PARIS — Automotive Cells Company (ACC), the joint battery venture between Stellantis and TotalEnergies, just got a giant boost with the news that Mercedes-Benz will become a full partner. Although ACC will not produce its first batteries before the end of 2023, Mercedes parent company Daimler’s involvement makes it a major and credible player in
Month: September 2021
7:32 AM ET Associated Press LONG BEACH, Calif. — The IndyCar championship race tightened ahead of the Grand Prix of Long Beach after a messy qualifying session put contenders Alex Palou and Pato O’Ward in the middle of the pack. “Maybe rules don’t apply the last race of the season? When everything’s at stake? It
Bugatti has always been notorious for high servicing and maintenance costs, which is logical considering the asking price for their cheapest model is over $2.5 million. The company is offering a dedicated global service program for the Chiron and Veyron, but what is the real cost of ownership? Muhammad Al Qawi Zamani, a Bugatti enthusiast from Malaysia
For Toyota and its Lexus brand, this December could be one to remember — for all the wrong reasons. Ongoing microchip and other supply chain shortages caused by the pandemic have forced Toyota Motor Corp. to continue to cut its global production. Meanwhile, U.S. retail demand for new vehicles has slowed, but not yet enough
In an Aug. 18 virtual event titled “The Thriving Dealership: Now and for the Future,” sponsored by Cox Automotive, Shift convened a panel of retailing experts to share insights. Here are excerpts. Digital retailing “Something that actually even surprised me was that, even as the pandemic wound down, we thought our digital retailing engagement would
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In this article F Dane Hardware (right), Ford design and release engineer, and Mary Fredrick, Ford battery validation engineer, measure the voltage of a battery using a digital multimeter at Ford’s Battery Benchmarking and Test Laboratory in Allen Park, Michigan. Ford Ford is partnering with battery recycling start-up Redwood Materials to reuse the raw materials
While the GV60 is the first Genesis electric vehicle built from the ground up, it isn’t actually the brand’s first EV. That title belongs to the Genesis eG80, also known as the Electrified G80. Genesis unveiled the vehicle at the Shanghai Auto Show back in mid-April and recently handed it over to reviewers in South
BMW plans to build all its future cars on a single, electric-focused platform. The automaker showed its ideas for sustainable, premium transportation with its iVision Circular concept car. Development chief, Frank Weber, talked about these topics and more during a roundtable at the IAA Munich auto show that included Automotive News Europe Associate Publisher and
2:09 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Dean Berta Viñales, a 15-year-old Spanish rider, died after crashing in a motorcycle race in Spain on Saturday. Race organizers said Viñales, a cousin of MotoGP rider Maverick Viñales, did not recover from his injuries after the crash in a Supersport 300 race at the Jeréz de la
There is a Facebook Group called Unnecessary automobile nose swaps and while most posts are photoshop-edited pictures, there is a real car listing that perfectly encapsulates the group’s theme. The car hiding behind the Hummer’s face is a 1995 Nissan Rasheen coming from Japan and it is currently offered for sale in Richmond. We guess that most
In its march toward a carbon-neutral future, Volvo Cars is targeting how its steel is made. Its hope: To adopt a new “green steel” that promises to eliminate the need for coking coal in its manufacturing process. If the idea works, it could take a significant bite out of the CO2 in the automaker’s supply
Sould a part the size of a rice grain and worth less than a penny slow down and even stop a 5,000-pound, $50,000, full-size truck from being sold? When that tiny part is a microchip that triggers an airbag, fires a fuel injector or commands a navigation system, the answer is yes. “This isn’t going
Tesla has broken ground on a new factory located in Lathrop, California. The facility will exclusively produce Megapacks – Tesla’s largest battery used for stationary energy storage. Megapacks were first introduced in 2019 and have since been manufactured alongside Powerpacks and Powerwalls at Gigafactory Nevada. However, soon Megapacks will be produced in their own unique
In this article TSLA Electric vehicle maker Tesla rolled out a long-awaited software update Friday night that allows customers to request access to its controversial Full Self-Driving Beta (FSD Beta) software. The move delighted fans of CEO Elon Musk and Tesla, but it risks drawing the ire of federal vehicle safety authorities who are already
