hospital after suffering a respiratory failure following surgery for appendicitis. Albon missed the Italian Grand Prix at the weekend for surgery on Saturday. The Thai driver experienced “unexpected post-operative anaesthetic complications” after his procedure and was sent to intensive care at Monza’s Ospedale San Gerardo,
What kind of vehicle is the 2023 Dodge Challenger? What does it compare to? The 2023 Dodge Challenger is a modern muscle car, available in myriad smile-inducing configurations. Compare it to the Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Camaro. Is the 2023 Dodge Challenger a good car? Review continues below That depends on what you ask of
Audi is working an all-electric successor to its R8 supercar to be released around “mid-decade,” according to a new report from Autocar. While the new EV won’t carry the R8 name, it will hold the spot at the top of the Audi lineup with higher performance than the e-tron GT. The electric R8 successor hasn’t