Month: December 2021

A potential deal between Geely and Renault could pave the way for Geely’s Lynk & Co. brand to reach the U.S. Geely and Renault in August signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a comprehensive deal that will see them jointly introduce Renault-branded hybrids in China, using vehicle platforms and production capacity supplied by Geely. The
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BERLIN — Tesla and relevant authorities have submitted all the documents necessary for the approval process for the automaker’s planned factory near Berlin, the environment ministry of the German state of Brandenburg said. The approval process is still ongoing, the ministry said on Wednesday. Due to environmental objections and red tape, it remained unclear when
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Vehicle auction and remarketing company XLerate Group said Wednesday it has signed an agreement to acquire America’s Auto Auction, another major auction company. Once combined, Carmel, Ind.-based XLerate and Dallas-based America’s Auto Auction will have 39 auction sites spread across 19 states. The deal is expected to close by the end of the year. Financial
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Pro driver Randy Pobst hot laps the 2020 Lamborghini Huracán Evo AWD around WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca for MotorTrend’s 2020 Best Driver’s Car presented by Tire Rack. Get the pros and cons right here ➡️ https://bit.ly/34CAMjq #MotorTrend #Lamborghini #Huracan #TireRack Best Driver’s Car and World’s Greatest Drag Race 10 YouTube Schedule: Best Driver’s Car hot
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What kind of car is the 2022 Mazda 3? What does it compare to? The Mazda 3 sedan and hatchback are compact entry-level cars with lovely interiors and lots of safety equipment. They’re competition for cars like the Toyota Corolla, Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla, and Hyundai Elantra. Is the 2022 Mazda 3 a good car?
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WASHINGTON — U.S auto safety regulators said Wednesday they have opened a formal safety investigation into 580,000 Tesla Inc. vehicles sold since 2017 over the automaker’s decision to allow games to be played on the front center touchscreen. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said its preliminary evaluation covers various 2017-2022 model year Tesla Model
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2:31 AM ET Mick Schumacher, the son of seven-time Formula One world champion Michael, will double up as a Ferrari reserve driver next season while also having a regular race seat at U.S.-owned Haas. Team boss Mattia Binotto told reporters that the 22-year-old German would be available to stand in at 11 of the record
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A number of companies are facing a shortage of workers, but Russia’s Kamaz might have found an unlikely solution. According to Reuters, the CEO of the country’s largest truckmaker is considering using prison labor. No decisions have been made, but Sergei Kogogin told reporters the company is “assessing how to apply the program developed by
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BERLIN — Volkswagen said allegations made against it by Acer were unfounded, after a magazine reported that the Taiwanese computer maker had sued the automaker for infringing on its mobile network patents. German weekly WirtschaftsWoche had reported on Tuesday that Acer had filed a suit in the U.S. state of Virginia, alleging that VW had
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Redwood Materials, the battery materials and recycling company founded by Tesla co-founder JB Straubel, hired Tesla’s Director of Quality Bruce Watson away from the electric automaker. Straubel’s Redwood Materials was best known as a Nevada-based company developing new processes to recycle materials with a focus on electric car batteries, but the company announced that it
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12:16 PM ET Canadian Nicholas Latifi spoke out on Tuesday after receiving death threats and online abuse over a crash at the Dec. 12 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix that led to Red Bull’s Max Verstappen winning the Formula One title and Lewis Hamilton missing out. The Williams driver brought out the safety car late in
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What kind of car is the 2022 Mazda CX-9? What does it compare to? With the CX-9, Mazda has a seven-seat SUV and its largest vehicle ever. The three-row crossover rivals vehicles like the Toyota Highlander, Subaru Ascent, even the Volvo XC90. Is the 2022 Mazda CX-9 a good car? Review continues below We give
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In this article NKLA Trevor Milton CEO of Nikola Massimo Pinca | Reuters Electric truck maker Nikola has agreed to pay the Securities and Exchange Commission $125 million to settle charges that it defrauded investors by misleading them about its products, technical capacity and business prospects. SEC officials said they hoped the penalty would serve
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KPMG warned that used-vehicle prices could fall abruptly and raise negative equity issues once new-vehicle supply rebounds. The used-car market has historically been closely correlated with the new car market, KPMG global head of automotive Gary Silbert told Automotive News on Monday. But used-vehicle prices are up 42.4 percent over January 2020 levels, while new-vehicle
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All electric vehicles experience losses during the charging process. We recently posted a couple of articles explaining why there are charging losses and where they are incurred, but we continue to get questions and comments about it so I decided to record my 2021 Tesla Model 3 charging on an Electrify America DC fast charger
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