In this article MRTN Hydrogen packs a lot more punch than lithium-based batteries. India’s federal minister Nitin Gadkari (second from left) seen here launching the country’s first green hydrogen-based advanced fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV), Toyota Mirai, at his residence in March. Hindustan Times | Hindustan Times | Getty Images The sun’s searing heat can
Month: May 2022
As brands rush to tell consumers about what electric vehicles can offer, Ford Motor Co. is trying to bring the “frunk” into the cultural lexicon. Frunk is slang for front trunk, or the empty space in the front hood where the gas-powered cars keep the engine. EVs don’t use internal combustion engines, freeing the space
3:59 PM ET Associated Press LEEDS, Ala. — Pato O’Ward made a conscious decision to stop worrying about his IndyCar contract and Formula One aspirations and focus on his current job. The effort first earned him a pending contract extension, and on Sunday, O’Ward picked up his first win of the IndyCar season. The popular
CharegUp Europe just released a 55-page report on the whole charging ecosystem in Europe (pdf). ChargeUp Europe is an association (… lobby group?) of 28 industry members that operate over 500,000 chargers. You might recognize some of them: Here are some numbers, graphs and insights I found noteworthy. If you’re interested, make sure to check
MILAN — Stellantis has agreed with unions that it will cut 480 jobs this year at its Mirafiori facility in Turin through voluntary lay offs, Italy’s FIM-CISL union said. The deal was signed by all major metal workers unions with the exception of the leftist FIOM-CGIL. Stellantis had already reached a similar accord with unions
Police in Michigan have arrested nine individuals after five new Chevrolet Camaro models were stolen from the General Motors plant in Lansing. Michigan State Police were first alerted to the stolen Camaros at approximately 12:17 a.m. on May 2, prompting troopers to flood I-96 in order to locate them. Before long, five of the stolen
Elon Musk is in talks with large investment firms and high net-worth individuals about taking on more financing for his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter Inc TWTR.N and tying up less of his wealth in the deal, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The banks that agreed last month to provide $13 billion in
U.S. President Joe Biden gestures after driving a Hummer EV during a tour at the General Motors ‘Factory ZERO’ electric vehicle assembly plant in Detroit, Michigan, November 17, 2021. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters The Biden administration announced on Monday that it will provide $3.1 billion in funding to support efforts to make electric vehicle batteries
7:00 AM ET Has NASCAR’s D.B. Cooper been found? Here, at the start of the week when a new NASCAR Hall of Fame class will be announced, a member of the sport’s Hall of Infamy has broken a four-decade silence. “I said, ‘That straightaway is almost a mile long! How much can that car gain
By Eric Ralph Posted on May 2, 2022 Now more than a third of the way through 2022, SpaceX remains firmly on track to hit CEO Elon Musk’s target of an average of one Falcon rocket launch per week throughout the year. SpaceX aced its 17th launch of 2022 – Starlink 4-16 – on April
Mercedes-Benz’s EQE SUV mid-size electric SUV has been spied again, and this time we have video. It’s one of a handful of vehicles designed around the dedicated electric vehicle platform known as EVA, which debuted in the 2022 EQS full-size hatchback. The platform has since appeared in the 2023 EQE mid-size sedan and 2023 EQS
The Fiat 500 is one of the most iconic city cars in the world which makes it a fitting choice for the Italian brand’s first EV. The new generation, introduced in 2020, is exclusively available in electric form and even though it was developed in the FCA days, it is still an important model for
Vitesco, the powertrain company spun off from Continental last year, has won a 2 billion-euro ($2.1 billion) contract to supply electric-drive modules to Hyundai Motor Group for small and compact electric cars. The contract was announced in March by Vitesco CEO Andreas Wolf, but no details were given. Vitesco said Monday it would provide Hyundai
The Ford F-150 Raptor is aimed at those who want to have a little bit more fun with their truck than just taking it to the hardware store, but one owner found the limit of that fun when he broke his back after landing a huge jump. According to the video description, the truck was
BERLIN — Volkswagen Group’s premium brands, Audi and Porsche, have decided to join Formula One, VW Group CEO Herbert Diess said. Audi is ready to offer around 500 million euros ($556.30 million) for British luxury sports carmaker McLaren as a means to enter, a source told Reuters in March, while Porsche intends to establish a
