PARIS — Nissan is launching the Townstar, a small van based on the Kangoo from alliance partner Renault, as part of a rebranding of its light-commercial vehicle offerings. The Townstar will be available with either a gasoline or full-electric drivetrain, but there will be no option for diesel, which has dominated the commercial van market
Month: September 2021
Indicators, turn signals, call them what you will, their job is to help you avoid a smash by letting other traffic know you’re about to make a move, and in which direction you’re going to make it. Sounds simple enough, except when Mini’s Union Jack-themed taillights are involved. As a recent story on Jalopnik highlighted
WASHINGTON — A group of 21 state attorneys general, the District of Columbia, and several major U.S. cities has urged the Biden administration to finalize stricter vehicle emissions rules than it has proposed. The Environmental Protection Agency in August called for reversing the Trump-era loosening of vehicle emissions rules with a new plan to boost
Elon Musk announced that Tesla plans to start adding ~1,000 new Full Self-Driving Beta testers per day based on their “safety score” starting next week. Tesla’s plan for a “wider release” of its Full Self-Driving Beta, which was first supposed to come six months ago, has changed a lot in the last week. It went
In this article 175-HK Logo of Chinese automaker Geely Auto. Zhang Peng | Getty Images GUANGZHOU, China — Chinese automaker Geely Holding is jumping into the smartphone business after its founder set up a new company. Hubei Xingji Shidai Technology Co. Ltd, founded by Eric Li, signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Wuhan Economic and
Cadillac will eventually transition to an all-electric line-up but it will continue to celebrate the internal combustion engine while it can and a few months ago, launched the insane CT5-V Blackwing. The CT5-V Blackwing is essentially the successor to the CTS-V and as such, features a familiar 6.2-liter supercharged V8. However, it has been modified
DETROIT — Ford Motor Co., in what it says is the largest single manufacturing investment in its 118-year history, on Monday said it would spend US$7 billion and create nearly 11,000 jobs to build electric vehicles and batteries in Tennessee and Kentucky. The investment, meant to vault Ford among the leaders in EV output, will
General Motors’ GMC brand announced a three-year partnership with the Marcus Graham Project to foster diverse leadership in advertising, media and marketing, and marks the organization’s first contractual, multi-year commitment with a brand. The financial commitment from GMC is earmarked to support the nonprofit’s annual iCR8 Boot Camp program, which trains aspiring marketers from non-traditional backgrounds.
Most drivers can surely relate to attempting a risky overtake, but few are as risky as what this Subaru Crosstrek driver did to overtake a truck with almost all his wheels off the pavement. The incident took place in North Carolina on US-321, where the video begins with the truck driver making his way down
DETROIT — Ford Motor Co., in what it says is the largest single manufacturing investment in its 118-year history, on Monday said it would spend $7 billion and create nearly 11,000 jobs to build electric vehicles and batteries in Tennessee and Kentucky. The investment, meant to vault Ford among the leaders in EV output, will
Canadian supplier Magna International Inc. and the University of Waterloo in Ontario announced Monday a $1.3 million ($1.6 million CAD) joint project designed to enhance the safety and cybersecurity of self-driving vehicles. Jim Quesenberry, director of research and development at Magna, said the five-year collaboration will aim to tackle some of the big issues in
Ford has announced that it will lead America’s shift to electric vehicles with two new massive investments in the U.S. Together with its battery partner, SK Innovation, Ford will build manufacturing campuses – “mega-sites” – in Tennessee and Kentucky that will produce the next generation of electric F-Series trucks and the batteries (three gigafactories – total
In this article F Rendering of Ford’s $5.6 billion “Blue Oval City” campus in Tennessee. The site is expected to include a supplier park, battery production facility and a new assembly plant for electric F-Series trucks. Ford DETROIT – Ford Motor and battery supplier SK Innovation plan to invest more than $11.4 billion in new
Reminiscent of the DaimlerChrysler days, Mercedes-Benz and Stellantis joined forces last week, this time in the area of battery development and production for electric vehicles. Mercedes is the latest shareholder in the battery technology company Automotive Cells Company (ACC), which was formed in 2020 by the former PSA Group (now part of Stellantis) and French
Porsche has gone on record saying that, since the iconic flat-six in the rear is one of 911’s most important features, an electric version doesn’t really make sense. But that hasn’t stopped others from trying. Driven by Carfection’s Henry Catchpole, this video tries to determine whether Everrati, with its electric 964 restomod, is right about
