Month: March 2022

4:53 AM ET Two-time W Series champion Jamie Chadwick will defend her title in 2022 with Jenner Racing as the women’s-only series announced its line up for the eight-race season. The series has revised the format for season three to follow a team and sponsor-based set-up, however cars and equipment remain equal. Among the 17
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DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. CEO Jim Farley has reshaped the company’s internal operations to accelerate development of autonomous vehicles and foster new technology businesses. Farley formed Ford Next late last year and put it under the direction of Franck Louis-Victor, a hard-charging specialist in new businesses hired last June from Renault SA. The unit
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PARIS — Renault said it would suspend operations at its plant in Moscow while it assesses options on its majority stake in AvtoVAZ, the country’s No. 1 automaker. In response to the pullback from its second-biggest market, Renault revised downward its financial outlook for this year both for profit margin and free-cash flow.  The company
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6:27 AM ET Formula One could have 30 races a season based on current demand, according to CEO Stefano Domenicali, with a race in Las Vegas expected to be announced in the coming weeks. F1 is experiencing a massive spike in interest globally and is seeing unprecedented interest from potential race hosts. This year features
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The Unifor national board has charged former president Jerry Dias with allegedly violating the union’s constitution and will hold a hearing before its board to weigh evidence, as the long-time union leader said Wednesday he has entered a residential rehabilitation facility. Dias retired after 8 ½ years as Unifor president March 11, citing ongoing medical
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SAN FRANCISCO — Toyota Motor Corp. and Aurora Innovation Inc., a U.S. developer of automated driving systems, have started testing autonomous ride-hailing fleet in Texas, with two safety operators and no passenger on board, Aurora said on Tuesday. Toyota’s Sienna minivans, retrofitted with Aurora’s self-driving system, will be tested on highways and suburban streets in
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In this article NKLA Nikola Motor’s Tre semi-truck. Nikola Motor Company Electric heavy-truck startup Nikola announced on Wednesday that it has begun production of the battery-powered version of its electric Tre semitruck at its factory in Coolidge, Arizona. The company plans to begin deliveries of the trucks in the second quarter, officials said during a
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The automotive industry is certainly no stranger to navigating supply-chain risk and unforeseen disruption. Years of trusted partnerships and collaboration along the entire supply chain have led to principles such as just-in-time manufacturing, designed to reduce supply chain cost and improve productivity and response time. Another joint initiative came in the wake of the COVID-19
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7:33 AM ET Alpine will have no excuses for below-par performances in Formula One’s new era, where a radical rules overhaul and the introduction of a lower budget cap are aimed at producing closer racing, double world champion Fernando Alonso said. The 40-year-old Spaniard returned to Formula One last year with the British-based team who,
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Suzuki Motor Corporation signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the State of Gujarat, India to invest in local manufacturing of electric vehicles and EV batteries. The Japanese company is interested in spending approximately 150 billion yen (approximately 104.4 billion rupees or $1.24 billion) in the next few years. The plan includes: Increasing production capacity for
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MILAN — Maserati unveiled the Grecale midsize SUV, the Stellantis brand’s rival to the Porsche Macan and BMW X3. The Grecale, Maserati’s second SUV after the larger Levante, will arrive in European dealerships in the third quarter and in the U.S. by the end of the year. It will be available with a regular gasoline
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4:05 AM ET China’s first Formula One driver, Guanyu Zhou, enjoyed a dream start to his career at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday, as the Alfa Romeo rookie finished in the points on his debut. The 22-year-old from Shanghai had already made an impression, lining up 15th on the grid after making it
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