In this article AAPL Apple CEO Tim Cook Brooks Kraft/Apple Inc/Handout via Reuters An ongoing shortage of chips and other basic materials is forcing some of the world’s biggest tech and automotive companies to scale back their targets this year. Apple CEO Tim Cook warned Thursday that the company was “not immune” to supply chain
Detroit used to have an auto show every year, so the legend goes. The show is scheduled to return this September for the first time in more than three and a half years, and the main floor is completely sold out, organizers said last week. At least five active vehicle tracks will be set up
Formula One’s momentum in America right now feels unstoppable, with Sunday’s Miami Grand Prix the next big step forward in a country that for so long felt closed off to Formula One. Last year’s U.S. Grand Prix saw a record 400,000 crowd and a carnival atmosphere unseen before at the Circuit of the Americas in
Just because it’s Monday doesn’t mean you can’t start the week with a bang. And I’m at a loss of a better way than by feasting your eyes on the latest lethal animal from Australia: the Ungoverned Vendetta tracked electric skateboard. At least, I think “electric skateboard” is the closest thing to a correct classification
The current NSX has never really received much love from buyers but with the new Type S variant, there’s no denying that Acura has made something quite special. Acura created the Type S to send off the NSX in style. It has received a number of updated styling and aerodynamic details but most importantly, some
Cariad, the Volkswagen Group’s software unit, formed a China subsidiary in Beijing to develop products tailored for Chinese consumers. The subsidiary, the first Cariad has opened outside of Europe, will create products ranging from a new unified scalable software platform, advanced driver assistance systems to automated driving and next-generation connectivity functions, VW Group’s China unit
A truck driver in Montville, Ohio, narrowly avoided running into several vehicles after his brakes failed last week. Dramatic footage of the event, showing the driver thread the needle between vehicles stopped on the road for a school bus, was recently released. The footage comes from the dash cams of both the runaway truck and
A BMW driver noticed a low-coolant warning light and called the automaker’s customer service line. After a few moments, a video chat window opened on the customer’s smartphone and they were able to speak on camera with someone at a BMW call center. That representative guided the customer down the aisle of an auto parts
A pedestrian carries shopping bags in the Herald Square area of New York, U.S., on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. Calla Kessler | Bloomberg | Getty Images Sandy Magny plans to take her teenage daughter to West Palm Beach, Florida, this summer, even though airfares are surging. It won’t be cheap, but Magny doesn’t want to
5:37 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — John Force won the Circle K NHRA Four-Wide Nationals on Sunday at zMAX Dragway for his 155th Funny Car victory. The 72-year-old Force beat Robert Hight, Ron Capps and Mike McIntire Jr. in the final with a 3.914-second run at 328.66 mph in a Chevrolet Camaro SS.
The Mercedes Benz EQS 450+ is easily one of, if not the most luxurious, premium electric vehicles available today. When it comes to electric vehicles, the driving range, as well as the ability to recharge quickly, are two features that need to be considered when labeling a vehicle “premium”. The rear-wheel-drive Mercedes EQS 450+ has
Removable roof panels are great, until you have to find a place to store them. A September 2021 filing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) indicates Jeep may be working on a solution for the Gladiator. First spotted by Muscle Cars & Trucks, the filing details a way of storing Gladiator roof
Volvo Cars and Jaguar Land Rover are laying off the bulk of their Russian office staff, Kommersant newspaper reported. JLR is in effect leaving Russia, only keeping staff to coordinate administrative procedures, one source told the newspaper. Volvo plans to continue warranty support in the country and is ready to pay for parts via parallel
Any motorsport event has the potential for things to go wrong, though it’s often the sporting vehicles that tend to encounter disaster rather than the spectators. However, in the case of one Nissan R35 GT-R, that was not the case as it slid off level ground into a body of water. The incident occurred at
Mitsubishi Motors North America is taking a page from Silicon Valley in the war for talent. The Japanese automaker said it will allow most of its 300 U.S. employees who are not site-dependent to work from home indefinitely, with no required minimum number of days in the office. Automakers have become more flexible with their