BERLIN — German automakers face possibly months of uncertainty before they know the direction the country’s new government will take on the auto industry. Olaf Scholz of the center-left Social Democrats (SPD) defeated Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives in an extremely tight German general election on Sunday. The result will likely result in months of negotiations
Suburban Detroit’s experimentation with an outdoor automotive festival showed plenty of promise for next year and beyond, but it also served as a reminder why auto shows traditionally have been held in climate-controlled convention halls. Bad weather forced organizers to cancel one of two media and industry days at Motor Bella, the enthusiast-geared car event
In Pomona, Missouri, there’s a place where gearheads can be free, where the only limit on the amount of fun you can have is the amount of time you’ve booked. That place is called Little Talladega. An Airbnb located on a 60-acre property, the location features an 8,500+ sq ft Tuscan style home with accommodations
The largest proxy advisory firm is recommending Tesla Inc. investors reject two board members who are standing for re-election: James Murdoch and Elon Musk’s younger brother, Kimbal Musk. “Votes against directors James Murdoch and Kimbal Musk are warranted due to concerns regarding excessive compensation to named executive officers and to non-executive directors,” Institutional Shareholder Services
Plug in America, a nonprofit, Los Angeles- based advocacy group, calls itself the consumer voice of the electric vehicle industry. Among its missions is to educate consumers about driving EVs, and, through its PlugStar program, to educate dealerships on selling the vehicles. Shift Deputy Editor Pete Bigelow spoke with Program Director Kathryn Urquhart and Executive
By Eric Ralph Posted on September 27, 2021 A member of a NASA safety advisory panel says that SpaceX’s second operational Crew Dragon spacecraft will perform the first International Space Station (ISS) “flyaround” in years. In the days of the Space Shuttle, similar flyaround maneuvers were extremely common as the US and Russia slowly but
While the world seems to be moving en-mass to BEVs, Mat Watson of Carwow takes a look at the hydrogen fuel cell-powered Toyota Mirai to see what it has to offer. Firstly, it is a huge step forward from its predecessor in terms of its looks and gets an upgrade in platform too. The new
LONDON — Ford is close to choosing one of its two transmission plants in Europe to produce electric drivetrains, sources close to the automaker say. The two plants in contention are Ford’s two former joint venture facilities with Getrag, now fully Ford owned. One is in Halewood, England and the other is in Cologne, Germany.
6:07 PM ET Associated Press LONG BEACH, Calif. — Smooth and steady, same as he’s been all season, Alex Palou cruised to his first IndyCar championship with an easy Sunday drive at the Grand Prix of Long Beach. The 24-year-old became the first Spaniard to win the IndyCar championship and pulled it off in just
The Dodge Intrepid, also known as the Chrysler Intrepid in Canada, was one of the more intriguing vehicles produced by Dodge/Chrysler in the 1990s and early 2000s. It is remembered for its sleek shape and has served as the basis for a project car that was recently shared to Reddit. While the vehicle you’re looking
DETROIT — It’s taken Jim Farley less than one year as Ford Motor Co. CEO to accomplish what his two immediate predecessors couldn’t over six: reverse the company’s long stock slide. There’s much still to fix, including problematic launches of high-profile vehicles, money-losing overseas markets and slumping U.S. sales amid the coronavirus pandemic and global
Hundreds of miles away from a major city brimming with urbanites and potential early adopters, Stefan Johnson devotes his time to generating interest in electric vehicles on Colorado’s rugged Western Slope. This is oil-and-gas country. Not all that long ago, Johnson’s attempts may have only stirred derision. But today, a rise in EV-curious consumers, a
In this article TSLA Elon Musk, founder and chief engineer of SpaceX speaks at the 2020 Satellite Conference and Exhibition March 9, 2020 in Washington, DC. Musk answered a range of questions relating to SpaceX projects during his appearance at the conference. Win McNamee | Getty Images Elon Musk reassured Tesla‘s commitment to China, saying
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the unveiling of the Bugatti EB110. While this effort to revive Bugatti for the modern age failed, it laid the foundation for the brand’s revival under Volkswagen Group stewardship. The EB110 was the brainchild of Italian businessman Romano Artioli, who as a 20-year-old vowed to revive Bugatti when
It’s incredible to think that the VW Golf GTi, the one-time young upstart that helped define a completely new class of car and consign crusty clunkers like the MGB to the history books, is almost half a century old. This year marks the GTI’s 45th anniversary and as VW buffs know, that’s all the excuse
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