This week we hopped behind the wheel of the updated 2022 Porsche Macan GTS. The vehicle combines everyday comfort with high-performance as a fitting coda for the gas-powered Macan before the small crossover goes full-electric in the coming years. 2017 Porsche 911 GTS Targa 4 Another vehicle we tested was the new 2022 Porsche 911
FRANKFURT — The planned opening of Tesla’s first gigafactory in Europe later this year will force local industry to step up its game, Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess said. Diess’ comments, made on Twitter, come as Tesla continues work on its plant in Gruenheide, near Berlin, as it awaits final building approval for the 5.8
7:53 PM ET Associated Press LONG BEACH, Calif. — Endless hours on iRacing trying to familiarize himself with the downtown city street course in Long Beach paid off Friday when IndyCar points leader Alex Palou sailed through his first career laps on the circuit. Palou takes a 35-point lead into Sunday’s title-deciding season finale. The
On Friday, the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) released new dashcam footage of the incident described below that occurred last month on August 29, 2021, when a Tesla Model 3 that was reportedly on Autopilot slammed into a police car nearly hitting an officer who was responding to a disabled vehicle in Orange County. Thanks to
While going through National Automobile Dealers Association training, the convoluted process of buying a vehicle became more obvious — and more alarming — to Patrick Daly. Mystery shopping at competitors’ dealerships and his store showed that car shopping was still more complicated than it needs to be, said Daly, general manager of Randy Wise Chevrolet
LOS ANGELES — Honda is late to the EV push, without an electric vehicle on sale now in the U.S. and not much success with its cute-but-pricey “e” model in Europe. But that’s not stopping the brand from predicting ambitious sales of future EV products. Honda said last week that its initial target is 70,000
By Joey Klender Posted on September 24, 2021 Volvo Cars has announced that it will be taking an ethical stand for animal welfare in its electric vehicles. On September 23rd, the Swedish automaker officially announced that every new fully-electric Volvo model will come with a completely leather-free interior, starting with the C40 Recharge. In 2030,
In this article UG Andrew Matthews | PA Images | Getty Images DETROIT – General Motors plans to expand its OnStar emergency services from an in-vehicle feature and phone-based app to a home-based 911 system for Amazon Alexa. The Detroit automaker on Wednesday said it will launch a new OnStar Guardian for Amazon’s popular voice
TURIN — Tesla CEO Elon Musk said there is an end in sight for the global chip shortage that has pummelled the car industry this year thanks to new semiconductor plants that are planned or under construction. Asked how long he thought the global chip shortage would affect vehicle production, Musk said: “short term I
2:11 PM ET Associated Press LONG BEACH, Calif. — The love affair between Romain Grosjean and IndyCar will continue another year. The Frenchman will move to Andretti Autosport in 2022 to drive a full season, including the Indianapolis 500. Grosjean did not commit to ovals when he left Formula One to drive for Dale Coyne
On any given day classic car auction site Bring A Trailer brings the virtual hammer down on any number of interesting cars. Modern, classic, modified or museum-grade, BaT celebrates them all, whether they were built in Detroit or Dingolfing. But today the theme was very definitely Turkish, and we don’t mean it was hosting a
Demand for used vehicles has been high this year, and flooding this month from Hurricane Ida just sent more customers clamoring for cars at Planet Honda in Union, N.J. Planet Honda isn’t alone facing that growing demand. In times like these, General Manager Bill Feinstein said he and other dealership leaders he knows are choosing
Like many legacy luxury automakers, Lucid Motors offers several levels of customization for its future vehicle portfolio, starting with the Air sedan that will soon go into production. As a direct seller of its electric vehicles, Lucid provides an online configurator, but it takes that to the next level inside its Studio retail locations with
In this article TSLA Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk speaks to the media next to its Model S. Nora Tam | South China Morning Post | Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Friday that the ongoing semiconductor crisis will be over by next year. The tech billionaire said he thinks chip shortage is a
Jeep used the 2021 Detroit 4Fest currently underway at Detroit’s Holly Oaks ORV Park to unveil a new Xtreme Recon Package designed for the Wrangler Willys. The package sees the heritage-inspired Willys join the Rubicon and Rubicon 392 as Wranglers available with 35-inch tires from the factory, and it presents excellent value at a price
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