I have a few pet peeves but few things grind my gears quite as much as watching people driving too quickly through parking garages. It’s completely unnecessary, can be dangerous, and is just an accident waiting to happen. Take this video, for example. This clip was recently shared to Reddit and shows the cammer driving
Month: March 2022
Dan Ammann, the former General Motors president who abruptly left his post as CEO of Cruise in December, has been named president of ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solutions. Ammann will replace Joe Blommaert, who is retiring after 35 years with the company. Ammann’s appointment is effective May 1, according to a company statement. Ammann, 49, had
In this article TSLA SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk looks on as he visits the construction site of Tesla’s gigafactory in Gruenheide, near Berlin, Germany, May 17, 2021. Michele Tantussi | Reuters Elon Musk will officially open Tesla’s first manufacturing facility in Europe on Tuesday as the company looks to take pressure off
By Simon Alvarez Posted on March 22, 2022 Tesla CEO Elon Musk was in high spirits as he helped deliver the first customer Model Y units from Gigafactory Berlin. Videos from the handover event, which are now being shared online, reveal that Musk danced for a bit while the Model Ys were being delivered. Needless
One of the highlights during this past weekend’s season-opening Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix at the Bahrain International Circuit was an appearance by the Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro. The car is the more hardcore, track-only version of the already extreme Valkyrie road car, and it is destined to be built in a run of
BERLIN —Tesla is handing over to customers the first Model Y models built at its new 5 billion euro ($5.5 billion) factory, launching its first European production hub with the biggest investment in a German car factory in recent history. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will attend the opening ceremony on Tuesday afternoon local time alongside
7:13 AM ET Ferrari and Carlos Sainz are close to signing a contract extension to keep the Spaniard at the team beyond this season. Sainz replaced Sebastian Vettel last year on a two-year deal and finished ahead of Charles Leclerc in their first season as teammates, claiming podium finishes in Monaco, Hungary, Russia and Abu
Over the weekend a Tesla Model S was totaled after the driver launched it over the top of a steep road and crashed on the other side after hitting two vehicles. After fleeing the scene, Police have been searching for the driver of the Tesla that was rented from Enterprise. Now, detectives have told Carscoops
Ford Motor Co.’s F-150 Lightning electric pickup will get up to 320 miles of battery range — 20 miles more than previously expected — according to final EPA estimates released Monday. The top-end range will be available on XLT, Lariat and Pro trims equipped with an optional extended-range battery. Platinum trims, which come standard with
As efforts to deploy autonomous vehicles heat up, competitors are unleashing fleets of test vehicles in the real world. But they are also spending as much time — or in some cases more — training their systems within the safe confines of simulation. One company favoring simulation is Waabi, a Toronto-based startup founded by Uber
In this article RIVN F 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning Ford DETROIT – Ford Motor’s 2022 F-150 Lightning pickup will have an electric range of up to 320 miles, according to final Environmental Protection Agency estimates released Monday by the automaker. The top range of the all-electric pickup is 20 miles higher than Ford initially estimated,
Big-battery manufacturing is ramping up to power EVs, but what will we do with the batteries when they’re dead? There’s a lot of money going into battery recycling companies, but equally important is how those companies actually procure the batteries in order to recycle them. Electrek spoke with Leo Raudys, the CEO of Call2Recycle, about
Fred and Dave decide to build a budget bouncer from a Dodge Truck with a V-10 engine. With an engine like a supercar, they name it the Rock Viper. Then they add nitrous and turn it into a mud bouncing machine! #DirtEveryDay #MotorTrend #RockBouncing MotorTrend is the ultimate streaming destination for gearheads coupled with the
The Range Rover Velar has been an impressive luxury SUV from the moment it hit the market a few years ago and in updated 2022 guise, it seems to be even better. Land Rover unveiled the updated Velar in August last year and while the updates made are only minor, they add to what was
Volkswagen Group of America plans to spend at least $7.1 billion in North America through 2027 to build up its local EV production capacity — including construction of a battery plant as well as overhauls of its assembly plants in Puebla and Silao, Mexico — and bolster interim ICE-powered production as part of a push
