General Motors will cancel production at Lansing Grand River Assembly next week due to a temporary parts shortage, spokesman Dan Flores told Automotive News. Flores did not disclose the nature of the parts shortage, but he said it was not related to microchips. GM expects to resume production at the Michigan plant, which builds the
Month: March 2022
The growing demand for electric vehicles is upending the automotive supply chain at a time when it was already stressed by the coronavirus pandemic, rising material prices and semiconductor shortages. The industry’s push for new technologies and solutions is enormous, and R&D work is underway around the industry. During 2019 and 2020, the world’s top
BERLIN — Volkswagen Group will recall more than 100,000 plug-in hybrid vehicles globally due to the risk of fire, a spokesperson for the automaker said. VW brand will recall 42,300 Passat, Golf, and Tiguan and Arteon models, while Audi will call back 24,400 vehicles. The Seat and Skoda units are also affected. There is a
Porsche is looking to advance itself in the world of in-vehicle entertainment — at least at its in-house playground in Southern California. It’s now offering a virtual reality gaming experience — for passengers, not drivers — at its Porsche Experience Center in Los Angeles. The program, created in collaboration with the tech startup Holoride is
Insatiable demand for SUVs all over the globe but particularly in key markets such as China and the U.S. has led to companies even like Lotus, whose reputation is built on lightweight sports cars, joining the trend. But with its new Eletre revealed on Tuesday, there’s the chance Lotus will be able to live up
11:30 AM ET Formula One cars will race under the lights down the Las Vegas strip in 2023 as part of a new event on the championship calendar, joining Austin and Miami as U.S. host venues. Las Vegas will hosts its event on a Saturday night in November, a rarity in an F1 calendar featuring
People driving on the A28 between Zwolle and Meppel, Netherlands, may see something a little odd today. A double-helix of tire marks extending farther than may have seemed possible is the result of a very expensive accident for the owner of a Lamborghini Aventador on Sunday. The driver, Rick van Stippent, is a Dutch millionaire
Volkswagen has been careful not to reveal too much about its Project Trinty, though it has definitely been clear about the major strides it will need to make to be able to become the global leader in the EV industry. It’s now becoming more clear that those plans may include Tesla-like manufacturing processes, including potential
New Jeeps are displayed at a car dealership on October 05, 2021 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Automakers will likely report sharp sales declines for March and the first quarter, industry analysts say, as an ongoing shortage of new vehicles has left car-shoppers with few – and often expensive – choices.
By Maria Merano Posted on March 31, 2022 More than a week after its first delivery event, Tesla Giga Berlin has already transported Model Y vehicles out of the facility’s grounds for deliveries across Europe. Drone operator Tobias Lindh recently flew over Tesla Giga Berlin and spotted Model Ys in the midst of being transported
SHANGHAI — Volkswagen asked staff at its Shanghai plant to prepare sleeping bags and yoga mats so they can deploy a system that allows the automaker to continue to operate despite parts of the Chinese city being under a strict COVID-19 lockdown. The arrangement will enable the plant, which VW runs with local partner SAIC
11:42 AM ET The all-female W Series will have 10 races on the Formula support schedule this season, two more than originally scheduled, after announcing on Wednesday opening and closing double-headers in Miami in May and Mexico in October. This year will be the series’ third season, with Britain’s Jamie Chadwick chasing her third crown
A German court has awarded a Tesla Model 3 owner €69,000 ($76,800) in compensation after deciding that the car’s optional autonomous driving technology didn’t live up to the marketing promise. According to German publication the Spiegel, the Darmstadt Regional Court heard how the plaintiff had ordered his German-spec Model 3 with the optional Full Self
WASHINGTON — Major U.S. and foreign automakers on Wednesday backed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s new tougher vehicle emissions regulations in a court challenge brought by some states and ethanol groups. Texas and 15 other states have challenged the EPA’s vehicle emissions rules that reverse a rollback of tailpipe rules issued under former President Donald
Waymo, Alphabet Inc.’s self-driving car unit, said it would begin offering rides in San Francisco without a driver behind the wheel, seeking to catch up to rival Cruise on its home turf. The driverless rides will be available only for Waymo staff to start, the company said Wednesday in a statement. Waymo also announced plans
Xiaodi Hou, Co-founder & CTO, TuSimple, on Centre Stage during day two of Web Summit 2019 at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal. Vaughn Ridley | Sportsfile | Getty Images Xiaodi Hou co-founded autonomous-driving startup TuSimple a few years ago, but he just took over as CEO and chairman of the board March 3. Why?
