Month: January 2022

11:57 AM ET Executive director Marcin Budkowski has left the Renault-owned Alpine Formula One team, where he effectively ran day-to-day operations, with immediate effect. Alpine said in a statement on Thursday that chief executive Laurent Rossi would temporarily step in to ensure preparations for next season continued smoothly. Budkowski has been linked with rivals Aston
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What kind of vehicle is the 2022 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport? What does it compare to? The 2022 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport is a small crossover worth shopping against the Subaru Crosstrek and Hyundai Tucson, among a wide range of rivals.  Is the 2022 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport a good SUV? Review continues below The 2022 Outlander Sport
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5:41 AM ET An investigation by Formula One’s governing body into last season’s Abu Dhabi finale is picking up speed amid speculation the outcome will determine whether seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton races on or walks away. The International Automobile Federation (FIA) promised in December “a detailed analysis and clarification exercise” of a controversy it
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What kind of vehicle is the 2022 BMW Z4? What does it compare to? Sexy, slippery, and sporty, the 2022 BMW Z4 roadster sells two seats that strap on top of a capable chassis, behind turbo-4 or turbo-6 engines. That makes it a rival for the Jaguar F-Type, maybe the Chevy Corvette, even the Mazda
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California is evaluating whether Tesla Inc.’s self-driving tests require regulatory oversight, following “videos showing a dangerous use of that technology” and federal investigations into Tesla vehicle crashes, a state regulator said. The California Department of Motor Vehicles had said that Tesla’s “full self-driving,” or FSD, beta requires human intervention and therefore is not subject to
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By purchasing software firm Wind River for $4.3 billion in cash, supplier Aptiv Inc. is not only gaining technology it will need as vehicles become more software-driven. It will also be adding a staff that includes more than 1,000 technical employees at a time when software developers, engineers, data analysts and other high-skilled labor have
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9:43 AM ET Turkey’s Cem Bolukbasi will race in Formula Two this season, becoming the first gamer to go from F1 Esports to the Formula One feeder series. The 23-year-old told a news conference in Istanbul on Wednesday that he had signed a deal with Czech-based Charouz Racing System and had the ultimate goal of
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What kind of car is the 2022 Mercedes-Benz AMG SL-Class? What does it compare to? A V-8-powered 2+2 convertible, the 2022 Mercedes-Benz AMG SL-Class is a sports car that puts more focus on performance than the two-seater it replaces, while still retaining the brand’s signature luxury. It competes against the BMW 8-Series, Jaguar F-Type, and
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Pallets of depleted lithium-ion batteries at JB Straubel’s Redwood Materials are ready for recycling. Tesla co-founder JB Straubel, founder and CEO of battery recycling firm Redwood Materials, has good news and bad news for those who believe electric vehicle sales are primed to take off.  Straubel says demand is picking up, but the auto industry isn’t
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Porsche’s annual global vehicle sales broke the 300,000 mark for the first time last year as the automaker overcame chip shortages to fulfil rising global demand for its cars, especially plug-in-hybrid models. Deliveries increased 11 percent to 301,915, Porsche said in a statement. Porsche’s previous record annual sales were 280,800in 2019. The Taycan full-electric sedan
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What kind of vehicle is the 2022 Dodge Challenger? What does it compare to? The Dodge Challenger is a two-door muscle car flexing into Herculean proportions with SRT Hellcat and Super Stock models. It still fights its half-century-old battle with the Ford Mustang and Chevy Camaro, but Dodge stocks it with super-sized engines.  Is the
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One of the original Audi R8’s best features was the fact that it was offered with a gated manual transmission, but that feature unfortunately departed with the introduction of the second-gen model. Now, Underground Racing, the tuning company best known for extracting thousands of horsepower from Audis and Lamborghinis with their monstrous twin-turbo kits, says
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