After declaring this month that they had no intention of doing so, Volkswagen executives are now rethinking their plans to keep production of the retro-styled electric minivan, the ID Buzz, anchored exclusively in Hanover, Germany, with North American production now a possibility. So what changed between March 10 and March 21? Consumer reaction — especially
12:13 PM ET SAKHIR, Bahrain — The sense of relief almost matched the flood of emotion as the opening bars of the Italian national anthem rang out over the Bahrain International Circuit on Sunday night. After 45 races without a single victory, Ferrari finally reclaimed the top two steps of Formula One’s podium, and with
It shouldn’t need to be said, but just because you own a fast car, that doesn’t mean that you’re exempt from the law. Case in point is this C8 Chevrolet Corvette driver who led police on a high-speed chase before eventually engaging them in a standoff. The incident started at around 9 PM last week,
Ford Motor Co., seeking to fill the leadership team of its newly created Ford Blue division, said Kiersten Robinson, its top human resources executive, would become general manager of Ford Blue’s family vehicles as well as president of Ford’s operations in Mexico and Canada. Robinson will report to Kumar Galhotra, president of Ford Blue, and
The robots will take the most tedious, most dangerous jobs first, in most things. Trucking is no exception. Autonomous driving engineers are squarely focused on long-haul freight, the interstate runs with almost no complexity save for a slow curve or an E-ZPass lane. As such, those routes are some of the simpler challenges on the
In this article GM GM President Mark Reuss announces a $2.2 billion investment in the automaker’s Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant in Michigan for new all-electric trucks and autonomous vehicles on Jan. 27, 2020. Michael Wayland / CNBC DETROIT – General Motors is creating a new China-based premium import business focused on sales of high-margin, “iconic vehicles”
French performance marque Alpine has plans to transform into an electric vehicle manufacturer with a three-car lineup, and now we have spy shots of one of its planned EVs. The EV is an electric crossover called the GT X-Over, and it’s due on sale in 2025. The vehicle is only at the test mule stage,
BMW has a pretty busy launch schedule this year when it comes to electric vehicles. It will unveil the i7 flagship electric sedan based on the next-generation 7 Series next month, followed by the iX1 compact electric SUV in the second half of the year. While prototypes of the battery-electric iX1 have been out and
FRANKFURT — Managers at Porsche travelled to the United States late last year to discuss possible joint projects with iPhone maker Apple as well as with some other tech companies, the sports-car maker’s CEO said. “We already have Apple CarPlay, we will expand on that,” Oliver Blume said during a video conference on the automaker’s
General Motors is pulling back the curtain to show viewers the genesis and development of its first electric pickup, the GMC Hummer. A one-hour documentary called Revolution: GMC Hummer EV will premiere Sunday, March 27, on the History Channel, GMC and A+E Networks said last week. The film shows how the GM team launched the
8:52 PM ET Associated Press HAMPTON, Ga. — William Byron had a freight train in his rearview mirror. A sitting duck, it seemed. Fortunately for him, all those challengers started jostling against each other rather than working together to take down the leader. While Byron cruised to the checkered flag for the third victory of
When you were young, you had a favorite stuffed animal. You loved it so much, you didn’t care if it was missing an eye, had stuffing falling out of its popped stitches, or if had more stains than a bib at a spaghetti buffet. This 1956 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing was somebody’s favorite animal. Originally finished
Maserati’s transformation into a fully electric brand by 2030 is being accompanied by a more efficient and disciplined retail strategy. In 2021, the Italian luxury brand had to overhaul a distribution model that was leading to cars sitting at U.S. ports that weren’t assigned to dealerships yet. Under the old method, Maserati would order vehicles
Andy Kunz knows what makes a city great. After all, he has degrees in fine arts and urban design and a background in landscape architecture and urban planning. But it took a more whimsical, or you could say magical, experience during his childhood to draw him toward his passion, high-speed rail: It was the 1971
In this article 6723.T-JP 7203.T-JP A car dealership’s window is broken following a strong earthquake in Koriyama, Fukushima prefecture, Japan in this photo taken by Kyodo on March 17, 2022. Kyodo| via Reuters DETROIT – A major earthquake this week in Japan is causing additional problems for the already constrained global automotive supply chain, which
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