A new report says that Tesla is avoiding the current nickel crisis through “secret deals” with suppliers, including Vale. The price of nickel has more than doubled over the last 12 months. Nickel is a critical resource when it comes to transitioning the world to electric transport and clean energy. High-energy-density batteries, which are required
TOKYO — Parts supply disruptions continued to affect Japanese automakers’ global production for February, but the results released on Wednesday showed a clear contrast among them, with Toyota and Honda out in front. Toyota said its group, including Daihatsu and Hino Motors, produced 884,528 vehicles globally for the month, an increase of almost 11 percent
Vinfast plans to expand its production footprint almost as fast as its growing lineup. The Vietnamese electric vehicle startup, which was only established in 2017, presented five vehicles in January during the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show and confirmed at the time plans to start sales in the U.S. by the end of the year. Currently,
5:06 AM ET Former motor sport boss Max Mosley died of a gunshot wound in the bedroom of his London home last May after being told his cancer was terminal, an inquest heard on Tuesday. His family had said at the time that the 81-year-old, who was one of the most influential figures in F1
After a few hours of street racing early Monday morning in Portland, it all ended with four different people being injured by gunfire police say. Victims aged 21, 18, 16, and 11 each suffered non-life-threatening injuries and the oldest has been arrested as the prime suspect. Police aren’t totally certain that all victims and suspects
BERLIN — Mercedes-Benz Group said its German plants are running even though the automaker has been forced to make some shift adjustments at its home plant in Sindelfingen plant due to supply chain disruption caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Sindelfingen, which builds the automaker’s flagship sedans, the S-Class and EQS, along with the E-Class
Vietnamese automaker VinFast will build an electric vehicle assembly plant and a battery manufacturing facility in Chatham County, N.C, with an initial $2 billion investment. VinFast, which opened its U.S. headquarters in Los Angeles last year, intends to move rapidly into the North America EV market with the VF 8 and VF 9 crossovers currently
In this article TSLA Founder and CEO of Tesla Motors Elon Musk speaks during a media tour of the Tesla Gigafactory, which will produce batteries for the electric carmaker, in Sparks, Nevada. James Glover II | Reuters If Tesla CEO Elon Musk is serious about welcoming organizing efforts of the company’s U.S. workforce, the automaker
We knew Lotus (now owned by Geely) was working on an electric SUV, and we even got a sneak peek at it via some patent photos, but today we finally get to look at it fully unveiled. Lotus Eletre is the product name and through its design, it immediately becomes one of the most aggressive
LONDON — Lotus applied its sports-car design and performance ethos to develop the Eletre full-electric SUV. The Eletre, which was revealed in London on Tuesday, will become the flagship model for the automaker’s new range of ‘lifestyle’ electric vehicles that will be built in Wuhan, China, for global markets. The high-performance SUV is the automaker’s
10:13 AM ET Mick Schumacher’s crash in last weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix qualifying could be a $1 million hit for Haas, according to team boss Guenther Steiner. The German driver missed Sunday’s race in Jeddah, despite being unhurt in the impact, with the shattered car needing a complete rebuild. “The chassis in itself doesn’t
Officers from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office in Florida have arrested two teenagers who stole the vehicle of a pizza delivery driver. The incident occurred on March 20 when the Honda Civic of a pizza delivery driver was stolen while they were out. Deputy Karr from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office quickly located the vehicle
Vietnamese startup VinFast is moving ahead with a U.S. manufacturing plan — and thinking big. According to a report from the News & Observer, VinFast plans to ultimately spend more than $4 billion to open an assembly plant in North Carolina that will create about 7,500 jobs by 2027. The initial investment will be $2
WASHINGTON — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it will review whether startup technology firm Pony.ai complied with government reporting requirements for driverless crashes. Earlier this month, Pony.ai agreed to issue a recall for some versions of its autonomous driving system software after an October crash in California. The recall covered three vehicles that
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